Around Idaho
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local raccoon information
Raccoon control in Idaho
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Raccoons in Idaho: what to know
What to note
Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Raccoons in Idaho: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in Idaho, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Predatory wildlife
Legal classification
Idaho reclassified raccoons as predatory wildlife effective July 1, 2010, allowing them to be taken recreationally in any number and at any time.
Idaho Department of Fish and GamePrivate land in the capture county or an adjacent county
Where a damage-caught raccoon may be released
Release requires written landowner consent stating the date and number of each species released, and that consent must be carried while transporting live animals.
Idaho Department of Fish and GameNot required
Licence to handle a damage-causing raccoon
A hunting or trapping licence is not required to capture and release wildlife causing damage such as garden or house damage, though one is required to take raccoons recreationally.
Idaho Department of Fish and GameRaccoon species recorded in Idaho
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.
When raccoons are busiest in Idaho
No closed season; predatory wildlife may be taken year-round.
Rules that apply in Idaho
For context, nationally
Sources: Idaho Department of Fish and Game; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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