December 22, 2011
By Niels Nokkentved, IDFG
Either way, hunters win when
they enter the Super Hunt drawings; they get a chance at winning the hunt of a
lifetime, and their entry fee helps support hunter and angler access to and
across private lands.
Super Hunt is a fund-raising
drawing for 40 big game tags. The tags are handed out to winners in two
drawings. Entries are drawn for elk, deer, pronghorn and moose tags. Winners can
participate in any open hunt in the state for deer, elk, pronghorn or moose.
That includes general hunts and controlled hunts.
Entries in this year's first
Super Hunt and Super Hunt Combo drawing must be received at the Fish and Game
headquarters by May 31 with the drawing set for June 15.
Even hunters who don't draw a
tag win - the proceeds from the drawing go to Fish and Game's Access Yes!
program, which compensates willing landowners for providing access to or across
private lands to hunters and anglers.
The first drawing in June will
be for eight elk, eight deer, and eight antelope hunts as well as one moose
hunt; one "Super Hunt Combo" entry also will be drawn that will entitle the
winner to hunt for one each elk, deer, antelope, and moose.
A second drawing will be in
mid-August when another "Super Hunt Combo" and entries for two elk, two deer,
and two antelope hunts along with one moose hunt will be drawn. The entry period
for the second drawing is June 2 through Aug. 11.
Hunters can take an animal or
animals on their Super Hunt or Super Hunt Combo tags in addition to any general
season or controlled hunt tags they also hold. All other rules of individual
hunts apply.
The special drawings began in
2004 as a way to raise money for the Access Yes! program, which helps assure
hunter and angler access to and across private lands by compensating willing
landowners.
The first entry for a species
costs $6; additional entries for the same species cost $4 each when purchased at
the same time. Super Hunt Combo entries cost $20 for one; additional entries are
$16 when purchased at the same time.
Entries are available at
license vendors, all Fish and Game offices, or they can be ordered on the
Internet at
http://fishand game.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/superhunt/, and on the phone at
There is no limit to the
number of entries. Fill out the entry order forms and mail them to: Idaho Fish
and Game License Section,
Check out the Super Hunt
Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/#!/pages/SuperHunt-Idaho/171792339534643.
For Fish and Game videos, go
to
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/is/media/video/.
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