Title 36, FISH AND GAME

36-2201. Purpose. It is the intent of the legislature by this act to provide for and control the establishment and operation of shooting preserves and to do so in such a manner as to be in the best public interest. Pursuant thereto the director of the Idaho fish and game departme…

36-2202. Shooting preserve license. Upon receipt of a completed application of a type and form prescribed by the director, his representative shall inspect the proposed shooting preserve premises and facilities where such upland game birds are to be propagated, raised and release…

36-2203. Standards. (a) Each shooting preserve shall contain a minimum of one hundred sixty (160) acres in any tract of land (including water area, if any) and shall be restricted to not more than one thousand six hundred (1,600) acres (including water area, if any) in the event …

36-2204. Boundaries. The exterior boundaries of such shooting preserve shall be clearly defined and posted with appropriate signs erected around the perimeter at intervals of one hundred fifty (150) feet or less if unfenced unless specified otherwise by commission rule. If the bo…

36-2205. Game birds. (a) Game which may be hunted under this act shall be confined to artificially propagated upland game birds. (b) A minimum release of two hundred (200) upland game birds of each species to be hunted on each shooting preserve must be made on the licensed area d…

36-2206. Fees. Fees for shooting preserve permits shall be the fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, per year.

36-2207. License to shoot in a preserve. Every person taking game birds upon a shooting preserve must secure an appropriate hunting license of the proper class authorizing the hunting of upland game birds or a license entitling the person to whom issued to hunt upland game birds …

36-2208. Limitation on taking. Artificially propagated upland game birds released on licensed shooting preserves may be taken during the shooting season provided in this act but the total number taken on any shooting preserve during any such season shall not exceed eighty-five pe…

36-2209. Shooting season. The season for shooting in any manner and for any purpose on licensed game preserves shall be from August 15 to April 15, inclusive. Shooting hours shall be the same as established for wild upland game birds by the Idaho fish and game commission.

36-2210. Birds taken outside boundaries. The taking or shooting of any and all artificially propagated and marked upland game birds that leave the shooting preserve area shall be subject to related provisions of the law and the rules and proclamations of the Idaho fish and game c…

36-2211. Care of birds. All permittees shall conform to the requirements of the fish and game commission with respect to the care of and sanitary provisions for such birds on licensed premises, or on any licensed game farm premises where such birds are being reared or otherwise h…

36-2212. Transfer of license. Upon application to the director of the Idaho fish and game department and a determination being made by him that the provisions of this act will be met and complied with by the transferee, any shooting preserve license may be transferred to another …

36-2213. Registration book. Each shooting preserve operator shall maintain a registration book listing the names, addresses and hunting license numbers of all shooters; the date on which they hunted; the amount of game taken, by sex and species; and the band numbers affixed to ea…

36-2214. Prohibitions. Only dead birds which have been killed by shooting and which have been properly tagged shall be removed from the premises licensed under this act, and it shall be unlawful for any person to thereafter sell or attempt to sell or to buy or attempt to buy any …

36-2215. Revocation, suspension and nonrenewal. The director of the Idaho fish and game department may either refuse to issue or refuse to renew or may suspend or may revoke any shooting preserve license if the said director finds that such licensed shooting preserve or the opera…