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Hunt Area 8X; Palouse Zone, outside N.F. w/I cultivated private fields

Hunt areas are numbered sequentially by year and species. The unfortunate result is that a 2010 Deer Hunt Area 1-1 may not have the same boundary as a 2009 Deer Hunt Area 1-1 or even 2010 Elk Hunt Area 1-1. To be clear, always check the hunt area boundary to see if they match. For querying historical statistics you can use the huntplanner, drawing odds search and harvest statistics search tools on this site which do a rough match of historical hunt areas by units, species, weapons and other factors to allow comparison.

Hunting is only allowed outside National Forest boundaries within one mile of private fields on which cultivated crops are currently growing in the Palouse Zone (Game Management Units 8, 8A and 11A). The National Forest Boundary is a legislatively set boundary -- it is not necessarily the boundary of Forest Service property. State, private and other lands within the National Forest Boundary are not open to hunting during this season. (Please refer to a U.S. Forest Service travel plan map for the location of this boundary.) "Private fields on which cultivated crops are currently growing" is defined as: fields on which soil has been used or broken up for the raising of crops, and artificially irrigated pasture. "Currently" means during the current or most recent growing season. Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or other set-aside farm programs are specifically excluded. ATTENTION: The map displayed on this website only depicts outside of the Forest Service boundary, it is the hunter's responsibility to determine if they are within one mile of cultivated crops..

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Map of Hunt Area

More information about GMU(s) in Hunt Area 8X; Palouse Zone, outside N.F. w/I cultivated private fields :

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Land Ownership

U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Graph illustrating 0.39% 0.39 %
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Graph illustrating 0.9% 0.9 %
State of Idaho Graph illustrating 5.33% 5.33 %
U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE) Graph illustrating 1.07% 1.07 %
Private Graph illustrating 87.93% 87.93 %
Indian Reservation Graph illustrating 4.38% 4.38 %

Make your own map of Hunt Area 8X; Palouse Zone, outside N.F. w/I cultivated private fields
Ownership data source: Inside Idaho

Access Yes! Properties

National Forests

No National Forest lands fall within Hunt Area 8X; Palouse Zone, outside N.F. w/I cultivated private fields.

Federally-designated Wilderness Areas

There are no wilderness areas in Hunt Area 8X; Palouse Zone, outside N.F. w/I cultivated private fields.

Land Use/Cover

Dryland Agriculture Graph illustrating 83.59% 83.59 %
Forest Graph illustrating 15.52% 15.52 %
Rangeland Graph illustrating 0% 0 %
Urban Graph illustrating 0.28% 0.28 %
Water Graph illustrating 0.61% 0.61 %

Make your own map of Hunt Area 8X; Palouse Zone, outside N.F. w/I cultivated private fields
Land Use data source: IDWR

Services

Lodging, Camping & Services in Hunt Area 8X; Palouse Zone, outside N.F. w/I cultivated private fields

* Services pages courtesy of the Official Idaho Travel and Tourism Guide