Hunting and Fishing at $10 for Four Years — From 40%
A resident veteran with a 40% or greater VA allotment — or the "K" award, or 40% Social Security disability plus service, or former POW status — licences for small game and fishing at a $10 fee, valid four years.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
A resident veteran with a 40% or greater VA allotment — or the "K" award, or 40% Social Security disability plus service, or former POW status — licences for small game and fishing at a $10 fee, valid four years.
What it's worth: $10 for four years of small game and fishing licences
- A fourth route qualifies independently of the others: total disability, described as wheelchair-bound or permanently unable to walk.
- That route does not depend on the 40 percent rating threshold, so a veteran rated below it may still qualify.
Who is entitled to it
- Your VA allotment is at 40% or higher.
- You are a resident of this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Mail the application with the $10 fee and one qualifying proof: the VA letter showing a 40%+ allotment or the "K" award, an SSA letter showing 40% disability plus verification of service (active, reserve or Guard), or discharge papers verifying POW status.
- 2The licence stays valid four calendar years while you remain a resident — one $10 fee covers all four.
- 3The SSA route is the one summaries miss: it needs no VA rating at all, only Social Security disability at 40% and proof you served.
- Form
- Disabled Veteran and Prisoner of War Reduced Fee Hunting and Fishing Application
- File with
- Game, Fish and Parks, Ft. Pierre
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- Periodic
- Re-confirmed from time to time.
Sources
- authority · published policyGame, Fish and Parks — Disabled Veteran and POW Reduced Fee Licences (SDCL 41-6-10.2)
Why only one source type: The department's own page states the $10 fee, the four-year validity and each qualifying route; the codified section is named on its face.
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