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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.
Surface Management
Game Units
Wilderness
- 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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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.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 8,555,917 acres 35.2% |
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 6,767,919 acres 27.8% |
Private 6,328,290 acres 26% |
State of Idaho 884,345 acres 3.6% |
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 560,931 acres 2.3% |
U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 506,503 acres 2.1% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 271,436 acres 1.1% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 122,055 acres 0.5% |
U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 71,667 acres 0.3% |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 64,849 acres 0.3% |
State of Idaho 49,049 acres 0.2% |
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 48,807 acres 0.2% |
Other 44,805 acres 0.2% |
Other 27,271 acres 0.1% |
State of Idaho 16,394 acres 0.1% |
U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 5,002 acres 0% |
U.S. Military 2,054 acres 0% |
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.
- Rinker Rock Creek Ranch
- Windy Wheat, LLC
- Little Fish Creek Grazing Assoc.
- Telfer Inc.
- Steve Deeg Farms
- Robert Gardner
- Pleasant Valley Grazing Association
- Bob Ivie Property
- Rockland Valley - West
- Janss Farms
- Rockland
- Weatherly Property
- Wood River Land Trust - Cowcatcher Ridge
- Wood River Land Trust - Porcupine Creek Preserve
- Wood River Land Trust - Draper Wood River Preserve
- Colorado Gulch Preserve
- North Teton River
- Kilgore Area
- Bruneau Floodplain at CJ Strike
- Lower Kirtley Creek
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
- Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness 795,565 acres 3.3% of hunt
- Owyhee River Wilderness 272,397 acres 1.1% of hunt
- Big Jacks Creek Wilderness 56,546 acres 0.2% of hunt
- Little Jacks Creek Wilderness 54,935 acres 0.2% of hunt
- North Fork Owyhee Wilderness 44,684 acres 0.2% of hunt
- Bruneau-Jarbridge Rivers Wilderness 31,470 acres 0.1% of hunt
- Pole Creek Wilderness 13,405 acres 0.1% of hunt
- Sawtooth Wilderness 26 acres 0% of hunt