Bait
Bait for hunting is any substance placed to attract game IDAHO
animals. Bait may be used to hunt black bears but only
under the following conditions:
Time: No bait or bait containers may be placed for the purpose
of attracting or taking black bears before the opening of black
bear take season, except in Units 10, 12, 16A, 17, 19, 20, 20A,
26, and 27, where bait may be placed up to 7 days before the
take season.
• All bait containers and materials must be removed, and
all excavations refilled, no later than 7 days after the
close of spring, fall, or dog training season.
Location: No bait site may be located within 200 feet of any
water (lake, pond, reservoir, or year-round free-flowing stream
or spring), or within 200 yards of any maintained trail or any
established roadway that is open to the general public for
motorized traffic and capable of being traveled by full-sized
automobiles.An established roadway is defined as any road that is
established, built, maintained, approved or designated by any
government entity or private landowner for the purpose of
travel by full-sized automobiles. An established roadway shows
evidence of repeated use by full-sized automobiles, and may
include a traveled way of natural earth with depressed wheel
tracks and little or no vegetation in the tracks.
• No bait site may be located within one-half mile of any
designated campground or picnic area, administrative
site, or dwelling.
Bait: No parts of animals or fish that are currently classified
as game animals or game fish in Idaho may be used as bait.
This includes game animals and fish that come from the wild
and commercial domestic sources (i.e., pen-raised game birds/
animals or hatchery-raised game fish).• The skin must be removed from any mammal parts or
carcasses used as bait.
• No person shall use salt in any form (liquid or solid) for bait