Application For Crane Hunts Begins
 

Hunters interested in harvesting Sandhill Cranes can apply for permits from June 15 to July 15.

Applications can be made at any license vendor, Fish and Game office, by telephone at 1-800-554-8685, or on the Fish and Game web site at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov

Hunters can also mail applications to:
Crane Hunt
IDFG
P.O. Box 25
Boise, ID 83707

All applicants will pay a $6 nonrefundable application fee. Successful applicants then pay $7.50 for a controlled hunt permit and $9 for a tag. A migratory bird validation is also required on the license at a cost of $1.50.

In four Idaho counties, 440 sandhill crane permits will be available this year. Of that total, 300 permits will be available to hunters in Caribou and Bear Lake Counties, 70 will be available in Teton County, and 70 will be available in Fremont County. Crane season will run from September 1 through September 15.

Hunters will be allowed daily limits of two cranes, and a season limit of nine. The first tag is offered through a standard controlled hunt drawing and additional tags, up to eight per hunter, can be purchased at any vendor as left-over tags. Once the drawing is complete, leftover permits will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis beginning August 30.

Sandhill cranes are hunted in Idaho as an attempt to limit depredation to crops in eastern Idaho counties. Cranes are fully protected outside the three hunt areas, all in southeast Idaho. Rules brochures for the 2005 crane season are available at license vendors statewide and on the internet at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/hunt/rules/crane/

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