Sage-Grouse General Any Weapon Season

Management Area 2
Unlimited Tags

9/15/2013 - 9/21/2013

Species
Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Either-sex Sage-Grouse
Either sex may be taken.
Short-Range or Falconry
Archery, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, or Falcon ONLY.

Restrictions
  • YOUTH HUNT: ONLY hunters 12-17 years of age with a valid license and tag may participate in this hunt.
  • Motorized Hunting Rule (MHR): Motorized vehicle use by all big game hunters is restricted to established roadways legally open to travel by full-sized automobiles. The motorized hunting rule applies only to big game animals, including moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goats, in designated units from August 30 through December 31. Learn more about the Motorized hunting Rule at idfg.idaho.gov/hunt/access/motorized-vehicles
  • Sage/Sharp-tailed Grouse Permit Validation: Any person hunting sage or sharp-tailed grouse must have in possession their license with a sage/sharp-tailed grouse permit validation. Permit validations are available at any license vendor or online.

September 15 through September 21, one-bird daily limit, two in possession:
Statewide in sage-grouse range except designated closed areas.

Management Area 2
Butte, Camas, Cassia, Clark, Fremont, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome, Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Power and Teton counties, Bannock County west of Interstate 15, Bingham County west of Interstate 15, Blaine County, except within the Salmon River drainage, Bonneville County west of Interstate 15 and north of U.S. Highway 26, Custer County, except within the Salmon River drainage upstream from and including Valley Creek, Oneida County west of Interstate 15, Owyhee County west of the Bruneau River, Twin Falls County east of U.S. Highway 93 Area Size: 24,330,526 acres
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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: UNK 21 21A 27 28 29 30 30A 35 36 36A 36B 37 37A 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 52A 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 59A 60 60A 61 62 62A 63 63A 64 65 67 68 68A 69 70 73 73A

Resident Tags and Permits

  • Sage/Sharp-tailed Grouse Permit
  • Falconry Permit* (Valid for 3 years from purchase year)
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

  • Sage/Sharp-tailed Grouse Permit
  • Falconry Permit* (Valid for 3 years from purchase year)
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.
* Indicates this item is optional.

Where to purchase

Learn more about IDFG Licenses, Tags & Permits
 

Surface Management

For government land, these data show the managing agency of the land, which may or not be the same as the owning agency.

Graph illustrating 35.17 percent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 8,555,917 acres   35.2%
Graph illustrating 27.82 percent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 6,767,919 acres   27.8%
Graph illustrating 26.01 percent Private 6,328,290 acres   26%
Graph illustrating 3.63 percent State of Idaho 884,345 acres   3.6%
Graph illustrating 2.31 percent U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 560,931 acres   2.3%
Graph illustrating 2.08 percent U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 506,503 acres   2.1%
Graph illustrating 1.12 percent Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 271,436 acres   1.1%
Graph illustrating 0.5 percent Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 122,055 acres   0.5%
Graph illustrating 0.29 percent U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 71,667 acres   0.3%
Graph illustrating 0.27 percent U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 64,849 acres   0.3%
Graph illustrating 0.2 percent State of Idaho 49,049 acres   0.2%
Graph illustrating 0.2 percent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 48,807 acres   0.2%
Graph illustrating 0.18 percent Other 44,805 acres   0.2%
Graph illustrating 0.11 percent Other 27,271 acres   0.1%
Graph illustrating 0.07 percent State of Idaho 16,394 acres   0.1%
Graph illustrating 0.02 percent U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 5,002 acres   0%
Graph illustrating 0.01 percent U.S. Military 2,054 acres   0%
Graph illustrating 0 percent U.S. Corps of Engineers (COE) 53 acres   0%

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Land management via Inside Idaho

Access Yes! Properties

Access Yes! is Fish and Game program designed to improve hunting and fishing access to private land or through private land to public land by compensating willing landowners who provide access.

Federally-designated Wilderness Areas

No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.