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Statewide directory
Idaho Hunting Services
508 game processors, taxidermists, outfitters and guides, gun, archery and outdoor stores and IDFG offices, with an address in 38 of the 44 counties, gathered from the IDFG offices page, the IDFG layer of licensed outfitters, four chain store locators and Yellow Pages listings.
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Idaho processors, stores, outfitters and IDFG offices mapped
282 listings have a point from the Census geocoder, a store locator or a town point and show as dots; the near-me button sorts them by distance. 226 have no point, most of them roster outfitters, and sit in the lists only.
Where Idaho hunters find a butcher, a mount or an outfitter
IDFG keeps no list of game processors, taxidermists or stores, so this directory is built from business listings, store locators and the IDFG layer of licensed outfitters, then sorted the way IDFG runs the state, by region and county. The 22 processor listings are in Bonners Ferry, Caldwell, Downey, Eagle, Gooding, Grace, Greenleaf, Hagerman, Kooskia, Mackay, Meridian, Montpelier, Moscow, Mountain Home, Nampa, Rexburg, Rupert, Saint Anthony, Salmon, Sandpoint, Twin falls and Weippe, so hunters heading into the Selway or the Owyhee should plan coolers and ice before the hunt. For mounts, Canyon County, Kootenai County, Ada County and Nez Perce County hold the most shops; for rifles, bows and boots, Ada County, Kootenai County, Canyon County and Bonneville County lead. Of the 230 outfitter and guide rows, 202 come from the licence layer with no address, and 25 of the 186 stores belong to chains.
Five Idaho service directories
The lists run Panhandle first and Upper Snake and Salmon last, county by county inside each IDFG region. Cards carry a call link and a route link, with a website when the listing had one, and the filter box narrows a list to a town or county as you type. Chains close the store list, and the licensed outfitters without an address close the outfitter list in a table of their own.
Idaho reports, checks and licences that touch these businesses
Report the kill
Deer, elk and pronghorn tag holders file a report within 10 days of a kill, or within 10 days of the close when the tag went unfilled.
Licensed outfitters
202 roster rows carry an Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board licence from the IDFG outfitter layer, and 15 store or guide listings matched a licence by name.
CWD testing
Hunter-harvested mule deer and white-tailed deer in Units 14, 18, 23, 63A, 64, 69 and the Unit 1 portion must be tested within 10 days of harvest; heads of elk or moose transported out of a management zone must be presented for testing.
Skull and hide checks
A bear, mountain lion or wolf goes to IDFG within 10 days of the kill: skull and hide to a regional office, a checkpoint or a conservation officer.
Idaho services by IDFG region
Most business rows fall in the IDFG Clearwater Region (144), the fewest in the IDFG Southeast Region (31). By street address, 26 counties lack a game processor and 19 lack a taxidermist.
| IDFG region | Processors | Taxidermists | Outfitters | Stores | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDFG Panhandle Region | 2 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 61 |
| IDFG Clearwater Region | 3 | 7 | 112 | 22 | 144 |
| IDFG Southwest Region | 6 | 18 | 26 | 63 | 113 |
| IDFG Magic Valley Region | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 43 |
| IDFG Southeast Region | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| IDFG Upper Snake Region | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 55 |
| IDFG Salmon Region | 1 | 3 | 40 | 8 | 52 |
| Kind of listing | Counties lacking one (address) |
|---|---|
| Game processors | 26 of 44 |
| Taxidermists | 19 of 44 |
| Outfitters and guides | 28 of 44 |
| Stores | 8 of 44 |
Counts from the five directories, checked November 12, 2026. Regions follow the town of each listing where it is a base town on this site, otherwise the region holding most of its county; roster outfitters follow the region of most of the counties they serve. Butte County, Camas County, Clark County, Lewis County, Lincoln County and Power County came up with no business listing with an address.
Idaho hunting services questions
Do some Idaho counties have no processor, taxidermist or store at all?
By street address, 38 of the 44 counties have at least one; Butte County, Camas County, Clark County, Lewis County, Lincoln County and Power County have none.
Where in Idaho are hunting businesses most plentiful?
By county of address, Ada County with 37, Canyon County with 29 and Kootenai County with 29.
Do the Idaho lists include Cabela's and Sportsman's Warehouse?
They do: 25 chain outlets, Big 5 among them, are listed county by county after the independent shops.
Which sources were read to build the Idaho directory?
The IDFG Office and Region Locations page for the offices, the IDFG layer of licensed outfitter operating areas, the Cabela's, DICK'S, Sportsman's Warehouse and Bass Pro store locators, and Yellow Pages listings for everything else.
Who licenses Idaho outfitters and guides?
The Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board, now under DOPL. The outfitter rows here carry the licence number IDFG's outfitter layer shows.
Why are so many Idaho outfitters missing from the map?
226 listings have no point: the outfitter licence layer gives no street address, and a few business addresses would not geocode.
How many businesses do the five Idaho lists hold between them?
186 stores, 230 outfitter and guide rows, 61 taxidermists and 22 game processors, 499 businesses in all, plus 9 IDFG offices.
Which IDFG office should an Idaho hunter phone?
The regional office named on each county page, or headquarters in Boise at (208) 334-3700.
IDFG wording, unfiltered
Every fee, date and count on this page was read from an IDFG brochure, the Hunt Planner or the Idaho Code and looked at again on November 12, 2026.
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