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Hunting, fishing seasons continue through
holidays |
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December 14, 2016 |
By Mike Demick
IDFG Conservation Information Supervisor
There's still time to bag that Christmas goose,
game bird, or maybe a nice solstice-season
steelhead. For hunters and anglers itching to
get out during the holiday season, several
opportunities are available.
Pheasant seasons in Areas 1 and 3 are open
through December 31. Forest grouse seasons are
open through January 31 in north Idaho's Area 1
and through December 31 in the rest of the
state. Seasons for bobwhite and California quail
in Area 1 are open through January 31, and
chukar and gray partridge seasons are open
statewide through January 31 as well. In
addition, turkey hunters can hunt either sex
through December 31 in Idaho’s Panhandle region
and on private lands-only in much of the
Clearwater region.
For upland game hunters, the cottontail season
is open through February 28, and snowshoe hare
season through March 31. There is no season on
pygmy rabbits.
It's also not too late to bag that Christmas
goose, with Idaho waterfowl seasons open through
the holidays into January. In parts of southern
Idaho, the white-fronted goose season extends to
February 19 and the light goose (Snow and Ross'
geese) season goes through March 10.
For steelhead anglers, the fall season remains
open through December 31 in the Clearwater River
and the North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork
Clearwater rivers where bag limits are two per
day and six in possession, and in the Salmon,
Little Salmon, Snake and Boise rivers where
limits are three per day and nine in possession.
The spring steelhead season starts January 1 in
these waters with limits of three per day and
nine in possession.
Fishing for other species is open year round in
many other waters as well.
Idaho hunters and anglers must have 2016
licenses and appropriate permits through
December 31. On January 1, they will need new
2017 licenses and permits. They are encouraged
to review the current season and rule brochures
available at Fish and Game license vendors and
online at:
https://idfg.idaho.gov. |
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