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Lifetime Licences — $3 at 100%, $52.50 at 70%, and a Retiree Tier at 60

Three routes. At 100% permanent and total, lifetime hunting and fishing together cost $3. At 70% — or 50% with a Purple Heart — $52.50 buys the lifetime combination WITH the trout and duck stamps for life. And separately from disability altogether, a military retiree aged 60 or over buys a lifetime licence on a retirement ID: fishing $10.50, hunting $25, or the combination at $35.50.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Three routes. At 100% permanent and total, lifetime hunting and fishing together cost $3. At 70% — or 50% with a Purple Heart — $52.50 buys the lifetime combination WITH the trout and duck stamps for life. And separately from disability altogether, a military retiree aged 60 or over buys a lifetime licence on a retirement ID: fishing $10.50, hunting $25, or the combination at $35.50.

What it's worth: $1.50 lifetime fishing + $1.50 lifetime hunting at 100% P&T; $52.50 lifetime combo with stamps at 70%+; retiree lifetime combo $35.50 at 60+

  • One year of Arkansas residency must be proved for every tier.
  • The Resident Military Retiree Lifetime licences are: fishing (MRF) $10.50, hunting (MRH) $25, and combination (MRC) $35.50.
  • The retiree tier requires age 60 or over, a military retirement ID and one year of Arkansas residency. It does not require a disability rating, which is why a retiree would not otherwise find it under a disability heading.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are 100% totally and permanently disabled — the $3 tier.
  • You are a resident of this state.

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How to claim it

  1. 1At 100% permanent and total, buy both $1.50 lifetime licences — three dollars, once, for life.
  2. 2At 70% (or 50% with a Purple Heart), the $52.50 VLL2 is the better arithmetic if you fish trout or hunt duck: it folds the lifetime trout and state duck stamps in.
  3. 3Prove one year of Arkansas residency with the application.
Form
AGFC lifetime licence application
File with
AGFC regional offices, or by mail
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingRemember the §26-3-306 pairing: the same 100% P&T finding that buys the $3 lifetime licences also takes the homestead AND personal property off the tax roll entirely.
CorrectionNews coverage says the threshold "dropped from 100% to 70%" — that describes the $52.50 stamp-inclusive tier only. The $1.50/$3 tier remains a 100% permanent-and-total product.

Sources

Why only one source type: AGFC’s own licensing page states both tiers, the prices, the Purple Heart route and the residency proof in terms.

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