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A $5 Hunting and Fishing Licence at 40%, With Tags to Match

A resident disabled veteran rated at 40% or more buys the combination licence for $5 and takes big game tags at a fraction of the ordinary price — $10.75 for deer, $16.50 for elk, $6.75 for bear, $10.75 for turkey.

Verified August 25, 2026

What this benefit is

A resident disabled veteran rated at 40% or more buys the combination licence for $5 and takes big game tags at a fraction of the ordinary price — $10.75 for deer, $16.50 for elk, $6.75 for bear, $10.75 for turkey.

What it's worth: $5 resident disabled veteran licence; deer $10.75, elk $16.50, bear $6.75, turkey $10.75

  • The resident disabled veteran licence is published at $5, with deer at $10.75, elk at $16.50, bear at $6.75 and turkey at $10.75.
  • A non-resident disabled veteran three-day hunting and fishing combination is published at $31.75, with deer and bear tags at $23.75 each, elk at $39.75 and turkey at $19.75.
  • The rating must be verified by a letter from the VA — the division names that letter as the proof.
  • These are the division’s published figures. The fish and game department’s own price table could not be read this session, and fee schedules move.

Who is entitled to it

  • Your rating meets the threshold the division publishes.
  • Your home is in this state.

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How to claim it

Deadline: Buy before the season
  1. 1Get a VA letter showing the combined rating. The division names a VA letter as the verification, and 40% is the number it has to show.
  2. 2Buy the disabled veteran licence rather than the ordinary resident licence — the tag prices attach to the licence type.
  3. 3Confirm the current price with the fish and game department before you budget a season. The figures here are the veterans division’s published ones and fee tables change on their own schedule.
  4. 4If you are not a resident, ask for the non-resident disabled veteran three-day combination instead; it is priced separately and its tags cost more.
  5. 5Keep the licence and the VA letter together in the field.
File with
Department of Fish and Game, with the disabled veteran licence application
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
Annual
Claimed once a year.
CorrectionThe gate is 40%, not 50% and not 100%. Most recreation concessions in this corpus open higher, so a veteran at 40% or 50% who assumes they are outside this one is leaving several hundred dollars a season on the table.
Worth knowingThe saving is mostly in the tags, not the licence. A $5 licence is nice; deer at $10.75 and elk at $16.50 against ordinary resident tag prices is where the money actually is.
Known gapWhether the discount extends to controlled hunt applications, stamps and permits is not stated on the division’s page, and the fish and game host could not be reached to check.

Sources

Why only one source type: The veterans division publishes the threshold, the licence price and the tag prices on its own state benefits page. The fish and game department’s host refused every connection this session, and the legislature host refused as well, so neither the department price table nor the statute was read.

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