Written by: Brian Pryor

National Forest officials announced Tuesday that tags to cut down Christmas trees are nearly sold out.

Tags which are available at Big-5 Sporting Goods locations, the tags were first for sale on October 10th.

Officials placed 6,375 tags initially, as of today only 2,689 are left.

"Tags for four cutting-areas on the Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Prescott and Tonto national forests are all but sold out," Program Manager Candy Luhrsen says.

If you would still like a tag you are not out of luck, you can still  buy tags in three cutting areas around Arizona. They include:

*Cutting area 1: Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Chevelon-Heber Ranger district. About 580 tags are available.

*Cutting area 6: Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Alpine and Springerville districts. About 1,782 tags are available.

*Cutting area 3: Kaibab National Forest Tusayan Ranger district. About 440 tags are available.

Luhersen says tags are $15 each and trees can be cut starting November 21.

"It is strongly advised that you call ahead to your local Big 5 store to verify the availability of tags," she said.

The Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino and Prescott national forests are also selling tags over the counter and you can call the specific forest information centers directly for more details.

ABC Affiliate KNXV contributed to this report.