Super Hunt Winners Drawn

After the first Super Hunt drawing of 2011, 26 lucky hunters won the hunt of their dreams. Winners of Super Hunt tags for a deer, elk, pronghorn or moose can take an animal in any open hunt in addition to any general season or controlled hunt tags they also hold. All other rules of individual hunts apply. Entries were up by nearly 30 percent from 2010. This year, of about 39,921 entries, 3,376 were for eight pronghorn tags, 16,432 entries for eight deer tags, 12,415 entries for eight elk, 5,042 entries for one moose tag, and 2,656 entries were for the Super Hunt Combo, which includes a tag for each of the four species. The winners were:

• Five resident hunters, two Utah hunters and one California hunter won deer tags.
• Five resident hunters, one Utah, one Oregon and one Minnesota hunter won elk tags.
• Five resident hunters, one Wisconsin, one Washington and one Utah hunter won pronghorn tags.
• An Idaho hunter won the moose tag.
• A Wyoming hunter won the combo tag.

State law prevents Idaho Fish and Game from releasing the names of the winners, but all have been notified. The second Super Hunt drawing will be in mid-August when another "Super Hunt Combo" and entries for two elk, two deer and two pronghorn hunts along with one moose hunt will be drawn. The entry period for the second drawing continues through August 11. The special drawings began in 2004 as a way to raise money for the Access Yes! program, which helps assure hunter and angler access to and across private lands by compensating willing landowners. The first entry costs $6; additional entries for the same species cost $4 each when purchased at the same time. Super Hunt Combo entries cost $20 for one; additional entries are $16 when purchased at the same time. Enter at license vendors, all Fish and Game offices, or on the Internet at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/superhunt/ , and on the phone at 800-554-8685. Fill out entry orders and mail them to: Fish and Game License Section, P.O. Box 25, Boise, ID 83707. Orders must be received at Fish and Game by the deadline.