Idaho Hunting

For the perfect hunting experience, be prepared before you go by understanding the rules and regulations on hunter and bow hunter education, get important phone numbers and learn reporting requirements.

Under Idaho law, all big game hunters must purchase and possess the appropriate hunting license, tags, and permits for the species they pursue.

Hunter Education:

To purchase an Idaho hunting license, all hunters must show proof that they have completed a hunter education course if they were born after Jan 1, 1975, unless they previously have held a hunting license from another state.

Bowhunter Education:

To purchase an archery permit all bowhunters must show proof they have completed an approved bowhunter-education course in Idaho or show evidence of being previously licensed for archery-only hunting in Idaho or another state, or complete an affidavit to that effect.

Idaho Fish and Game contact information:

Web Address: www2.state.id.us/fishgame

To receive nonresident license Applications, call Idaho Fish and Game toll free: 1-800-635-7820

If you purchase a nonresident Idaho hunting license this year, you will automatically receive an application form from Idaho Fish and Game for the following year. Applications will be mailed in November.

Other Important Phone Numbers:

  • Citizens Against Poaching; to report wildlife crimes: 1-800-632-5999
  • Rules booklets, nonresident license applications: 1-800-635-7820
  • To purchase licenses, tags or controlled hunt applications in the U.S.A. by phone (Visa, Mastercard, Discover), call 1-800-55HUNT 5 (554-8685) or 1-800-824-3729. Use the internet or mail if outside the U.S.A.
  • Up-to-date statewide fishing information: 1-800-ASK-FISH (275-3474)
  • U. S. Forest Service (USFS) Boise National Forest. 208-373-4100
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Office. 208-373-4000

Hunter Reporting Requirements:

All deer, elk and antelope hunters must complete and submit a report for each tag issued within 10 days of harvest or within 10 days of the close of the season for which their tag was valid.

- contains info from Idaho Fish and Game

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