Outdoors Briefs

In Idaho’s super hunt drawings, applicants don’t need a license and can apply for deer, elk, pronghorn or moose hunts anywhere in the state.

Super Hunt winners get the best of the best by being able to hunt any open hunt in Idaho for the species they draw, and keep hunting, general or controlled hunts, until they tag an animal.

Winners of the Super Hunt Combo are able to hunt four species — deer, elk, pronghorn and moose — in any open hunt.

The deadline for the first Super Hunt drawing is May 31. Super Hunt entries are $6 each. Super Hunt Combo entries are $20 each. No license is needed to enter a Super Hunt drawing for either residents or nonresidents.

For the first Super Hunt drawing in June, tags for eight elk, eight deer, eight pronghorn and one moose will be drawn. One Super Hunt Combo will also be drawn. Winners will be notified by June 10.

Spring black bear season opens April 15 in many hunting units

Hunters will have a chance to hunt big game in the spring with the opener of black bear hunting season that starts April 15 in many Idaho units, and which began April 1 in some hunting units in the state.

Many parts of the state offer general hunting seasons for black bears, although hunters are prohibited from shooting any female bear with cubs.

Hunters typically spot-and-stalk, bait or use hounds to chase black bears. For hunters using bait, a baiting permit is required, and other rules apply.

Hunters who harvest a bear must present the skull and hide to an Idaho Fish and Game regional office, official check point, or a Fish and Game conservation officer.

Closing dates for black bear seasons vary by unit, but most run through the May and some into June.

— Idaho Department of Fish and Game