Hook & Bulletin

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’re talking about a brand new wildlife overpass recently completed in North Idaho, 31 wasted kokanee dumped illegally in Hayden Lake, a new Access Yes! property coming to Unit 69, and interesting facts about Idaho's deer and elk. ...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’re talking about an EHD detection in the Idaho panhandle, youth/veteran/active military personnel waterfowl season kicking off this weekend, how Idaho’s spearfishing season came to be, and Deadwood Reservoir's kokanee. Hosted by...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’re talking about being a good witness for wildlife, how this December’s nonresident tag sale framework is going to work, an important conservation project taking place on the Teton River, and getting outfished by your spouse. Ho...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’re talking about why y’all should know CAP, a chance to serve on the Citizen Shooting Range Advisory Committee, a prehistoric dinosaur fish native to Idaho, and the 2025 upland game bird outlook. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Information Specialist Connor Jay Liess.

Here is everything deer and elk hunters want to and should know heading into fall. Read the full 2025 Deer and Elk Hunting Outlook on our website: https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/2025-deerelk-hun...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’re discussing why and when our fisheries managers choose to initiate a fishing salvage, boundary changes for Canada goose hunting in Southeast Idaho, this month’s fish stocking report, and how to prevent your game meat from goin...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be counting black bears with trail cameras, flying helicopters over Southern Idaho mountains, celebrating 100 years at Mackay Fish Hatchery, what you need to know about CWD as we head into deer and elk season. Hosted by Fish ...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about a surprising pre-season forecast if you’re a steelhead fan, a sad story about a moose down in Twin Falls, a brand new archery range popping up in Idaho, and wildfire news. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Inf...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about a ton of hunter and trapper ed classes coming up, a reminder if you're recreating on Fish and Game properties, the first sockeye salmon back to the Sawtooths, and why now is the perfect time to dust off that ...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State. 

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about conservation projects and other sportsmen projects being funded by this year’s Commission challenge grants, two lakes getting stocked with jack Chinook salmon in McCall, a native fish restoration project up n...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about several wildlife crimes and convictions around the state, a K9 officer decides he’s ready to retire, the hardest trout fishing challenge you’ve probably never heard of, and one lucky angler’s new state record ...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

Listen to the full recap of the July 17, 2025 Idaho Fish and Game Commission Meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. You can also rewatch the July 2025 commission meeting on our YouTube channel.

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Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about a poaching case in the Panhandle Region, some changes to elk seasons in the Magic Valley Region, does boat electrofishing harm aquatic insects, and Fish and Game's newest podcast series, Shootin' the Bull. Hos...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about mountain lake fishing, Idaho’s State Park Fishing Equipment Loaner Program, some grizzly bear news in the Island Park area, and a list of Idaho's top "patriotic" fishing spots. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about spearfishing rules going into effect July 1st, sage-grouse hunting season proposals open now for public comment, a cool story from one of our fisheries biologists after spending some time in the mountains stud...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about walleye management in Lake Lowell, summer season openers for Chinook salmon fishing, our new Fish and Game Commission Chairman Dave Bobbitt, and resident controlled hunt results. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Publ...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about upcoming Free Fishing Day events, how your Super Hunt dollars fund access, a well-deserved achievement for one of our conservation officers, and a new state record grass carp. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public ...

Host Connor Jay Liess sits down with Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist) and Sam Oberto (Conservation Officer). Sam patrols the second largest enforcement zone in the state—a 2,900-square mile portion in southern Idaho's South Hills—a vast landscape with its own set of challenges. In just two and a half years into his Fish and Game career, Sam Oberto has relied not only on guidance from fellow Idaho enforcement officers but fund...

Welcome to Idaho Fish and Game’s Hook and Bulletin podcast—your weekly news roundup of hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation stories from around the Gem State.

This week on the Hook and Bulletin, we’ll be talking about some mischievous moose down in Twin Falls, new summer hours out at Blacks Creek Shooting Range, the new mountain goat management plan, and a couple must-know updates for Chinook anglers. Hosted by Fish and Gam...