The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Want to find your outdoor enthusiast a gift that's always in style, never the wrong size or color, and useable every day of the year? Go to any Idaho Department of Fish and Game regional office around the state and buy them a gift certificate for a 2008 hunting and fishing license. They make good stocking stuffers. A gift certificate is the only way to buy hunting and fishing licenses for a resident age 18 and older for Christmas. Residents age 18 and over have to show proof of residency in person to buy a license. They can redeem the Idaho Fish and Game gift certificates in person at Fish and Game regional offices. Several options and price ranges are available. Lifetime licenses cost from $276.75 to $1,113.00, depending on the age of the recipient. Seasonal licenses sell from $7.25 for junior hunting to $117.25 for the Sportsman's Package. The Sportsman's Package includes hunting and fishing licenses, tags for deer, elk, bear, mountain lion, turkey, salmon and steelhead as well as archery and muzzleloader permits. That is nearly a $70 savings over buying each item separately. If playing a game of chance is more your style, the Idaho Fish and Game also offers tickets for Super Hunt drawings for individual deer, elk, antelope or moose hunts, and Super Hunt Combos for deer, elk, antelope and moose. The money raised from the purchase of these tickets goes to the Access Yes! program. The tickets can be purchased at any license vendor. Super Hunt tickets cost $6.25 each; $24.95 for six, and $49.95 for 13. Super Hunt Combo tickets cost $19.95 each; $99.95 for six, and $199.95 for 13. The drawings for the all Super Hunts will be held in 2008. For more information, or to purchase gift certificates, stop by any Fish and Game regional office or headquarters in Boise.