Non-residents in Idaho Shed Hunting

[TeacherMan]

Looks like Idaho is now requiring an out of state license for shed hunters. Residents don’t need one. Still haven’t found all the details.

https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/nonresidents-need-valid-idaho-big-game-hunting-license-gather-antlers-idaho#:~:text=This%20new%20rule%20went%20into,nonresident%20to%20hunt%20big%20game.”

[kellama2001]

I didn't know this, thanks for the heads up.

[trophyhunt]

I’d expect this from wa, not Idaho.  So, if I’m hiking around the woods in Idaho and find an antler laying on the ground, I need a hunting license to pick it up?  This has to be completely illegal, Idaho gets the big middle finger from me about this!!!

[bornhunter]

I’d expect this from wa, not Idaho.  So, if I’m hiking around the woods in Idaho and find an antler laying on the ground, I need a hunting license to pick it up?  This has to be completely illegal, Idaho gets the big middle finger from me about this!!!

Its all about money these days regardless of the state.

[trophyhunt]

I’d expect this from wa, not Idaho.  So, if I’m hiking around the woods in Idaho and find an antler laying on the ground, I need a hunting license to pick it up?  This has to be completely illegal, Idaho gets the big middle finger from me about this!!!

Its all about money these days regardless of the state.

did they even stop and think about it before passing something this restrictive??  Not all shed hunters hunt, what about just going for a walk in OUR forest lands and finding a bone on the ground, now in Idaho you need a license to pick it up??  Insane and way over reaching!!!!   

[Ridgeratt]

Doesn't Washington have a restricting about picking up a skull with the horns still attached?
 Even if it could have died from natural causes.

[trophyhunt]

Doesn't Washington have a restricting about picking up a skull with the horns still attached?
 Even if it could have died from natural causes.

yes, it’s illegal to pick up “dead heads” in Wa, not naturally shed antlers though.  That is also a stupid law, they think it keeps poachers from shooting animals and then coming back later to pick up the head, so dumb. 

[HillHound]

Doesn't Washington have a restricting about picking up a skull with the horns still attached?
 Even if it could have died from natural causes.

You’re darn right it’s illegal. They know for a fact, any deadhead you find out there was poached by you months or years earlier for you to plan your return later and get it if by chance someone else doesn’t pick it up or it’s drug off by an animal and chewed up by porcupines or squirrels. Such a stupid rule!

[chukardogs]

So in other words, people that don't step foot into the hills, made up a rule or law that isn't based in reality. Imagine that!

[ghosthunter]

Its all just stupid. It been said many times on here that so and so is going to flee to Idaho. I got two friends who did just that. But guess what it only a matter of time. Idaho will be no better off.
So enjoy while you can. Stupid laws very hard to enforce.

[Broomd]

You guys are funny, how do you know which legislators 'step foot into the hills'? Pure anecdotal crap.

It's not enough that the hordes of non-res hunters commence on this state every Fall, but heaven forbid Idaho should decide to put a premium on antler gathering for additional state revenue. Horrors! By all means those items which all belong to the people of Idaho should be FREE FOR EVERYONE!

Maybe the best thing that some can do is be THANKFUL that this state hasn't completely f*cked their own resource to the point that neighboring states indeed have. Most of you will be here in the next 7-8 months anyway so quit the bitching.

[bear]

You guys are funny, how do you know which legislators 'step foot into the hills'? Pure anecdotal crap.

It's not enough that the hordes of non-res hunters commence on this state every Fall, but heaven forbid Idaho should decide to put a premium on antler gathering for additional state revenue. Horrors! By all means those items which all belong to the people of Idaho should be FREE FOR EVERYONE!

Maybe the best thing that some can do is be THANKFUL that this state hasn't completely f*cked their own resource to the point that neighboring states indeed have. Most of you will be here in the next 7-8 months anyway so quit the bitching.

Isn’t there a hunting Idaho page where you can harass people?

[bornhunter]

So how would I prove my whitetail rattling antlers I brought from Washington?

[trophyhunt]

You guys are funny, how do you know which legislators 'step foot into the hills'? Pure anecdotal crap.

It's not enough that the hordes of non-res hunters commence on this state every Fall, but heaven forbid Idaho should decide to put a premium on antler gathering for additional state revenue. Horrors! By all means those items which all belong to the people of Idaho should be FREE FOR EVERYONE!

Maybe the best thing that some can do is be THANKFUL that this state hasn't completely f*cked their own resource to the point that neighboring states indeed have. Most of you will be here in the next 7-8 months anyway so quit the bitching.

I was waiting for a response like this, comical. If possible, take your hate for non residents out of the equation.  Ask yourself, should a state require an almost $200 license to pick up shed antlers on national forest land?  If you think that is right, I know how you vote!

[chukardogs]

My post was strictly referring to the rule about picking up a skull with antlers attached and the idea that a poacher would shoot an animal and come back for it expecting it to be where it was when he shot it. I killed a buck last year 100 yards from my camp. Took the animal out that night, by the time I got back in the next day to get camp, there was no sign an animal was killed there. The year before that, I moved the quarters off of my buck to my camp to get them away from the carcass. The next morning, I found a bear had taken the carcass down into a deep dark draw that would have persuaded anyone to leave it alone. Unless the poacher chained the skull to a tree or hung the head and horns in a tree, the odds of coming back a few days or weeks later and finding your kill where you left it is damn near nil. So if the rule was made with poachers in mind, I stand by the post.
 As far as Idaho making it a law for the out of state shed hunter to have a license. Their state, their resource, their choice. If the license is truly 185 dollars, I can only assume, the amount they lost was minimal. The person that doesn't hunt and just likes to wander the hills to see what they can find will go elsewhere, which may have been the aim all along. The people that buy an out of state license to hunt will keep on doing what they do. I personally could give two cents but I'm sure Idaho had a fairly good idea how much money this decision would cost them and figured why not.