Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma

Mountain lion captured and euthanized in Coeur d'Alene

Idaho Fish and Game officials on Monday, Sept. 24 captured and euthanized a mountain lion that was found in a tree in Coeur d’Alene near the Kootenai Medical Center. The cat was euthanized to protect public safety.

Facts and Updates on Mountain Lion Sightings in Pocatello/Chubbuck Areas

More Mountain Lion Sightings Reported in Pocatello

More Mountain Lion Sightings Reported in Pocatello

Idaho Department of Fish and Game responded to two reports of mountain lion sightings in the vicinity of Red Hill Trail behind Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello over the weekend. IDFG worked with officials from both Idaho State University Public Safety and personnel from the City of Pocatello to investigate the reports. At this time, the sightings have not been confirmed.

Mountain lion found in Pocatello tranquilized and relocated

On the morning of Friday, May 11, Fish and Game personnel tranquilized and removed an adult male mountain lion near the campus of Idaho State University in Pocatello.  It was transported and released to a remote location in southeast Idaho the same day.

Mountain lion management includes close encounters with cats

Idaho Fish and Game conservation officers recently recorded a video when they released a lion from a trap in the Clearwater Region.

Mountain Lion Killed near Bruneau Elementary School

A mountain lion that spent a portion of the morning in a tree on the Bruneau Elementary School grounds was later shot and killed.

The cat was spotted about 8:00am and school authorities immediately locked the school down and contacted the Fish and Game Office in Nampa. “We did not have a conservation officer immediately available to respond,” Fish and Game wildlife manager Rick Ward noted. “We made a call to the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office and requested that Sheriff’s office personnel dispatch the cat as a matter of public safety.”

Mountain lions in Wood River Valley

SUN VALLEY- This winter has been an interesting one for the Wood River Valley. After last year’s record snowfall, this year has nearly been the opposite, with very little snow.

Fewer elk and mule deer are calling the river bottoms home due to the open hillsides, but many of the mountain lions that prey on them are still trying to carve out a living where they were finding abundant deer and elk populations last winter.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game recently lethally removed two lions, one from the Freidman Memorial Airport and one from the Gimlet subdivision.

Female mountain lion harvest season closed in Unit 36B near Challis

Mountain lion hunters should note that the harvest season for female mountain lion has closed in game management unit 36B near Challis, as the harvest quota of two females was reached on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

Hunters will be allowed to keep female mountain lions taken prior to this closure and must report them within five days of harvest. The harvest season in this unit remains open for males only until the season ends March 31, 2018.

Female mountain lion harvest season closed in Unit 31 near Weiser

Mountain lion hunters should note that the harvest season for female mountain lion has closed in game management Unit 31 near Weiser, as the harvest quota of three females was reached on Wednesday, December 27, 2017.

Hunters will be allowed to keep female mountain lions taken prior to this closure and must report them within five days of harvest. The harvest season in this unit remains open for males only until the season ends March 31, 2018.

Wildlife CSI - Panhandle elk mortality study

The Panhandle region placed 172 GPS radio-collars on 6-month old elk calves in the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe River drainages since 2015.  A couple reasons we collared so many elk was to determine survival rates and for those elk that didn’t make it, find out why they died.