Idaho 2025 Fall Hunting Season Outlook
With the mild winter of 2024-2025, Idaho elk and deer herds are looking up...
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Rodger Holscher
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Grizzly Bear Reintroduction Into California
History: Grizzly bears used to roam the mountains and coast of California. In the early 1900s, Californians experienced a large portion of grizzly bear conflicts. Through poisoning and trapping, the…
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Idaho Poacher Convicted and Two Others Charged
Also in Kootenai County, on June 27, 2025, two men were charged with the alleged crime of killing seven whitetail deer...
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Idaho Poacher Pleads Guilty and Gets Lifetime License Suspension.
What HappenedWhat initially was reported as a helicopter pushing deer away from hunters, turned into a large-scale poaching operation. IDFG investigated the incident which led them to Karl Studer.…
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No More Idaho OTC Nonresident Deer and Elk Tags!
Idaho ends OTC Deer and Elk tags for Nonresidents...
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Grizzly Bear Shot By Mistake In Idaho
On May 9th 2025, a north Idaho black bear hunter shot a young female grizzly bear...
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Idaho: Booming Elk Population = More Tags?
If you commented/voted on the 2025 elk proposals for the Brownlee and Weiser River Zones, you might have noticed something. There were new/more tags being proposed in those zones. This…
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Idaho: Bear ID Test & Shed Antler License
As some of you know, Idaho passed a new law that requires nonresident shed hunters to purchase a Nonresident Big Game Hunting License. Idaho Code 36-508 states, “A nonresident collecting,…
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California: No More Coyote Hunting?
Since September 2023, the California Fish and Game Commission Wildlife Resources Committee (WRC) has been mulling over...
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Idaho Changing Nonresident Elk and Deer Tag Purchase
Traditionally the Idaho Nonresident Deer and Elk Tags became available for first come first serve purchase on December 1st every year. While tens of thousands of Nonresident hunters felt the…
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