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There will be no controlled hunts for sandhill cranes this year.

Tags go on sale August 1 – first come, first served. The season starts September 1.

In six eastern Idaho counties, 680 sandhill crane permits are available. Of that total, 400 are available to hunters in Caribou and Bear Lake counties, 100 each in Teton and Fremont counties, and 40 each in Bonneville and Jefferson counties.

Crane season runs from September 1 through September 30 in Caribou and Bear Lake counties, and September 1 through September 15 in the rest of the areas.

The daily bag limit is two cranes, and the season limit is nine.

Sandhill cranes are hunted in Idaho as an attempt to limit depredation to crops in eastern Idaho counties. Cranes are fully protected outside the three hunt areas, all in southeast Idaho.

Tags cost $15 and are available at any license vendor, Fish and Game office, by telephone at 1-800-554-8685, on the Fish and Game web site at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov, or by mail to IDFG License Section, P.O. Box 25, Boise ID.

Rules for the 2009 crane season are in the 2009 Sandhill Crane Season and Information brochure available at license vendors statewide.

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