Bear General Any Weapon Season

Unit 31
Black Bear Tag Unlimited Tags

4/1/2024 - 5/22/2024

Species: American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Either-sex Black Bear: No female black bear accompanied by young may be taken.

Any Weapon: Rifle, Archery, Muzzleloader, Shotgun, or Handgun.

Restrictions

Take season limited to on or within 1 mile of private lands

Surface Management

Game Units

Wilderness

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Unit 31: All of Unit 31. Area Size: 383,001 acres

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General Season Harvest Statistics

Year	Unit	Harvest	Boars	Sows	Fall	Spring	Hounds	Incidental	Still Stalk
2015	31
2014	31	4				4			4
2013	31
2011	31	1	1		1
2009	31	14	10	4	10	4	6		8
2008	31	10	6	4	4	6	3		7
2007	31	3	1	2	2	1	1		1
2006	31	9	7	2	6	3	3		6
2005	31	12	9	3	6	6	3		9
2004	31	7	5	2	4	3			7
2003	31	8	5	3	6	2	4	1	3
2002	31	3	3		2	1	2		1
2001	31	6	4	2	5	1	4	2
2000	31	6	4	2	4	2	3	1	2

Source: Harvest Statistics Database compiled from Mandatory Harvest Reports and Check Station Records
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.

Resident Tags and Permits

Adult Bear Tag
Jr./Sr./DAV Bear Tag
Hound Hunter Permit*
Bear Bait Permit*
Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

Junior Mentored Bear Tag
Adult Bear Tag
Bear Bait Permit*
Hound Hunter Permit*
Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.

* Indicates this item is optional.

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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.

Private 189,948 acres 49.6%

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 88,550 acres 23.1%

U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 71,713 acres 18.7%

State of Idaho 22,679 acres 5.9%

State of Idaho 6,104 acres 1.6%

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 80 acres 0%

U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 46 acres 0%

Other 21 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.