H 262 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law to provide for deer and elk tag allocations.

This bill revises Idaho's rules for allocating deer and elk hunting tags to prioritize hunters using licensed outfitters. It creates a dedicated set-aside pool of 3,875 nonresident deer tags and 3,200 nonresident elk tags (or 25% of total nonresident tags, whichever is greater), exclusively for hunters with signed agreements with outfitters. Unsold tags from this pool become available to the general public after specific deadlines (July 15 or 31). The allocation method uses historical outfitter tag usage from the past two years, with rules requiring verification of outfitter-assisted hunts and new administrative fees for tag sales or verification.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Feb 19, 2025
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Feb 19, 2025
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Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
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Feb 18, 2025
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Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
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