Quick Tips
- Trout fishing is good in Ririe Reservoir
- Be selective; some bulls get big
- Bowhunters: Buy an elk tag
On The Ground
This area includes the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area and produces moose that average about 36” in antler width.
Trophy quality, moose numbers and tag quota have gone up and down, but this unit remains a good place to find a moose in the range of 32-40”. A Long season allows hunters to wait for a mature bull.
Terrain
This unit is around Ririe Reservoir and includes Tex, Birch, Willow creeks and the west side of Mount Baldy. Steep slopes rise above some of the creeks, but a lot of the terrain is made up of flat lands and rolling hills.
Roughly 386 square miles
34.5% public land
Elevations from 4,600-7,400 feet
Vegetation
Sagebrush and bunchgrass knolls and flats, brushy draws and some timbered draws and slopes provide excellent habitat for moose. Browse plants eaten by moose include chokecherry, serviceberry, snowberry, bitterbrush, bigtooth maple, buffaloberry, currant, river birch, willow, alder, young aspens and mahogany. The main trees are aspens, curl-leaf mahoganies, junipers and Douglas firs with a few lodgepole pines.
Access
Hunters enjoy good road access to Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area. About 30 miles of roads and 25 miles of trails are maintained in the WMA. County roads provide access to most other parts of state and BLM land in the unit.
Hunters can drive ATVs only on roads built for full-size vehicles
Four-wheel-drive is recommended
Online map shows access on Tex Creek WMA
Camping and Lodging
A lot of lodging options are in nearby towns and cities, including Idaho Falls. Hotel on the Falls is on the west bank of the Snake River near the falls. Camping is allowed at Juniper Campground near Ririe Reservoir. Six campgrounds are on the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area.
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