Only big game animals, upland game animals, upland game birds, furbearers, predatory, and unprotected wildlife may be salvaged. Protected nongame, threatened and endangered species, and migratory birds, including waterfowl, may not be possessed or salvaged.
Salvageable Species
* Several animals require mandatory checks.
Big Game
- Moose Alces americanus *
- Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
- Gray Wolf Canis lupus *
- Elk Cervus canadensis
- Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
- White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
- Mountain Goat Oreamnos americanus *
- California Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis californiana *
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis *
- Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma Puma concolor *
- American Black Bear Ursus americanus *
Upland Game Animals
- Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
- Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii
- Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Upland Game Birds
- Chukar Alectoris chukar
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
- Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
- Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
- Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
Furbearing Animals
- American Beaver Castor canadensis
- Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis *
- Bobcat Lynx rufus *
- American Marten Martes americana
- Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
- American Badger Taxidea taxus
- American Mink Vison vison
- Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Predatory Animals
- Coyote Canis latrans
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
- White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii
- Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
- Ermine or Short-tailed Weasel Mustela erminea
- Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
- Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
- Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Unprotected Animals
Unprotected animals are all remaining animals in Idaho that are not listed as protected, endangered, or threatened AND all animals listed in categories above without a season.
These protected animals are listed below.
Protected Species
The following animals are illegal to salvage
Endangered
- Caribou Rangifer tarandus
Threatened
- Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis
- Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus brunneus
Big Game Animals - NO ACTIVE SEASON
- Grizzly Bear or Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Upland Game Animals - NO ACTIVE SEASON
- Pygmy Rabbit Brachylagus idahoensis
Upland Game Birds - NO ACTIVE SEASON
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
Furbearers - NO ACTIVE SEASON
- Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis
- Fisher Pekania pennanti
Protected Nongame
- Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum
- Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium
- Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas
- Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus
- Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog Ascaphus montanus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Tiger Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
- Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Rubber Boa Charina bottae
- Bats Chiroptera
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- North American Racer Coluber constrictor
- Striped Whipsnake Coluber taeniatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
- Bear Lake Sculpin Cottus extensus
- Shoshone Sculpin Cottus greenei
- Wood River Sculpin Cottus leiopomus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus
- Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis
- Great Basin Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus
- Idaho Giant Salamander Dicamptodon aterrimus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus †
- Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
- White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Wolverine Gulo gulo
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Purple Martin Haemorhous purpureus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Desert Nightsnake Hypsiglena chlorophaea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Mew Gull Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
- Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
- Northern Leatherside Chub Lepidomeda copei
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata
- Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens
- Wood frog Lithobates sylvaticus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Myotis sp. Myotis
- California Myotis Myotis californicus
- Western Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
- Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis
- Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
- Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
- Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
- Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Pika Ochotona princeps
- Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
- Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
- Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
- Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae
- Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Canyon Bat Parastrellus hesperus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Sand Roller Percopsis transmontana
- Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii
- Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- American Three-Toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Western Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus
- Coeur d'Alene Salamander Plethodon idahoensis
- American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata
- Sierran Treefrog Pseudacris sierra
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Columbia Spotted Frog Rana luteiventris
- Columbia Spotted Frog (Great Basin DPS) Rana luteiventris pop. 3
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei
- McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus
- Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Western Groundsnake Sonora semiannulata
- Great Basin Spadefoot Spea intermontana
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Yellow-pine Chipmunk Tamias amoenus
- Cliff Chipmunk Tamias dorsalis
- Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus
- Red-tailed Chipmunk Tamias ruficaudus
- Uinta Chipmunk Tamias umbrinus
- Thamnophis sp. Thamnophis
- Terrestrial Gartersnake Thamnophis elegans
- Common Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Columbia Plateau Ground Squirrel Urocitellus canus
- Wyoming Ground Squirrel Urocitellus elegans
- Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus endemicus
- Piute Ground Squirrel Urocitellus mollis
- Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula