Up online. https://idfg.idaho.gov/rules/big-game

Thanks, didn't see it in the store on Monday night (hardcopy).

I was in Sportsman's Warehouse this morning in Meridian and at that time they had not yet received their copies of the new regs. Said it'd probably be a few days.

L.W.

Same here, so went to F&G.

We hunt deer in the Wood River valley quite a bit (unit 48). One of my partners has friends with the IDFG. They're saying that the fawn survival in that area this winter is zero. They didn't change the season, though. It won't affect the bigger buck numbers this year but there won't be any replacements for the future.

Could someone explain to me what they mean exactly by,
"Within 1 mile of private land"
Does that mean hunting on public (state,county and Federal) land with in 1 mile of any private land (including lumber company), or private land that you own or lease?

Usually it means ANY private land. Usually the idea is to harass the elk away from farm fields.
Give us a specific unit reference and I'll try to interpret what it means.

I'll put in for moose once again.

About 15 years ago it was fairly easy to draw an Idaho moose tag. Many units had odds as good as 1 in 3. I drew the 1st time I applied. It was just a year or 2 later when they changed it from 1 moose in a lifetime to 1 of each sex. I got my bull but haven't ever applied for my cow tag.

I have a friend, born and raised in Sagle, that needed 17 years for a panhandle tag. He drew five or so years ago and shot a nice one.

Idaho (at least use to) specify that the "large corporate timber lands" (or something to that effect) was not deemed "private" land when it came to some hunts up near Potlatch that were private land only hunts. If it does not specify that large timber company lands are excluded as "private" for the hunt you're referring to, I think you're OK. You may want to call IDFG though.

What specific hunt are you asking about?

I was looking at the difference between a A tag and a B tag in unit 1.
Why would someone want a B tag over a A?
Are elk tags other than control hunts OTC for residents?

I don't know much at all about unit 1, but elk tags are either OTC or a draw...for residents and non-residents. There's really not another option to distribute tags.

In some units/districts there are caps to the number of tags sold though, if that's what you mean.

The B tag gives more archery opportunity and the A tag gives more "any weapon" (rifle) opportunity. Luckily we don't have to choose a weapon in a lot of units. A guy can hunt archery, rifle, and muzzle loader all on one tag in some units. Idaho is more about quantity of opportunity than quality trophy units, for the good and bad.
I have a feeling a lot of cows are going to get killed this year.

Look at the hunt dates. A tags are more for archery and/or ML hunters. They'll give you a long bow or ML season and a short rifle season. B tags give you much longer rifle seasons.
The private land is any private land. You're going to need a land ownership map to figure out what's what. A lot of private land is forested and you can't tell it from public without a map. I suggest a GPS using the OnX map program for detailed boundaries.
Of course if you hunt outside of those date restrictions, you can hunt any public land.

Idaho sucked another $2200 from my credit card...probably get it all back save the app fee though.

I am done applying for another year. Feels good.

Guess that means you're not going the elk,deer, antelope route....

Negative...Cali bighorns. One year I may actually draw it.

15 or 20 years ago, CA bighorn was a fairly easy draw and they had lots of tags. Some units had 1 in 2 or 3 odds. Then a disease wiped out a bunch of them. They dropped the Owyhee county tags from about 60 to 15 and they've never increased them.

I've never figured out if there's a real difference between the CA and Rocky Mtn versions. I suspect the only difference is which side of the Snake River they live on. I've searched for CA bighorns online and found nothing. They call it a subspecies of the Rocky Mtn but I can't find any difference other than location.

The Panhandle tags are OTC, I hunted Unit 4 for a number of years.

The A Tag gives you more archery and muzzleloader opportunity early in September, and in November and December - late in the year, if you can get into a Zone that has access. However, the challenge with the late seasons is access, the weather can be a big factor in how, and where, you hunt the Panhandle.

The B tag is for a gun-only type, and there are folks like that out there. Many of the guys I hunted with over the years would not take up a bow on a bet. They get the range advantage with the B tag, and I've seen a number of Idaho elk at 60-100 yards with bow, that I wouldn't take a hesitate a gun shot at.

Give me a shout if you get drawn. I'm in Mtn. Home.

Will do...but to be honest, I know right where they are in the unit I put in for, and in other units as well.

I've hunted chukar in the Bruneau desert since I was in college at the U of I and friends would take me down there....and e would always see them. Plus a few friends who have drawn one of the 46 tags have shown me exactly where to go...

From everything I have been able to gather, they're just a desert variety of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. While it can get pretty damn cold in the high desert country, I think Bergmann's rule comes into play...since Cali bighorns are a touch bit smaller than the true Rocky Mountain bighorns that I have been around.

I'm just starting to research a possible ID DIY hunt for this year since it looks like I'll have a decent amount of time to hunt and move about this fall. Any OTC deer/elk tags I should start researching for ID in particular? I'm a nonresident and obviously would need to hunt public land- although if I had to pay a trespass fee (if that is such a thing in ID)- I may be willing to do that, too.

Idaho has lots of OTC deer tags, both mulies and whitetails. In general, the whitetails are in the north half of the state and mulies in the south half. There's LOTS of overlap, though, and you can hunt both in some units. The majority of the OTC elk tags are in the north half. Deer and elk seasons overlap in most units so you can hunt both.

There's so much public land in Idaho that very few pay any trespass fees. On the map below, everything that's dark green, yellow, or dark blue is public land.

This might be of interest: If you buy a non-res deer tag, you can use it on a bear, wolf, or cougar should you get the chance.

trespass laws: We have lots of private range and forest land that can't be told from public land. As a result, ID has a unique trespass law. If land is not cultivated, irrigated, or posted, it's open to hunting without getting permission.

Rock chuck,

Looks like a fair amount of country to cover!!! My only concern is I'm hunting moose in Newfoundland in October, either the 12th-19th, or the 20th-26th. I don't know which week to pick to open more opportunities for my road trip out West. I'd like to pick up a deer and an elk tag if possible for whatever I run across. I can hunt white tails here, but I'd love to hunt mulies again this year. Whichever one was found closer to elk would probably work better for me, though...

I bet that spot looks something a whole lot like this :

There's some rough country out there. Owyhee County actually has quite a bit of water but it's all at the bottoms of those canyons. Up on top, in the desert, it's mighty dry most of the year.

I'm in for moose. Hoping for a miracle.

Yep, that's one of the spots...

I don't put in for the eastern Owyhee units, but have a good friend with a HUGE ranch on the south Fork of the Owyhee, who has them on his property too...

That wouldn't suck! I don't even know which unit I took that in, just followed BOY around to help him with his sheep tag. It was a FUN hunt. Good luck on the draw.

He shot his in unit 46...

AWESOME country.

Very awesome country! Empty and big. Amazing how that canyon "sneaks up" on you.

Anyone know how the whitetails did up north? Thinking about putting in for extra doe tags for me and daughters. Have hunted 8a and 10a with some success. Also thinking about 15 or 16 but only driven by.

From what I have seen and heard is the low country wt's and the wt's with easy access to lower elevations are in pretty good shape, but the wt's that winter in higher elevation ranges on USFS, BLM, and State ground got hit. My neighbor found 9 wt carcasses within a half mile of his cabin.