Leftover Deer & Elk Controlled Hunt Permits on Sale July 15

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) has over 1,000 deer and almost as many elk controlled hunt permits that were not drawn. These permits will go on sale at regional Fish & Game license vendors, and at the Magic Valley Regional office (868 E. Main, Jerome) on Monday, July 15 at 10:00 a.m. These leftover permits are sold on a first-come, first-served basis across the state. In this region there are no antlered deer or elk permits available; statewide, the majority of permits are for antlerless animals. There are no leftover pronghorn antelope permits anywhere in the state. Leftover deer permits in the Magic Valley Region include those for hunt number 1059, unit 43, antlerless, Oct. 5 - 31, 367 permits left; hunt number 1087, youth antlerless only, unit 44-2, Oct. 25 - Nov. 9, 194 permits left; hunt number 1062, antlerless, unit 48, Oct. 5 - 31, 82 permits left; and hunt number 1063, antlerless, unit 49, Oct. 5 - 31, 10 permits left. The only remaining elk permits for this region are those in hunt number 2124, unit 43-2, which is an either sex youth hunt. Season dates are from Nov. 10 - 30, and there are 47 permits leftover. In addition there are 435 turkey tags left to sell for hunt number 9012, which includes units 8, 8A and 10A in the Clearwater Region. A complete list of hunts and permits leftover can be found on the IDFG website at www2.state.id.us/fishgame following the links to Hunting, Controlled Hunts, Leftover Deer, Elk and Turkey Controlled Hunts.