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Offline elkhunter00

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Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« on: March 08, 2020, 04:01:55 PM »
What is required to be an Idaho resident for hunting purposes? I'm looking at property and was wondering what is actually required to get the benefit of resident tags.
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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2020, 04:23:44 PM »
I'm assuming a po box and some vehicle licensing would work?

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2020, 04:26:32 PM »

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2020, 04:33:10 PM »
Two buddies moved there last year.
Got to be there 6 months.
Better wait till after this season.
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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2020, 04:49:10 PM »
Thanks for ALL the replies. I already bought my non-resident tags for this year.

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2020, 01:09:23 PM »
I'm assuming a po box and some vehicle licensing would work?
Yea it would work to get you charged with a misdemeanor


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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2020, 03:02:33 AM »
I know someone who didnt need any of that. Was there 2 days. He didnt buy any WA tags thou. The lady asked for his WILD ID she saw he didnt hunt WA and sold him his tags

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2020, 09:06:19 AM »
I'm assuming a po box and some vehicle licensing would work?

Buddy of mine tried this in Montana. Worked for several years. When they caught up with him the fines were incredible. Once he paid them off though, he did become a MT resident.

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2020, 09:56:47 AM »
You actually have to live here, you cannot just own property get mail here and live in another state.
6 months, new drivers license, local address on utility bills etc, no resident tags in another state and file your state income tax return.  They do check up on it. 

I know someone who didnt need any of that. Was there 2 days. He didnt buy any WA tags thou. The lady asked for his WILD ID she saw he didnt hunt WA and sold him his tags

If you have a Idaho ID, they will sell them to you, but they are not IDFG.  You can buy them the day you get your drivers license, doesn't mean he wont get a knock on the door in the future from a Game Warden asking for the documents proving he was here 6 months.

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2020, 10:55:41 AM »
and if/when you get caught just remember there is a pact with all of the other western states, so if your fine/penalty includes a license suspension then it is suspended in all of the states with the pact...not worth it to save a few hundred bucks...IMO.

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2020, 12:03:07 PM »
You actually have to live here, you cannot just own property get mail here and live in another state.
6 months, new drivers license, local address on utility bills etc, no resident tags in another state and file your state income tax return.  They do check up on it. 

I know someone who didnt need any of that. Was there 2 days. He didnt buy any WA tags thou. The lady asked for his WILD ID she saw he didnt hunt WA and sold him his tags

If you have a Idaho ID, they will sell them to you, but they are not IDFG.  You can buy them the day you get your drivers license, doesn't mean he wont get a knock on the door in the future from a Game Warden asking for the documents proving he was here 6 months.

You gain residency after 6 months of an Idaho drivers license. How do I know? IDFG and other vendors wouldn't sell me a resident license until it was 6 months after I got my drivers license even though I was paying rent/utility bills and my mailing address was changed 2 months prior.

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2020, 08:33:42 PM »
F&G has the resource to check up on you when they check your license and tags in the field.  If you have an ID drivers license and resident address they might want to see if you have filed an Idaho state income tax return and are you registered to vote?  You might be able to slide by an uneducated clerk at the license terminal but encountering an officer in the field might be an entirely different matter.  The penalties are steep!

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2020, 07:19:26 PM »
I had a friend who tried this scheme in Montana years ago. He & his dad were buying in state license @ the fish & game office in Kalispell. The clerk looked them up in the computer & said they couldn't buy resident license, but she'd be happy to sell them non resident licenses & they could go have a good hunt. They pushed it too far so she she asked them to wait a minute & she came back with the sergeant. The sergeant was carrying a stack of papers with him, which turned out to be their entire history of license purchases- all of which was illegally buying residents licenses and tags. The sergeant walked them from the office down the street to the court and saw the judge right now.  They were both fined over $10,000 and banned from hunting and fishing for 7 years.

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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2020, 07:22:48 PM »
I had a friend who tried this scheme in Montana years ago. He & his dad were buying in state license @ the fish & game office in Kalispell. The clerk looked them up in the computer & said they couldn't buy resident license, but she'd be happy to sell them non resident licenses & they could go have a good hunt. They pushed it too far so she she asked them to wait a minute & she came back with the sergeant. The sergeant was carrying a stack of papers with him, which turned out to be their entire history of license purchases- all of which was illegally buying residents licenses and tags. The sergeant walked them from the office down the street to the court and saw the judge right now.  They were both fined over $10,000 and banned from hunting and fishing for 7 years.


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Re: Becoming an Idaho Resident??
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2020, 07:25:34 PM »
Always some lowlife trying to beat the system....

 


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