Back40 PassIdaho · Official sources · Reviewed August 14, 2026
Idaho Fish and Game says a person may not enter or remain on qualifying private land to shoot, hunt, trap, or retrieve game without written permission or another lawful form of permission. Its 2026 Landowner Appreciation Program brochure includes a revocable permission form, but writing is one lawful option rather than a universal exclusive format.
This is a qualified summary, not legal advice or permission. Reopen the cited official sources, confirm their effective dates and current versions, and check the exact property, activity, species, method, date, and local rule before relying on any form.
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An official form can be mandatory, optional, embedded in a guide, or limited to one access program. Its existence alone does not establish a statewide written rule.
Idaho Fish and Game says a person may not enter or remain on qualifying private land to shoot, hunt, trap, or retrieve game without written permission or another lawful form of permission. Its 2026 Landowner Appreciation Program brochure includes a revocable permission form, but writing is one lawful option rather than a universal exclusive format.
Access Yes! and Landowner Permission Hunt parcels can add contact, date, capacity, species, and travel restrictions beyond the statewide trespass baseline.
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Your draft
Choose primary game and timingSubject: Hunting permission request — [choose primary game], Idaho Hello, My name is [your name]. I am writing to ask whether you would consider discussing permission for 1 hunter to hunt [choose primary game] with archery in Idaho during [your requested dates]. I will not enter, scout, or hunt without your approval. If you are open to a conversation, I would like to confirm: - who controls access: Do you control access for this property, or is there an authorized manager I should contact? - every approved person and the exact dates - the property boundary, entry, parking, and no-go areas - permitted species, methods, and any property-specific limits - check-in, gates, livestock, crops, guests, and equipment rules - whether written permission or another state or local record is required - the game-retrieval plan, including neighboring property I understand the answer may be no, and I will respect it. Permission for one person, activity, or date would not be treated as permission for anyone else or another time. You can reach me at [add your preferred contact before sending]. Thank you for considering the request, [your name]
This is a request, not permission, a lease, or legal advice. Only an authorized person can approve access. Verify current state and local requirements before relying on any written record.
Applicability by rule
“General” below identifies the broadest modeled rule in this review. A rule is described as verified current only when the profile passes the evidence gate; pending rules are labeled with their future effective status.
Broadest verified current rule
IDFG expressly recognizes written permission or another lawful form. The 2026 embedded form is evidence of an available document, not evidence that every lawful permission must use that form.
Official forms
The 2026 brochure form is usable but not exclusive because IDFG expressly accepts another lawful form of permission.
The form is embedded in the 2026 brochure and records one lawful permission method; IDFG also recognizes other lawful permission under the trespass rule.
Fields shown: person receiving permission · valid-from and valid-to dates · general property description · landowner name · owner or agent signature
Location: 32
Open Idaho Department of Fish and Game form ↗Private printable courtesy record
Entries stay in this browser tab and are not sent to Back40 Pass. Use an official state form whenever one is provided or required. This courtesy record does not determine legal sufficiency.
Courtesy record · Not a universal legal form
The authorized person and hunter should confirm that this record accurately describes the limited permission actually granted. No access outside the named people, property, dates, activities, map, or rules is implied. Permission may be subject to current law and may be revoked according to applicable terms and law.
Add the state, parties, property, and date range to print.
Claim-level source ledger
Superseded material may appear only as labeled context and never supports a current or future modeled claim.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game · The Law Specifies; covered private-land indicators
Open official source ↗Idaho Department of Fish and Game · Page 32, trespass-law summary and permission form
Edition: 2026
Open official source ↗Complete the chain
A tax record, request, conversation, form draft, or Back40 Pass response is never permission by itself.
Use the state and local record sources for orientation, then verify who controls the hunting rights.
Open Idaho property-record paths →Confirm seasons, licenses, tags, methods, local rules, and property-specific conditions separately.
Open Idaho hunting sources →Create a private request and receive a 30-day landowner response link. Public-board review stays optional; a request is not inventory or access.
Create a private Idaho landowner invite →Share a nonbinding private intake. Back40 Pass does not advertise land without owner action.
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