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Furbearer General Any Weapon Season

Clearwater Furbearer Region

11/1/2011 - 3/15/2012

Either-sex Northern River Otter furbearer info»: Either sex may be taken. view all»
Trapping: Open to Trapping, Closed to Hunting. more»

No special restrictions.

Harvest quota 15 for the Clearwater Region. Call the appropriate IDFG office or 1-800-323-4334 to obtain current harvest information. Season closes 48 hours after quota is reached. Maximum limit of 2 otters per trapper.
EXCEPTIONS:
Mainstem of the Clearwater R., mainstem of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater R., mainstem of the Snake R., from Lewiston upstream to Hells Canyon Dam, and the mainstem of the main Salmon R.: CLOSED.

All areas closed to beaver trapping are closed to otter trapping.

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Hunt Area

Clearwater Furbearer Region: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce Counties. Area Size: 8,575,609 acres

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Statistics

No historical hunts resemble this hunt or harvest statistics are not currently available for this opportunity.

Tags, Permits & Fees

Licenses, tags and permits may be purchased:

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By phone & credit card:
1-800-554-8685
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No resident tags are necessary.

No non-resident tags are necessary.

Note: A valid hunting license is required.

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Landscape Characteristics and Access

Surface Management Agency

U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE)	0.54 %
U.S. Forest Service (USFS)	62.36 %
Indian Reservation	1.11 %
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)	1.62 %
U.S. National Park Service (NPS)	0.02 %
State of Idaho	5.13 %
Private	29.16 %

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Surface Management Agency data source: Inside Idaho
*Surface Management Agency (a.k.a. Land Status) depicts categories for Federal and State agencies as well as Private lands in Idaho. For government land, this data displays the "managing agency" of the land, which may or may not be the same as the "owning agency" of the land. SMA is sometimes referred to as "ownership", although this term is inaccurate when describing public lands.

Access Yes! Properties

Access Yes! is Fish & Game program designed to improve sportsmen's access to private land or through private land to public land by compensating willing landowners who provide access.

Forest Service Land

Check for road and area closures on National Forest websites

Federally-designated Wilderness Areas

Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness
829,717 acres (0.35% of hunt area)
Gospel Hump Wilderness
206,028 acres (1% of hunt area)
Hells Canyon Wilderness
65,357 acres (0.74% of hunt area)
Selway Bitterroot Wilderness
1,093,707 acres (1% of hunt area)

Land Use/Land Cover

Urban	0.14 %
Rangeland	9.62 %
Water	0.24 %
Forest	70.81 %
Dryland Agriculture	19.1 %
Irrigated-Sprinkler	0.07 %

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Land Use data source: IDWR

Weather

* Weather data provided by The Weather Channel®.

Outfitters and Guides

Local Furbearer Outfitters & Guides

No local hunting outfitters are licensed for Furbearer.

Local Pack Trip Outfitters

Drybuck Mountain Adventures Inc Area 01
Operating Area for conducting Day Hikes, Llama and Goat Packing, Mountain Bike Touring, Non-motorized Trailrides, Equestrian Rides, Backpacking, Cattle Drives, Photography Trips, Motorized Trail Rides activities.

*In need of a Guide? Try our Idaho Outfitter Guide, which allows you to search all licensed outfitters by species, activity and location.

Services

Lodging, Camping, Restaurants & Other Services

Cities in Clearwater Furbearer Region
- Lewiston, pop. 30,487
- Moscow, pop. 21,674
- Grangeville, pop. 3,160
- Orofino, pop. 3,142
- Kamiah, pop. 1,150
- Cottonwood, pop. 936
- Craigmont / Winchester, pop. 858
- Troy, pop. 786
- Potlatch, pop. 773
- Elk City, pop. 743
- Kooskia, pop. 670
- Pierce, pop. 567
- Deary, pop. 543
- Riggins, pop. 406
- Weippe, pop. 385
- Elk River, pop. 141
- White Bird, pop. 105
- Lowell, pop. 30
- Powell
Cities within 25 mi.
- St. Maries, pop. 2,586
- McCall, pop. 2,110
- Plummer, pop. 968
- New Meadows, pop. 509
- Harrison, pop. 268
- Worley, pop. 223
- Yellow Pine, pop. 38
Cities within 50 mi.
- Coeur d'Alene, pop. 36,259
- Post Falls, pop. 18,738
- Rathdrum, pop. 5,081
- North Fork, pop. 3,122
- Salmon, pop. 3,022
- Cataldo, pop. 2,395
- Kellogg, pop. 2,258
- Murray / Prichard, pop. 1,920
- Cascade, pop. 962
- Wallace, pop. 898
- Council, pop. 772
- Cambridge, pop. 354
- Warm Lake

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

Getting There

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Regional Airports

Boise Municipal - Gowen Field(BOI) Boise, ID
Missoula International(MSO) Missoula, MT
Spokane International - Geiger Field(GEG) Spokane, WA
Lewiston-Nez Perce County(LWS) Lewiston, ID
Pullman/Moscow Regional(PUW) Moscow, ID
McCall Municipal(MYL) McCall, ID
Lemhi County - Salmon Regional(SMN) Salmon, ID