January 17, 2013
By Niels Nokkentved, IDFG
Even hunters who don't draw a tag win in Fish and Game's Super Hunt
drawings for a chance at the hunt of a lifetime.
The entry fees help support hunter and angler access to and across
private lands.
The deadline to enter is May 31 for the first drawing in June.
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 par-ticipate 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. 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
www.fish
andgame.idaho.gov/public/hunt/?getpage=22,
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, P.O. Box 25, Boise, ID 83707.
Check out the Super Hunt Facebook page at www.facebook.com/#!/pages/SuperHunt-Idaho/ 171792339534643.