Quick Tips
- Moose numbers are low
- Carry a GPS with land ownership data and good maps
- Good fishing in Snake River and American Falls Reservoir
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Camping and Lodging
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This is a relatively small unit for moose hunting. It can be found in the Snake River Valley and is mainly made up of private property along the Snake River, and includes land along American Falls Reservoir.
Hunters could have a good opportunity to harvest a good bull here.
This area takes up a small portion of land around American Falls Reservoir and has narrow strips of land along the Snake River to Idaho Falls. There is a lot of private and tribal land here with thousands of acres of the western part of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in the unit. The BLM manages a few islands in the Snake River, and the Department of Fish and Game manages the Sterling Wildlife Management Area between the reservoir and Aberdeen.
Along the Snake River, moose typically find cover in heavy brush, bulrushes, cattails, dense willows, weeds and phragmites. Sometimes a bull can be seen crossing a farm field in this area. American Falls Reservoir is surrounded by irrigated farmland and a small amount of marsh and brush land. Sterling Wildlife Management Area has some dense rushes, cattails, river birches and willows that have cover and feed for moose.
Hunters can float the river to get to the islands and BLM land near the river, but most land here is private, so hunters need access permission.
Lodging can be found in American Falls, Blackfoot and Idaho Falls. Willow Creek Recreation Area allows camping. Massacre Rock State Park has 50 campsites and is open year round with limited services during winter. Indian Springs Resort and RV Park has 120 campsites, 30 of them with full hookups, including sewer.
Roughly 320 square miles
5% public land
Elevations from 4,300-4,600 feet
Hunters can reach Sterling WMA from nearby Aberdeen
No hunting on Fort Hall Indian Reservation