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Jan 15 - Feb 15 May 1 - June 5 for details. 15950 N Gate Blvd (after June 2019) 208-465-8465, 15950 N Gate Blvd page 112 , 26, 27, and those portions of Units 21 and 28 within , 26, 27, and those portions of Units 21 Apply for fall controlled hunts Apply for spring controlled hunts Apply for spring controlled No parts of animals or fish that are currently classified as game animals or game fish in Idaho may be used as bait. This includes game animals and fish that come from the wild and commercial domestic sources (i.e., pen-raised game birds/animals or hatchery-raised game fish). The skin must be removed from any mammal parts or carcasses used as bait. All bait containers and materials must be removed, and all excavations refilled, no later than 7 days after the close of spring, fall, or dog training season. A hunter may authorize another person to comply with person to comply authorize another A hunter may person possesses enough requirements if that the above form. the necessary to accurately complete information page 102. required, see Proxy statement hide and skull before your black bear Please thaw Staff members may not be able bringing it in for tagging. or skull. to check a frozen hide No person shall use salt in any form (liquid or solid) for bait. Nonresident Deer or Elk tags: A nonresident deer or elk tag, deer and elk excluding Nonresident Junior Mentored/DAV lion or gray tags, may be used to tag a black bear, mountain wolf, see Bait to attract game Bait for hunting is any substance placed bears but only animals. Bait may be used to hunt black under the following conditions: • • • Time: No bait or bait containers may be placed for the purpose of attracting or taking black bears before the opening of black bear take season, except in Units 10, 12, 16A, 17, 19, 20, 20A, 26, and 27, where bait may be placed up to 7 days before the take season. • • Resident Second Tags and Nonresident Tags Discounted bear tag, and Residents may purchase a second black black bear Nonresidents may purchase two (2) reduced-price 15, 16, 16A, 17, 19, tags for Units 4, 4A, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 20, 20A price of $41.75; designated wilderness at the discounted full priced bear tag or a nonresident may purchase one (1) outside the areas listed ($186.00) to hunt black bear anywhere tag valid in areas listed above and one (1) reduced priced bear above. • • office is not equipped to check Fish and Game’s headquarters area, these animals can be checked in bears. In the Boise at the Fish and Game regional office Monday through Friday, in Nampa, 5 p.m. or by appointment at the Garden between 8 a.m. and 44th St., 208-327-7095. City facility, 109 W. HuntsControlled • BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS HUNTING BEAR BLACK Idaho Big Game 2019 & 2020 Seasons & Rules idfg.idaho.gov Idaho Big Game & 2020 2019 2019 & 2020 FALL / 2020 & 2021 SPRING SPRING & 2021 2020 / FALL & 2020 2019 No female black bear No person may hunt or pursue black bears at except during the open season and for 10 days within 10 days of kill: Present the skull and hide to an Idaho Fish and Game regional office, official check point, or a Fish and Game conservation officer for removal and retention of a premolar tooth and to have the hide tagged with an official state export tag. No person, who does not possess a fur buyer or taxidermist license with appropriate import documentation, shall have, after the close of the season, any raw black bear pelt that does not have an official state export tag attached (either Idaho’s or another state’s official export documentation). accompanied by young may be taken. sex Evidence of Sex: For black bears, external evidence of or vulva for (either scrotum, penis, or testicles for males to the hide until the females) must be left naturally attached satisfied. mandatory check requirement has been Capturing Black Bears: No person may trap, snare or otherwise capture or hold black bears. Dump Grounds: any time within 200 yards of the perimeter of any designated dump ground or sanitary landfill. Mandatory Check and Report: Any hunter killing a black bear must, General Rules General bear per Bag Limit: No person may take more than one black legal tag in his or her possession. Female Black Bear With Young: • 70 B E A R • 55 gallonsmaybeusedifsecurelyattachedatthebaitsite. except thatasinglemetalcontainerwithmaximumsizeof glass, metal,wood,orothernonbiodegradablematerials, Containers: Nobaitmaybecontainedwithinpaper,plastic, • tracks. depressed wheeltracksandlittleornovegetationinthe and mayincludeatraveledwayofnaturalearthwith shows evidenceofrepeatedusebyfull-sizedautomobiles, of travelbyfull-sizedautomobiles.Anestablishedroadway any governmententityorprivatelandownerforthepurpose established, built,maintained,approvedordesignatedby An establishedroadwayisdefinedasanyroadthat capable ofbeingtraveledbyfull-sizedautomobiles. that isopentothegeneralpublicformotorizedtrafficand feet fromanymaintainedtrailorestablishedroadway Clearwater regions,nobaitsitemaybelocatedwithin200 traveled byfull-sizedautomobiles.InthePanhandleand the generalpublicformotorizedtrafficandcapableofbeing maintained trailoranyestablishedroadwaythatisopento no baitsitemaybelocatedwithin200yardsfromany In allregionsexceptthePanhandleandClearwaterregions, stream orspring). any water(lake,pond,reservoir,oryear-roundfree-flowing Location: Nobaitsitemaybelocatedwithin200feetof 8A, 10A than 4feetindiameter. No baitmaybecontainedinanyexcavatedholegreater or dwelling. designated ca No baitsitemaybelocatedwithinone-halfmileofany 2, 3,5 Units 4, 4A Idaho Big Game 2019 & 2020Idaho Big Game Seasons &Rules idfg.idaho.gov 7, 9 1 8 6 Aug 30-Nov Aug 30-Nov Aug 30-Nov Apr 15-June30 Apr 15-June30 Apr 15-May31 Apr 15-June Apr 15-June Apr 15-July31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Apr 15-May31 mpground orpicnicarea,administrativesite, Take Season 2019 &2020 Fall /2020 &2021 Black Spring Bear Seasons Apr 15-April30 Aug 30-Sep14 Aug 30-Sep14 Aug 30-Sep14 Aug 30-Sep14 Aug 30-Sep14 Apr 15-30 Apr 15-30 Oct 10-31 Oct 10-31 Oct 10-31 Oct 10-31 Oct 10-31 Oct 10-31 Apr 15-Apr30 Jan 1-Dec31 Prohibited Dogs (Females with young protected!) are with (Females June 1-July31 Dog Training July 1-31 July 1-31 None None None None Please seethesectiononhoundhuntingrulespage Hound Hunting • • • • • • beginning March1ofeachyear. are issuedbymailorinpersonatFishandGameoffices baiting permitissuedbyFishandGame.Baitingpermits Baiting Permits: • bear seasons. holder within7daysafterthecloseofspringandfallblack bait sitesandallmaterialsmustberemovedbythepermit Establishment ofBaitSites:Anystructuresconstructedat users offederal,stateorprivatelands. exempt thepermitholderfromanyrestrictionsplacedon Possession ofaFishandGamebaitingpermitdoesnot permit intheirpossessionwhilehuntingoverabaitsite. baiting permit,buttheymusthaveacopyoftheoutfitter’s Guides andclientsofoutfittersarenotrequiredtoobtaina No personmayhuntoveranunlawfulbaitsite. calendar yearforwhichtheyareissued. Bait sitetagsarevalidforspringandfallseasonsinthe outfitter’s operatingplan. may bespecifiedbythelandmanagementagencyin The numberofbaitsitesmaintainedbylicensedoutfitters permit eachyearandmaymaintainuptothreebaitsites. A huntermaypossessonlyoneFishandGamebaiting they areissued. Baiting permitswillbevalidinthecalendaryearforwhich the baitcontainerusingasitetagissuedbyFishandGame. All baitsitesmustbevisiblymarkedatthenearesttreeoron Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Allpersonsplacingbaitmustpossessa Second beartagmaybeused, Second beartagmaybeused, Second beartagmaybeused, Electronic callsmaybeused, Electronic callsmaybeused, Electronic callsmaybeused, Bait anddogsprohibited, Notes 101 . B E A R 71

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Electronic calls may be used Electronic calls may be used Electronic calls may be used Electronic calls may be used Electronic calls may Electronic calls may be used Electronic calls may be used, Electronic calls may be used, Electronic Second bear tag may be used, Second bear tag may be used, Second bear tag may be used, Second bear tag may be used, Second bear tag may be used, Second bear be used, Second bear tag may Second bear tag may be used, Remainder of units: 1 bear tag within designated wilderness be used in those portions of Units 21 & 28 be used in those portions of Units 21 & 28 : grizzly bears may be encountered Caution: grizzly bears Portion of Unit 24 Powder House Gulch drainage is closed during dog That portion of Unit 33 within the Middle Fork of the Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 - : grizzly bears may be encountered in Unit 17 Caution: grizzly bears may be encountered in Unit Second bear tag may be used and electronic calls may Second bear tag may be used and electronic Payette River drainage downstream from but excluding None None None None None July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July 31 July 1 - July Dog Training June 1 - July 31 June 8 - July 31 May 23 - July 31 June 16 - July 31 Idaho Big Game 2019 & 2020 Seasons & Rules idfg.idaho.gov Idaho Big Game & 2020 2019 (Females with are protected!) young Dogs Prohibited Oct 5 - Oct 31 Oct 1 - Oct 31 Oct 1 - Oct 31 Oct 5 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Nov 8 Oct 10 - Nov 8 Sep 15 - Nov 8 Oct 10 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Oct 31 Oct 10 - Oct Sep 15 - Oct 31 Sep 15 - Oct 31 Sep 15 - Oct 31 Apr 15 - Apr 30 Apr 15 - Apr 30 Apr 15 - Apr 30 Apr 15 - Apr 30 Apr 15 - Apr 30 Aug 30 - Sep 14 Aug 30 - Sep 14 Aug 30 - Sep 14 Apr 15 - May 31 2019 & 2020 Fall / 2020 & 2021 Spring Black Bear Seasons Seasons Bear Spring Black & 2021 / 2020 Fall 2020 & 2019 None Take Season Take Season Apr 15 - June 7 Apr 1 - June 30 Apr 1 - June 30 Apr 1 - June 30 Apr 1 - June 30 Apr 1 - June 30 Apr 1 - June 30 Apr 1 - June 30 Apr 1 - June Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 June 8 - June 30 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Aug 30 - Oct 31 Apr 15 - June 30 Apr 15 - June 15 Apr 15 - May 31 Apr 15 - June 30 Apr 15 - June 30 Apr 15 - May 31 Apr 15 - June 30 Apr 15 - May 31 Apr 15 - May 31 Aug 30 - Nov 30 Aug 30 - Nov 30 Aug 30 - Nov 30 Aug 30 - Nov 30 Aug 30 - Nov 30 Aug 30 - Nov 30 Aug 30 - Nov 30 Aug 30 - Nov 33 26 27 24 18 15 13 11 25 32A 20A 11A Units 21, 28 14, 16 19, 20 10, 12 29, 30, 37, 37A 19A, 23, 16A, 17, 21A, 36B 30A, 36A, 22, 31, 32, 72 B E A R 1. Note: 71, 72,74, 64, 65,66, 51, 52,58, 45, 49,50, Hunt No. 75, 77,78 43, 44,48 60A, 63, 66A, 67, 62, 62A 59, 59A 34, 35, 36, 39 69, 76 Units 8501 8503 8502 Idaho Big Game 2019 & 2020Idaho Big Game Seasons &Rules idfg.idaho.gov south onState Hwy 55toWarmLakeRoad, theneastonWarmLakeRoad totheUnit24/25boundary. Road, thennorthonNorwood RoadtoWestRoseberryRoad,theneaston RoadtoStateHighway55,then Mountain Road,thensouthon WestMountainRoadtoTamarackFallsRoad,theneast on TamarackFallsRoadtoNorwood boundary atNoBusinessSaddle onForestServiceRoad186,theneastandsouth ServiceRoad186toWest Portion ofUnit24only:Thatportionnorth ofthefollowingboundary:beginningonwesternUnit 24 63A 61 60 Apr 15-June Apr 15-June Apr 15-June30 Apr 15-June30 Apr 15-June30 Apr 15-June30 Apr 15-June Apr 15-June Apr 15-June30 1-1 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Aug 30-Oct31 Take Season Hunt Areas Controlled b (Seepg74) 22 22 2019 &2020 Fall /2020 &2021 Black Spring Bear Seasons Fall 2019 &2020 Black Bear Controlled Hunts (390 Tags) Apr 15-June Aug 30-Oct31 Jan 1-Dec31 Oct 1-31 Oct 1-31 Oct 1-31 Oct 1-31 Oct 1-31 Oct 1-31 Oct 5-31 Prohibited Tags 100 100 15 Dogs (Females with young protected!) are with (Females (Females with young protected!) are with (Females Season Dates Aug 1-Sep30 Sep 1-Oct31 Sep 15-Oct9 June 16-July31 June 16-July31 June 16-July31 June 16-July31 June 16-July31 West ofHoward Dog Training July 1-31 July 1-31 Creek inClark County only None None Bait anddogsprohibitedinFremontCountyeastof Regional officeat(208)232-4703beforepursuingbears. Dogs prohibitedOct1-31,Seenote1,Page73 Participants - If interested in helping with information Participants -Ifinterestedinhelpingwithinformation collection in these areas please contact the Southeast collection intheseareaspleasecontacttheSoutheast Motorized HuntingRuleAppliesinUnits66,66A, Outside theNationalForestSystemBoundary Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencounteredin Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Caution: grizzlybearsmaybeencountered Bait prohibited,Privateland Motorized HuntingRuleApplies, Bait prohibitedSep1-Oct31, Howard CreekinClarkCounty, 69 &76,SeePages104- Bait anddogsprohibited, See note1,Page73, Units 64,65,66&67 See Pages104-106 Bait prohibited, Bait prohibited, Notes Notes

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See note 1, Page 73 See note 1, See note 1, Page 73, Bait and dogs prohibited Bait and dogs prohibited Bait and dogs prohibited , excluding corporate timber lands, corporate timber lands, only, excluding timber lands, only, excluding corporate Bait prohibited Sep 1 - Oct 31, Bait prohibited Sep 1 - Oct 31, Bait prohibited Sep 1 Bait prohibited Sep 1 - Oct 31, Bait prohibited Sep 1 Bait prohibited, See note 1, Page 73, Dogs prohibited Oct 1 - Oct 31, See note 1, Page 73 Dogs prohibited Oct 1 - Oct 31, See note Dogs prohibited Oct 1 - Oct 31, See note 1, Page 73 Dogs prohibited Oct Private land Private land Private land Dogs prohibited Oct 1 - Oct 31, See note 1, Page 73, Dogs prohibited Oct Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 - Motorized Hunting Rule Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 - Motorized Hunting Rule Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 - Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 104 - Motorized Hunting Rule Applies, See Pages 108 - 112. lled hunt area descriptions. nt area descriptions. Sep 1 - Oct 31 Sep 1 - Oct 31 Sep 1 - Oct 31 Season Dates Season Dates Season Dates Apr 1 - May 22 Apr 1 - May 22 Apr 1 - May 22 Season Dates Idaho Big Game 2019 & 2020 Seasons & Rules idfg.idaho.gov Idaho Big Game & 2020 2019 May 23 - Jun 15 Aug 15 - Aug 31 Aug 15 - Aug Aug 15 - Aug 31 (Females with are protected!) young (Females with are protected!) young (Females with are protected!) young (Females with are protected!) young 25 75 25 40 50 200 100 Tags Tags Tags Tags Fall 2019 & 2020 Black Bear Controlled Hunts Controlled Bear Black & 2020 2019 Fall Youth only Fall 2019 & 2020 Black Bear Controlled Hunts Hunts Controlled Bear Black & 2020 2019 Fall only Youth Spring 2020 & 2021 Black Bear Controlled Hunts (340 Tags) (340 Hunts Controlled Bear Black & 2021 Spring 2020 Youth only Spring 2020 & 2021 Black Bear Controlled Hunts Controlled Bear Black & 2021 Spring only 2020 Youth 32 32 31 32A (See pg 74) (See pg 74) (See pg 74) a a a Controlled Controlled Controlled Controlled Hunt Areas Hunt Areas Hunt Areas Hunt Areas 22-1 22-1 32-1 Controlled hunt tag holders must have a hound-hunter permit to use dogs in this hunt. Any dogs used must be under the Controlled hunt tag holders must have a hound-hunter permit to use dogs in this without having a controlled hunt tag in control of the tag holder. Bears may not be pursued during this controlled hunt possession. 8002 8003 8004 8506 8001 8505 8504 Hunt No. Hunt No. Hunt No. Hunt No. This hunt includes only a portion of this unit. See controlled hu This hunt includes other units or parts of other units. See contro Note: 1. a b For details on controlled hunt rules and restrictions please see pages BLACK BEAR CONTROLLED HUNT AREA DESCRIPTIONS

Please note that hunt areas are different for each species. For full text of legal description and boundaries for Game Management Units, see pages 86 - 95, or visit adminrules.idaho.gov/rules/current/13/130108.pdf

southerly along the Selkirk Divide to Baldy Mountain, then easterly along Little Sand Creek to the Pend Oreille River, then westerly along the northern shore of the Pend Oreille River to the point of beginning and that portion of Unit 1 within the following boundary: Beginning at the confluence of the Moyie River and the Kootenai River, then west and north on the Kootenai River to the Copeland Bridge, then east on County Road 45 to the junction with State Highway 1, then south on State Highway 1 to the intersection with State Highway 95, then north and east on State Highway 95 to where State Highway 95 crosses the Moyie River, then south on the Moyie River to the point of beginning. Hunt Area 22 — All of Unit 22. Hunt Area 22-1 — All of Units 22 and 31. Hunt Area 31 — All of Unit 31. Hunt Area 32 — All of Unit 32. Hunt Area 1-1 — That portion of Unit 1 within the following boundary: Beginning at the Idaho/Washington state line where Hunt Area 32-1 — All of Units 32 and 32A. it intersects the Pend Oreille River, then northward along the Hunt Area 32A— All of Unit 32A. Idaho/Washington state line to the Lamb Creek drainage, then southeasterly along the northern edge of the Lamb Creek divide to Priest Lake, then along the southern shore of Priest Lake to the Soldier Creek drainage, then easterly along the northern edge of the Soldier Creek drainage to the Selkirk Divide, then

Grizzly Bear or Black Bear?

Grizzly bears and black KNOW THE DIFFERENCE! bears both live in Idaho. AVOID MISTAKEN IDENTITY No Hump Black Bear Grizzly bears may be found in 3 Straight areas of Idaho: Face Profile Round • The Panhandle in big game units Front Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 6, 7 and 9 Hump • The Bitterroot Mountains along the Idaho/Montana border in big Grizzly Bear game units 10, 12 and 17 Dish Face • Southeast Idaho in the Profile Yellowstone Ecosystem in big Straight game units 60, 61, 62, 62A, 64, Front Track 65, 66 and 67.

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