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Furbearer General Any Weapon Season
Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Counties
Unlimited Tags
10/22/2016 - 3/15/2017
- Species
- Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
- Either-sex Northern River Otter
- Either sex may be taken.
- Trapping
- Open to Trapping, Closed to Hunting.
- Restrictions
Harvest quota 15 for the Southeast Region. Visit River Otter Harvest Webpage, call the Southeast office at (208)232-4703 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.
EXCEPTIONS:
Portneuf R. downstream from Lava Hot Springs: CLOSED.
All areas closed to beaver trapping are closed to otter trapping.
- Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Counties
- Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Counties. Area Size: 6,033,006 acres
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.
Private 2,903,265 acres 48.1% |
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 974,862 acres 16.2% |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 905,843 acres 15% |
State of Idaho 371,842 acres 6.2% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 363,072 acres 6% |
Indian Reservation / Bureau of Indian Affairs 198,342 acres 3.3% |
U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 65,372 acres 1.1% |
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 65,123 acres 1.1% |
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 44,281 acres 0.7% |
U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 35,541 acres 0.6% |
Other 21,269 acres 0.4% |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 17,849 acres 0.3% |
U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 17,460 acres 0.3% |
State of Idaho 11,341 acres 0.2% |
State of Idaho 1,463 acres 0% |
Other 140 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.
Federally-designated Wilderness Areas
No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.
There are no wilderness areas in this hunt.