Hunting

Out and About: Goose season, camping discounts

The hunt stretches across portions of southern and eastern Idaho. The season on Ross' and snow geese runs through March 10 in areas 2 and 3. The bag limit is 10 per day and 20 in possession.

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HUNTING

Diary of a deer hunt: A week in the Idaho woods

It could have been a short deer hunt. The first morning, Dave Gourley and I each spotted small whitetail bucks, but neither offered a shot.
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Amendment on hunting, fishing, trapping goes to a vote

Twin Falls Republican Sen. Lee Heider led a successful effort to place the right to hunt, fish and trap on the ballot in November. And the Fish and Game Commission is endorsing it.
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Roger Phillips: Dogs make duck hunting more memorable

The first shots of the new duck season rang out in the morning’s gray light. A wigeon plunged from the sky and disappeared into the grass and willows alongside the pond where we were hunting.
FISHING

Zimo: Archery classes are available for kids in Boise area

Q: Last winter, our 9-year-old daughter became very interested in getting archery lessons, and we waited to see if it was a passing fancy.
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Open for the season: Finding great public areas for bird hunters to give a shot

Bird hunting is Idaho’s marathon season, and you have until January to do your hunting.
PETE ZIMOWSKY

Zimo: Choices are wide open for fishing

With waterfowl season opening Saturday, Oct. 13, deer hunting already underway and upland bird seasons open, if you’re an angler, you might get pretty lonely this weekend.
FISHING

Out and About: hunting and fishing

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Tackle tip

Storm’s Hot-N-Tot is a classic plug for back trolling during steelhead season on the Salmon and Clearwater rivers. (Back trolling is where a drift boat or jet boat is held still in the river, letting the river current work the plugs.)
FISHING

F&G stocks trout in October

Here’s Idaho Fish and Game’s trout-stocking schedule for the month:
PETE ZIMOWSKY

Zimo: Grouse hunters, look skyward

Hunting season for forest grouse is under way in Idaho, and one of the best ways to hunt the birds is to lie down on your back in the mountains and look up.