Free Lifetime Fishing at 50% — Against a $309 Licence
A resident veteran receiving 50% or more service-connected disability compensation, and resident in Wyoming for not less than one year, gets the lifetime fishing licence without payment of any fee — the same licence the fee schedule prices at $309.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
A resident veteran receiving 50% or more service-connected disability compensation, and resident in Wyoming for not less than one year, gets the lifetime fishing licence without payment of any fee — the same licence the fee schedule prices at $309.
What it's worth: Lifetime fishing licence free — the schedule price is $309
- The Veterans Commission booklet requires the applicant to have been a resident of Wyoming for not less than one year. Moving to the state does not make you eligible immediately.
- The application requires a letter from the VBA Regional Office certifying compensation at the 50% service-connected disability level.
Who is entitled to it
- You receive compensation at 50% or higher.
- You are a resident of this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Apply to the department with proof of residency and VA certification of the service-connected disability compensation.
- 2The statute is explicit that the licence issues "without payment of any fee" — if a vendor quotes the $309 lifetime price, point at §23-2-101(f).
- 3At 100% this is superseded in practice by the broader free lifetime bird, small game and fish package — but the 50% route needs no discharge characterization in the subsection.
- Form
- Disabled veteran lifetime fishing application
- File with
- Game and Fish Department
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · statuteWyo. Stat. §23-2-101(f) — disabled veteran lifetime fishing licence without fee; (d)(viii) $309 schedule price
- operating · published policyGame and Fish Department — Licensing for Veterans
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