Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 13 - Fish and Game, Department of
Rule 13.01.08 - RULES GOVERNING THE TAKING OF BIG GAME ANIMALS
Section 13.01.08.410 - UNLAWFUL METHODS OF TAKE - GENERAL

a. With any firearm that, in combination with a scope, sling, and/or any other attachments, weighs more than sixteen (16) pounds. (3-31-22)

b. With any shotgun using any shot smaller than double-aught (#00) buck. (3-31-22)

c. With any rimfire rifle, rimfire handgun or any muzzleloading handgun, except for mountain lion and trapped gray wolf. (3-31-22)

d. With a fully automatic firearm. (3-31-22)

e. With any electronic device attached to, or incorporated in, the firearm (including handguns and shotguns) or scope; except scopes containing battery powered or tritium lighted reticles are allowed. (3-31-22)

a. With arrows or bolts having broadheads measuring less than seven-eighths (7/8) inch in width and having a primary cutting edge less than fifteenth-thousandths (0.015) inch thick. (3-31-22)

b. With any bow having a peak draw weight of less than forty (40) pounds up to or at a draw of twenty-eight (28) inches, or any crossbow having a peak draw weight of less than one hundred-fifty (150) pounds. (3-31-22)

c. With any chemicals or explosives attached to the arrow or bolt. (3-31-22)

d. With arrows or bolts having expanding broadheads. (3-31-22)

e. With arrows or bolts having barbed broadheads. A barbed broadhead is a broadhead which has any portion of the rear edge of the broadhead forming an angle less than ninety (90) degrees with the shaft or ferrule. (3-31-22)

f. With any electronic or tritium-powered device attached to, or incorporated into, an arrow, bolt, crossbow, or bow. (3-31-22)

g. With any bow capable of shooting more than one (1) arrow at a time. (3-31-22)

h. With any compound bow with more than eighty-five percent (85%) let-off. (3-31-22)

i. With an arrow and broadhead, or bolt and broadhead, with a combined total weight of less than three hundred (300) grains. (3-31-22)

j. With an arrow less than twenty-four (24) inches or a crossbow bolt less than twelve (12) inches in length from the broadhead to the nock inclusive. (3-31-22)

k. With an arrow wherein the broadhead does not precede the shaft and nock. (3-31-22)

l. With any crossbow pistol. (3-31-22)

m. With any airgun using pre-charged pneumatic power to propel a projectile (excluding shot and arrows) with unignited compressed air or gas and projectiles less than thirty-five (0.35) caliber for deer, pronghorn antelope, mountain lion, or gray wolf, or less than forty-five (0.45) caliber for elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, or black or grizzly bear. (3-31-22)

a. With a muzzleloading rifle or musket which is less than forty-five (.45) caliber for deer, pronghorn, mountain lion, or gray wolf, or which is less than fifty (.50) caliber for elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, or black bear. (3-31-22)

b. With any electronic device attached to, or incorporated in, the muzzleloader. (3-31-22)

a. With electronic calls except for the hunting of mountain lions, black bears, and wolves in seasons set by proclamation. (3-31-22)

b. With any bait for hunting, including grain, salt in any form (liquid or solid), or any other substance (not to include synthetic liquid scent) to constitute an attraction or enticement, except in accordance with IDAPA 13.01.17, "Rules Governing the Use of Bait for Hunting Big Game Animals." (3-31-22)

c. With dogs, except for mountain lion or black bear in accordance with IDAPA 13.01.15, "Rules Governing the Use of Dogs." (3-31-22)

d. With any net, snare, trap, chemical, deadfall or device other than legal firearm, archery or muzzleloader equipment or airgun; except in accordance with IDAPA 13.01.16, "Rules Governing Trapping of Wildlife and Taking of Furbearing Animals." (3-31-22)

e. Within an enclosure designed to prevent ingress or egress of big game animals, including fenced facilities defined as Domestic Cervidae Farms under Section 25-3501, Idaho Code, unless authorized by the director. This rule does not apply to domestic cervids. (3-31-22)

f. With radio telemetry or other electronic tracking devices used as an aid to locate big game animals. This rule does not affect the use of telemetry equipment on hounds or other sporting dogs. (3-31-22)