Small Game Hunting
Interested in hunting small game like squirrels, rabbits, and doves? Here are some resources to get you started! Be sure to check out our YouTube playlist for small game hunting, which includes webinars, podcast episodes, and other videos.
We are currently revamping and expanding our small game content into species-specific pages that will cover ecology, hunting tactics, regulations, processing, recipes, and more. Our squirrel and dove hunting pages are live, and the rabbit page is coming soon.
Useful Links
IDNR Rabbit Status Reports
Useful Documents
Further Reading
- IDNR Wildlife Management
- Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting by Jim Posewitz
- A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
- The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game, Vols. 1 and 2 by Steven Rinella
- Wildlife Management and Conservation, edited by Paul Krausman and James Cain III