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Idaho Fish and Game

License, Tag, and Permit Costs – Nonresidents

To hunt and fish in Idaho you will need a license, and you may need a tag or permit. Below is a list of licenses, tags and permits and how much they cost for a resident of Idaho.

NOTICE: A Depredation Management/Access fee is applied to all annual hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses.

Nonresident Licenses

Combination - Hunting and Fishing - Adult
$264.00
Details

NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season.

Combination - Hunting and Fishing - Adult - 3 Year
$788.50
Details

NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season.

Fishing - Adult
$108.00
Fishing - Adult - 3 Year
$320.50
Fishing - Daily (first day)
$22.75
Details

Each consecutive day at initial time of purchase add $7.00.

Fishing - Junior (14-17 yrs)
$23.75
Details

Nonresident youth of any age who want their own fish limit must buy a Junior fishing license.

Fishing - Junior (14-17 yrs) - 3 Year
$67.75
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Nonresident youth of any age who want their own fish limit must buy a Junior fishing license.

Hunting - Adult
$185.00
Details

Includes 3-day fishing license. NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season.

Hunting - Adult - 3 Year
$551.50
Details

Includes 3-day fishing license each year. NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season.

Hunting - Disabled American Veteran (DAV)
$31.75
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Must present a letter from the Veterans Affairs office showing a percentage of disability of at least 40% disability. Includes 3-day fishing. NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season.

Hunting - Junior Mentored (10-17 yrs)
$91.75
Details

Anyone hunting with this license must be accompanied in the field by an adult license holder close enough to be within normal conversation or hearing range without shouting or the aid of electronic devices. 9-year olds may purchase this license to enter a controlled hunt, if they will be 10 years-old at the time of the hunting season.

New! This license now includes a 3-day fishing license. NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season.

Hunting - Junior Mentored (10-17 yrs) - 3 Year
$271.75
Details

Anyone hunting with this license must be accompanied in the field by an adult license holder close enough to be within normal conversation or hearing range without shouting or the aid of electronic devices. 9-year olds may purchase this license to enter a controlled hunt, if they will be 10 years-old at the time of the hunting season.

Hunting - Nongame
$39.00
Hunting - Small Game
$141.75
Details

Upland & migratory game birds, turkey, cottontail, snowshoe hare, huntable furbearers & unprotected & predatory birds and animals. NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season.

Hunting - Small Game - 3-Day
$71.75
Details

Upland & migratory game birds, turkey, cottontail, snowshoe hare, huntable furbearers & unprotected & predatory birds and animals. NOT valid to hunt pheasant for first 5 days of pheasant season. Valid for 3 consecutive days. Customer can choose start date at time of purchase. Multiple licenses can be purchased.

Salmon/Steelhead - 3-Day
$44.75
Details

Includes 3-day general fishing license

Shooting Preserve
$26.00
Trapping License
$331.75
Details

Nonresident Junior / Junior Mentored License Fees

Nonresident Fees

Access / Depredation Fee for Adult
$10.00
Access / Depredation Fee for Adult - 3 Year
$20.00
Access / Depredation Fee for Jr/DAV
$4.00
Access / Depredation Fee for Jr/DAV - 3 Year
$8.00
Controlled Hunt Application Fee (deer, elk, pronghorn, bear, turkey)
$18.00
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Nonrefundable fee to apply for most NONRESIDENT controlled hunts.

Controlled Hunt Application Fee (moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat)
$45.75
Details

Nonrefundable fee to apply for moose, bighorn sheep, and mountain goat NONRESIDENT controlled hunts.

Nonresident Tags

Bighorn Sheep
$2,626.75
Details

Entire tag amount plus nonrefundable application fee must be submitted at time of application. (Tag Fee + Regular App. Fee = Trophy Species App. Fee) If unsuccessful, applicant is refunded all but the regular application fee.

Black Bear
$231.75
Black Bear and Second Bear - DAV
$23.75
Details

Disabled American Veteran (DAV) Must have a Nonresident DAV hunting license.

Black Bear and Second Bear - Jr.
$116.75
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Mentored Extra must have either a Junior Mentored hunting or a Junior Hunting Passport. Those with a Junior Mentored hunting license must be accompanied by an adult with a tag(s) for the same species.

Reduced Bear and Second Bear
$41.75
Details

Reduced Price To be used only in designated units, NOT Statewide. Second To be used only in designated units, NOT Statewide.

Reduced Mountain Lion and Second Mountain Lion
$41.75
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Reduced Price To be used only in designated units, NOT Statewide. Second To be used only in designated units, NOT Statewide.

Deer - Adult
$351.75
Details

Select from Regular or White-tailed deer tags.

Subject to nonresident tag quotas and limits.

Valid to take a black bear or mountain lion, if a season is open for that species, instead of a deer where and when the deer tag is valid, and there is an open deer season in that same unit.

Deer - DAV
$23.75
Details

Disabled American Veteran (DAV) Must have a Nonresident DAV hunting license.

Deer - Jr.
$176.75
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Mentored Extra must have either a Junior Mentored hunting or a Junior Hunting Passport. Those with a Junior Mentored hunting license must be accompanied by an adult with a tag(s) for the same species.

Elk - Adult
$651.75
Details

Subject to nonresident tag quotas and limits.

Elk - DAV
$39.75
Details

Disabled American Veteran (DAV) Must have a Nonresident DAV hunting license.

Elk - Jr.
$299.75
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Mentored Extra must have either a Junior Mentored hunting or a Junior Hunting Passport. Those with a Junior Mentored hunting license must be accompanied by an adult with a tag(s) for the same species.

Moose
$2,626.75
Details

Entire tag amount plus nonrefundable application fee must be submitted at time of application. (Tag Fee + Regular App. Fee = Trophy Species App. Fee) If unsuccessful, applicant is refunded all but the regular application fee.

Mountain Goat
$2,626.75
Details

Entire tag amount plus nonrefundable application fee must be submitted at time of application. (Tag Fee + Regular App. Fee = Trophy Species App. Fee) If unsuccessful, applicant is refunded all but the regular application fee.

Mountain Lion - Adult
$204.50
Pronghorn
$342.75
Details

Applicants submit application fee to enter drawing for tags. Tag fee applies ONLY if drawn.

Sage-grouse
$74.25
Sandhill Crane
$74.25
Details

Must have Federal Migratory Game Bird Harvest Information Program Validation on license.

Swan
$74.25
Turkey - Special Unit
$5.00
Details

A special unit tag may be used during general fall seasons in Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7, and 9. Special Unit Tags may be purchased at any time.

Turkey and Extra Turkey
$88.00
Turkey and Extra Turkey - DAV
$19.75
Details

Disabled American Veteran (DAV) Must have a Nonresident DAV hunting license.

Turkey and Extra Turkey - Jr.
$44.75
Details

Mentored Extra must have either a Junior Mentored hunting or a Junior Hunting Passport. Those with a Junior Mentored hunting license must be accompanied by an adult with a tag(s) for the same species.

Wolf
$31.75

Nonresident Permits

Archery
$81.75
Archery - Disabled American Veteran (DAV)
$5.75
Details

Must have a nonresident DAV hunting license.

Bear Bait
$34.75
Details

Available ONLY at Fish and Game Offices

Fishing - Two-pole
$17.00
Hound Hunter
$301.75
Details

Available ONLY at Fish and Game Offices

Migratory Bird
$5.00
Details

Migratory Game Bird Harvest Information Program Validation. Dove, duck, goose, coot, sandhill crane and common snipe.

Muzzleloader
$81.75
Details

Changed in 2021. No longer applies to Sage-grouse. Learn more...

Muzzleloader - Disabled American Veteran (DAV)
$5.75
Details

Must have a nonresident DAV hunting license.

Nonresident Taxidermy/Fur Buyer License (3-day) 
$74.25
Details

Available ONLY at Fish and Game Offices

Taxidermist/Fur Buyer
$187.00
Details

Available ONLY at Fish and Game Offices

Salmon or Steelhead Permit
$28.25
Upland Game Bird Permit (18 &older)
$56.75
Details

Required at all Pheasant Stocking Program Locations. Not required for Under 18.

License vendor screen / Photo by Vicky Osborn 

Purchase Licenses,      
Tags and Permits

* Credit cards only. There is a processing fee for applications made by phone and online.