Amends existing law to provide for game tags for swan, to revise provisions regarding upland game bird permits, and to revise hunter orange requirements regarding certain locations.
FISH AND GAME -- Amends existing law to provide for game tags for swan, to revise provisions regarding upland game bird permits, and to revise hunter orange requirements regarding certain locations.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Current Idaho law limits the permit requirement for hunting stocked upland game birds to state wildlife management areas (WMAs), and identifies the permit required to hunt stocked birds as a WMA Upland Game Bird Permit. This bill expands the permit's applicability to cover hunting in additional areas with stocked upland games birds as designated by the Commission, and deletes the WMA reference from the name of the permit to reflect this change. The expansion of permit applicability will support stocking at locations in addition to WMAs as circumstance and bird availability allows. The federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act regulates the hunting of tundra swan and other waterfowl and migratory birds. With federal approval, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission may join neighboring states to authorize limited tundra swan hunting. This bill establishes a swan tag and related tag cost.
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (28)
LATEST ACTION
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