Please don’t wait until the last minute this fall to buy your hunting license and tags. Idaho Fish and Game is anticipating high volumes of sales immediately before the opening day of deer season on Oct. 10. Avoid the long lines and potential wait by buying your tags early.

Here are your buying options for hunting licenses and tags. If you choose to purchase online or by phone, remember to allow seven to 10 business days for your tags to arrive. The license will be immediately available as a PDF.

Hunters who already have their licenses and tags should double check them to ensure they’re not faded. If they are, find out what to do here: bit.ly/2y9hNvJ. Hunters about to go afield and who don’t have time should know that Fish and Game enforcement officers are aware of the situation and prepared to assist hunters. Should hunters encounter a check station, Fish and Game staff are also prepared to assist.

People planning to buy a nonresident tag or a nonresident tag as a second tag should know that nonresident elk tags are sold out, nonresident deer tags are selling fast and could sell out by early October. On Sept. 28, there were 1,328 general nonresident deer tags remaining.