POCATELLO - Sportsman's Warehouse in Pocatello will be closing within the next couple of months, confirmed the store's owner, Stu Utgaard, Monday.

He said the credit markets have made it difficult to continue doing business. He jokingly said, "We didn't get our share of the stimulus."

But on a more serious note, Utgaard said banks effectively put them out of business.

Within the next two to three months, the store will liquidate its inventory.

The Pocatello store is just one of 23 stores nationwide that will be closing. A majority of the stores closing are located in the east. There are a total of 67 Sportman's in the country.