Salmon Region
Southwest Region
Bighorn Sheep
Salmon Region: Bighorn Sheep Season Setting 2025-2026
Overview Summary and Rationale
Hunt Area 27-4: Increase tags from 3 to 4 (CH# 5011). Following current management plan direction and using recent survey data this population can support additional harvest (IDFG Bighorn Sheep Management Plan 2022-2027).
Proposed Changes
| Hunt No. | Controlled Hunt Area | Tags | Season Dates | Description of Change |
5011 | 27-4 |
| Aug 30 – Oct 13 | +1 tag |
Hunt Area Descriptions
Hunt Area 27-4 — That portion of Unit 27 southeast of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, south and west of Camas Creek, northwest of Fly Creek Trail (Forest Service Trail 124), southwest of Sleeping Deer Road (Forest Service Road 086), and east of Forest Service Road 172 and the Little Loon Creek drainage (includes all of this drainage).
Species
Bighorn Sheep
Tag Category
Controlled Hunt