Information: Goose hunting in Idaho is rapidly becoming one of the most popular forms of hunting. Goose hunting begins (in most areas of Idaho) on October 4 and officially ends on the 11th of January.
Lanning Morrison of Twin Falls is an avid goose hunter. Lanning has been hunting since 1978. He hunts in AREA 3-SECTION (arguably the best hunting area in Idaho). Any and all hunters interested in goose OR duck hunting should contact Lanning Morrison at the page provided here. Listed below are Idaho's hunting areas, bag limits, and general rules pertaining to the hunting of geese in Idaho.
SEASONS, HUNT AREA DESCRIPTIONS AND LIMITS
GEESE
(including: DARK GEESE - Canada and White-fronted;
LIGHT GEESE - Ross'and Snow)
AREA I
Area I includes the following counties or portions of counties:
Benewah; Bonner; Boundary; Clearwater; Idaho; Kootenai; Latah;
Lewis; Nez Perce; and Shoshone
counties.
Season: October 4,1998 through January 11, 1999
Area
2 includes the following counties or portions of counties:
Ada; Adams; Boise; Canyon; those portions of Elmore north and
east of Interstate 84, and south and west of Interstate 84 west
of State Highway 51, EXCEPT that portion within the Camas Creek
drainage; Gem; Owyhee west of State Highway 5 1; Payette; Valley;
and Washington counties.
Season: October 4,1998 through January 11, 1999
Area
3 includes the following counties or portions of counties:
Blaine; Camas; Cassia; those portions of Elmore south of
Interstate 84 east of State Highway 51, and within the Camas
Creek drainage; Gooding; Jerome; Lincoln; Minidoka; Owyhee east
of State Highway 5 1; Power within the Minidoka National Wildlife
Refuge; and Twin Falls counties.
Season: October 4,1998 through January 11, 1999
Area
4 includes the following counties or portions of counties:
Bear Lake; Bingham within the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage;
Bonneville; Butte; Caribou EXCEPT the Fort Hall Indian
Reservation; Clark; Custer; Franklin; Fremont; Jefferson; Lemhi;
Madison; Oneida; Power west of State Highway 37 and State Highway
39 EXCEPT the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge; and Teton
counties. EXCEPT, Fremont and Teton counties are CLOSED to the
taking of light geese.
Season: October 4,1998 through January 11, 1999
Area
5 includes the following counties or portions of counties:
Bannock; Bingham EXCEPT that portion within the Blackfoot
Reservoir drainage; Power east of State
Highway 37 and State Highway 39; and, all lands, including
private holdings, within the Fort Hall Indian
Reservation.
Season: October 10, 1998 through January 17, 1999
Note:
Season dates listed for Area 5 were tentative but had not yet
been adopted by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Council at the time
this brochure was printed. Hunters may confirm the official
season dates by calling a Department of Fish and Game office or
the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe before hunting in Area 5.
GOOSE
LIMITS AND HUNT AREAS
AREAS 1, 4, and 5
Daily
Bag Limit: 4 of any kind (only 3 light geese or 2
white-fronted geese)
Possession Limit After First Day of Season: 8 of any kind
(only 6 light geese or 4 white-fronted geese)
AREA 2
Daily
Bag Limit: 3 of any kind (only 2 white-fronted geese)
Possession Limit After First Day of Season: 6 of any kind
(only 4 white-fronted geese)
AREA 3
Daily
Bag Limit: 3 of any kind (only 2 dark geese)
Possession Limit After First Day of
Season: 6 of any kind (only 4 dark geese)
Con of San Jose, CA and Lanning Morrison after a hunting trip on the Snake River, in Idaho.
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