Half-Price Lifetime at 80–99% — After Two Years at That Rating
A resident veteran at least 80% but not 100% permanently disabled from service for MORE THAN TWO YEARS buys the lifetime fishing, hunting or combination licence at half the lifetime rate. Short of the two years, the department will review the case on request.
Verified August 20, 2026
What this benefit is
A resident veteran at least 80% but not 100% permanently disabled from service for MORE THAN TWO YEARS buys the lifetime fishing, hunting or combination licence at half the lifetime rate. Short of the two years, the department will review the case on request.
What it's worth: Lifetime licence at 50% of the age-based lifetime rate (RSA 214:9-c)
- Lifetime rates fall with the applicant's age, so the half-price saving is largest for younger veterans.
Who is entitled to it
- Your permanent rating is at least 80%.
- You are a resident of this state.
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How to claim it
- 1The gate has three parts: residency, a discharge other than dishonorable, and a permanent service-connected rating of at least 80% but under 100% — held for MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
- 2Apply with the VA award letter showing the rating and its duration, proof of residency, and a prior hunting licence or hunter-safety certificate if the licence covers hunting.
- 3If you meet everything except the two-year clock, the department's own form says to contact it for review — the rule bends on request, it does not bar you silently.
- 4The half rate applies to the age-based lifetime fee table, and the bear licence rides free with lifetime hunting.
- Form
- Disabled Veterans Resident Lifetime License application
- File with
- Fish and Game Department, Concord
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyFish and Game Department — Disabled Veterans Resident Lifetime License application, quoting New Hampshire RSA 214:13, II and the half-rate table under RSA 214:9-c
Why only one source type: The department's own application document quotes the statute and carries the half-rate fee table; the statute server itself refuses connections.
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