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Furbearer General Any Weapon Season
Custer and Lemhi Counties
Unlimited Tags
10/22/2017 - 3/15/2018
- Species
- Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
- Antlerless or Antlered Northern River Otter
- Either sex may be taken.
- Trapping
- Open to Trapping, Closed to Hunting.
- Restrictions
Harvest quota 15 for the Salmon Region. Visit River Otter Harvest Webpage, call the Salmon office at (208)756-2271 or call the 24 hour hotline at (800)323-4334 24 to obtain current harvest information. Season closes 48 hours after quota is reached. Maximum limit of 2 otters per trapper.
Main Salmon R. downstream from North Fork, Idaho: CLOSED.
All areas closed to beaver trapping are closed to otter trapping.
Resident Tags and Permits
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
NonResident Tags and Permits
- Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*
Where to purchase
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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.
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 4,180,032 acres 68.7% |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 1,377,477 acres 22.6% |
Private 420,908 acres 6.9% |
State of Idaho 89,860 acres 1.5% |
Other 9,347 acres 0.2% |
State of Idaho 2,098 acres 0% |
State of Idaho 597 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.
No properties are currently available in this hunt area.
View all Access Yes Participants.
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
- Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness 795,567 acres 13.1% of hunt
- Sawtooth Wilderness 54,449 acres 0.9% of hunt