Idaho approves 2019 sage grouse season

Fri., Aug. 30, 2019

From staff reports

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission last Thursday set the 2019 sage grouse hunting seasons and rules, which included extended closures in Owyhee County, a restrictive two-day season in some areas in the central part of the state and a seven-day season in portions of Owyhee, Twin Falls, Oneida and Cassia counties, according to an agency news release.

In those portions of Owyhee, Twin Falls, Oneida and Cassia counties (Zone 2), the season will run Sept. 21-27, with the traditional one bird per day and two birds in possession bag limit. In the central part of the state (Zone 3), the two-day season will run Sept. 21-22, with a one bird per day and two birds in possession bag limit.

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