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, we’re talking about spring Chinook seasons, a prescribed burn at Market Lake WMA, some upcoming hunter and bowhunter ed courses popping up in Buhl, and a walleye update coming out of the Magic Valley Region. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Information Spec...

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 March 25, 2026 Idaho Fish and Game Commission Meeting in Boise. You can also rewatch the March 2026 commission meeting on our YouTube channel. 

IN THIS EPISODE

(0:00:00) - Opening Comments (0:00:44) - Review of Public Comment (0:07:52) ...

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, we’re talking about another Idaho state record fish, an upcoming Commission meeting, shed hunting ethics, and a quick look at how the state’s mule deer fawns and elk calves have fared so far this winter. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Information Speciali...

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, we’re talking about one Coeur d’Alene man’s sentence for illegally killing multiple big game animals, just what the heck that huge structure beneath the Lewiston-Clarkston Bridge is, early-season fishing at Hagerman WMA, and this year's kokanee outlook at A...

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, we’re talking about migratory game bird season setting proposals, 10 cool facts about Idaho hatcheries, supporting elk recovery with targeted wolf management actions in Unit 4, and how you can give back to Idaho’s wild critters and wild places this spring. ...

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, we’re talking about Kootenai leopards, a couple wildlife crime convictions up in North Idaho, draw results from the second nonresident tag drawing, and flying California bighorn sheep into the Jacks Creek Wilderness. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Informa...

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, we’re talking about three separate deer poaching incidents in southwest Idaho, spring/summer chinook season proposals, why you should keep your eyes peeled for coyotes this time of year, and a recent land sale that will remove just shy of 13,000 acres from ...

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, we’re talking about spring/summer Chinook open houses, the second application period for nonresident general season deer/elk tags, a new property acquisition expands Tex Creek WMA by 280 acres, and how one Henrys Lake angler hoisted a 19-inch trout out of t...

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, we’re talking about spring turkey controlled hunts, North Idaho elk management, coyotes, and a new state record rainbow trout out of Dworshak Reservoir. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Information Specialist Connor Jay Liess.

IN THIS EPISODE

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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, we’re talking about winter stream fishing, a recap of the Jan. 15 Commission meeting, a Southwest Idaho bighorn sheep herd pneumonia outbreak, and a plan to reduce agriculture damage from elk herd on private land in Unit 32. 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, we’re talking about what happens when you feed backyard deer and elk, the deadline for purchasing your nonresident tags from this year’s draw, a shocking discovery in Island Park Reservoir, here’s how Fish and Game proposals could affect hunting technology ...

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, we’re talking about a bighorn sheep pneumonia outbreak in Southwest Idaho, the proper way to feed birds in your backyard, how to be a 'Good Neighbor,' and what the heck do white-tailed deer, beavers, and loggers all have in common? Hosted by Fish and Game’s...

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, we’re talking about two Washingtonians getting charged for poaching a bull moose, keeping a close eye on the highways this time of year, fish-carrying llamas, and giving the gift of the outdoors. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Information Specialist Conno...

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, we’re talking about largemouth bass in Coeur d’Alene’s Chain Lakes, why we stock sterile fish, some upcoming flight surveys in various parts of the state, and three small game species that’ll help fill the gaps in your freezer. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Pub...

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, we’re talking about a bighorn sheep shot and left to waste near Riggins, some interesting findings from a North Idaho check station, an opportunity to comment on Idaho Fish and Game’s new Draft Strategic Plan, and Teton Canyon elk and deer herds. 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, we’re talking about kokanee fingerlings, changes to muzzleloader elk seasons in the Palouse and Dworshak zones, a cool collaborative juniper removal project in the Magic Valley Region, and waterfowl hunting on a budget. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Info...

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 November 20, 2025 Idaho Fish and Game Commission Meeting in Lewiston. You can also rewatch the November 2025 commission meeting on our YouTube channel.

IN THIS EPISODE

(00:00:00) - Opening Comments (00:00:55) - Review of Public Comment ...

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, we’re talking about food-conditioned bears, three separate wildlife crimes in Unit 33, next week’s Commission meeting, and an update on a wildlife crime incident back in early October. Hosted by Fish and Game’s Public Information Specialist Connor Jay Liess...

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, we’re talking about five tips and styles for processing your deer and elk meat in a new way, pheasant stocking at WMAs, a viral video of a mountain lion creeping up on a Fish and Game wildlife technician, and diving in to the December Nonresident Tag Drawin...