New IDFG rules take effect July 1

New Idaho Department of Fish and Game rules will take effect July 1, affecting resident and non-resident licenses and the use of motorized vehicles by hunters in designated game management units.

Here's a roundup:

Three-year licenses

Resident and non-resident license buyers will be able to buy three-year licenses beginning July 1. Buyers save the vendor fee for two years in addition to the convenience.

The costs for three-year licenses - vendor fees included - are:

• Resident Adult Combination, $97;

• Resident Adult Hunting, $34.75

• Resident Adult Fishing, $73.75;

• Resident Junior Combination, $49;

• Resident Junior Hunting, $18.25;

• Resident Junior Fishing, $37.75;

• Resident Senior Combination, $31.75;

• Resident Disabled Combination, $11.50;

• Nonresident Adult Combination, $716.50;

• Nonresident Adult Hunting, $460.75;

• Nonresident Adult Fishing, $291.25;

• Nonresident Junior Mentor Hunting, $91.75; and

• Nonresident Junior Fishing, $61.75.

Junior Licenses

Beginning July 1, IDFG will no longer sell youth small game hunting licenses. Youths 10 to 17 may buy the Resident Junior Hunting or Nonresident Junior Mentored Hunting license.

Motorized Hunting Rule

The IDFG's motorized hunting rules apply only to hunting big game animals, including moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goats, in designated units from Aug. 30 through Dec. 31.

Between these dates and in the designated units, specific to all big game hunting, hunters may use motorized vehicles only on established roadways that are open to motorized traffic and capable of being traveled by full-sized automobiles.