I encourage all of you to attend one of these meetings next week...please. Idaho Fish and Game needs to hear all of our opinions on the topics listed below and any other concerns that you may have.
Here is the infomation I recieved via e-mail. Thanks.
Fish & Game
News Release
For more information, call 324-4359
Big game season planning meetings and antler scoring
JEROME - The Department of Fish and Game will host three big game season planning
meetings and score sportsmen's big game animals on February 23, 24, and 25, from 5
to 8 pm.
Meetings are scheduled at the Boy Scout Center in Twin Falls on the 23, at the
Burley City Hall on the 24, and at the Community Campus (old Wood River High School)
in Hailey February 25.
Idaho Fish and Game biologists will present a number of options for this year's
hunting seasons in the Magic Valley Region and the state.
General proposals include:
* General deer season dates: October 10-31 throughout the Southeast, Upper Snake,
and Salmon regions and in Magic Valley Units 48, 49, 52A, 53, & 56. October 5-31 in
the Southwest Region and Magic Valley Units 43 and 46.
* Traditional muzzleloader deer hunt in Units 46, 47, 54, 55, & 57, November 1-14,
either-sex, 200 permits.
* Unit 44 deer: Eliminate the late buck hunt (November 10-24) and run the earlier
season October 1 - November 9 instead of October 5-31.
* Unit 43 elk: Eliminate the November either-sex hunt, keep the youth either sex
hunt, and reduce antlerless and antlered tags slightly to encourage population
growth.
* Unit 52 deer: Eliminate the traditional muzzleloader hunt and return to 2003
regulations.
* Unit 54 elk: Reduce any weapon antlerless permits by 10 and add a 10-permit
antlerless traditional muzzleloader hunt November 1- 24.
* Unit 45 deer: Eliminate the 30-permit modern muzzleloader buck hunt and add those
permits to the any-weapon hunt.
* Mountain lions: Eliminate female quotas region wide.
Sportsmen are asked to comment on the proposed changes. Department staff and
officers will be on hand to answer questions and explain proposals. Information
gathered at the open houses will be used to formulate the Department's
recommendation to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for approval at their March
meeting.
People wanting to have their big game animal scored need only to bring them to the
meetings. Two Boone and Crockett scorers will be on hand to measure antlers during
the meetings.
For more information, call 324-4359.
Kelton Hatch
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Regional Conservation Educator
(208) 324-4359 Work
539-0417 Cell
(208) 324-1160 Fax
Here is the infomation I recieved via e-mail. Thanks.
Fish & Game
News Release
For more information, call 324-4359
Big game season planning meetings and antler scoring
JEROME - The Department of Fish and Game will host three big game season planning
meetings and score sportsmen's big game animals on February 23, 24, and 25, from 5
to 8 pm.
Meetings are scheduled at the Boy Scout Center in Twin Falls on the 23, at the
Burley City Hall on the 24, and at the Community Campus (old Wood River High School)
in Hailey February 25.
Idaho Fish and Game biologists will present a number of options for this year's
hunting seasons in the Magic Valley Region and the state.
General proposals include:
* General deer season dates: October 10-31 throughout the Southeast, Upper Snake,
and Salmon regions and in Magic Valley Units 48, 49, 52A, 53, & 56. October 5-31 in
the Southwest Region and Magic Valley Units 43 and 46.
* Traditional muzzleloader deer hunt in Units 46, 47, 54, 55, & 57, November 1-14,
either-sex, 200 permits.
* Unit 44 deer: Eliminate the late buck hunt (November 10-24) and run the earlier
season October 1 - November 9 instead of October 5-31.
* Unit 43 elk: Eliminate the November either-sex hunt, keep the youth either sex
hunt, and reduce antlerless and antlered tags slightly to encourage population
growth.
* Unit 52 deer: Eliminate the traditional muzzleloader hunt and return to 2003
regulations.
* Unit 54 elk: Reduce any weapon antlerless permits by 10 and add a 10-permit
antlerless traditional muzzleloader hunt November 1- 24.
* Unit 45 deer: Eliminate the 30-permit modern muzzleloader buck hunt and add those
permits to the any-weapon hunt.
* Mountain lions: Eliminate female quotas region wide.
Sportsmen are asked to comment on the proposed changes. Department staff and
officers will be on hand to answer questions and explain proposals. Information
gathered at the open houses will be used to formulate the Department's
recommendation to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for approval at their March
meeting.
People wanting to have their big game animal scored need only to bring them to the
meetings. Two Boone and Crockett scorers will be on hand to measure antlers during
the meetings.
For more information, call 324-4359.
Kelton Hatch
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Regional Conservation Educator
(208) 324-4359 Work
539-0417 Cell
(208) 324-1160 Fax
