Fish and Game Commission to consider rule changes
Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:06 AM PDT
Boise — Idaho Fish and Game is seeking public comments on five proposed rule changes this summer.
Fish and Game has proposed five changes that would:
• Eliminate evidence-of-sex requirement for meat being transported from a commercial meat processor.
• Allow disabled archery hunters to use crossbows with nonmagnifying scopes having battery powered or tritium lighted reticles during archery-only hunting seasons.
• Allow visually impaired hunters to use nonmagnifying scopes during muzzleloader-only hunts.
• Allow holders of senior combination and disabled combination licenses to apply for, and participate in, leftover youth-only deer and elk controlled hunts.
• Include bait containers in the current commission rules on black bear bait placement.
The proposed rule changes will be posted on the Fish and Game Website for public review and comment. Comments must be submitted by July 14. Comments may also be submitted by mail to: Nonbiological Rules, IDFG, P.O. Box 25, Boise ID 83707.
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission would consider any big game nonbiological rule changes during its July meeting. In the past, most big game nonbiological rule changes have been made in January. But a moratorium for state agencies prohibits rule changes from mid-November through the following legislative session.
Nonbiological rules include equipment restrictions, controlled hunt application and eligibility requirements, possession requirements and motorized vehicle use restrictions. They do not include seasons, bag limits, size limits, sex restrictions, or species restrictions.
Commissioners will meet July 23-25 in the conference room at the Cabela’s store in Post Falls. Other items on the agenda include sage-grouse seasons, release of bighorn sheep tags for auction and lottery, expenditure of Animal Damage Control funds, legislative proposals and migratory game birds discussions.
