Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 13 - Fish and Game, Department of
Rule 13.01.16 - TRAPPING OF WILDLIFE AND TAKING OF FURBEARING ANIMALS
Section 13.01.16.500 - MANDATORY CHECK AND REPORT - PELT TAGS

a. Bobcat: Present the pelt to any Department office or official check point to obtain the appropriate pelt tag and complete a harvest report. (3-31-22)

b. River otter: Present the pelt to the Department office in the region in which the animal was taken within seventy-two (72) hours of taking to obtain the appropriate pelt tag and complete a harvest report. Trappers unable to comply with the tagging requirements due to special or unique circumstances must report their harvest to the appropriate regional office or field personnel within seventy-two (72) hours and make arrangements for tagging at the proper regional office. (3-31-22)

c. Gray wolf: Comply with mandatory check and report provisions in IDAPA 13.01.08.420, "Rules Governing Taking of Big Game Animals." (3-31-22)

a. No person may have in possession, except during the open season and for ten (10) days after the close of the season, any raw bobcat pelt without an official state export tag attached, unless that person has a fur buyer or taxidermist license or appropriate import documentation. (3-31-22)

b. No person may have in possession, except during the open season and for seventy-two (72) hours after the close of the season, any raw otter pelt legally harvested in Idaho that does not have an official state export tag attached. (3-31-22)

c. No person may sell, offer for sale, purchase, or offer to purchase any raw bobcat or otter pelt that does not have an official state export tag attached, unless that person has a fur buyer or taxidermist license or appropriate import documentation. (3-31-22)