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2012 & 2013Fishing, Hunting & Trapping License Types and Fees
Fees listed below for first resident license and all non-resident licenses include a $5.00 Wildlands Conservation Stamp fee. Massachusetts residents need only pay the $5.00 Wildlands Stamp fee for the first license purchased in a calendar year. Non-residents are required to pay the Wildlands Stamp fee for every license purchased.
If you are purchasing a license online (using a credit card) through the MassFishHunt site-- You will be charged a service fee by Active Outdoors, the provider of this electronic licensing service. The fee consists of a $1.50 service charge for each applicable license purchased by the customer, plus an associated 3% internet handling charge on the total transaction amount. The Active Outdoors fee will be clearly identified and itemized in your Shopping Cart prior to the processing of your payment.
If you purchase a license at a participating license vendor -- You will be charged the $1.50 Active Outdoors service fee for each license purchased, but you will not pay the 3% internet handling charge. Some license vendors may also charge up to $1.50 commission fee. *
If you purchase a license online with your credit card at a library or other internet access venue-- There may be a printing charge for the pages you print out as well as the Active Outdoors and Internet handling fee.
If you purchase a license at a DFW office -- None of the above fees will be charged. Checks, cash or money orders are accepted, sorry but DFW offices do not accept credit cards.
Licenses are only valid for the calendar year--they expire at the end of December.
| License Type |
Fee*
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|---|---|
| Resident Citizen/Alien Freshwater Fishing** |
$27.50
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| Resident Citizen Minor Freshwater Fishing (Age 15-17) |
FREE
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| Resident Citizen Freshwater Fishing Age (Age 65-69) |
$16.25
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Resident Citizen Freshwater Fishing (Age
70 or over. First
time paraplegic, blind, and intellectually disabled license buyers
must apply to Boston office. Application
) |
FREE
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| Non-Resident Citizen/Alien Freshwater Fishing |
$37.50
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| Non-Resident Citizen/Alien Freshwater Fishing (3 day) |
$23.50
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| Resident Citizen/Alien Freshwater Fishing (3 day) |
$12.50
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| Non-Resident Citizen/Alien Minor Freshwater Fishing, (Age 15-17) |
$11.50
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| Resident Citizen Hunting |
$27.50
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| Resident Citizen Hunting, (Age 65-69) |
$16.25
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| Resident Citizen Hunting, Paraplegic-(First-time
buyers must apply to Boston office. Application
) |
FREE
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| Resident Alien Hunting |
$27.50
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| Non-resident Citizen/Alien Hunting, Big Game (bear, deer, turkey) |
$99.50
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| Non-resident Citizen/Alien Hunting, Small Game |
$65.50
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| Non-resident Citizen/Alien, Commercial Shooting Preserve (1-Day) |
$10.00
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| Resident Citizen Minor Hunting (Age 15-17) |
$11.50
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| Resident Citizen/Alien Commercial Shooting Preserve (1-Day) |
$10.00
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| Resident Citizen Sporting (Freshwater Fishing & Hunting License Combination) |
$45.00
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| Resident Citizen Sporting (Age 65-69) |
$25.00
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| Resident Citizen Sporting & Trapping (Age 70 or over) |
FREE
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| Resident Citizen Minor Sporting (Age 15-17) |
$13.00
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| Resident Citizen Trapping |
$35.50
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| Resident Citizen Minor Trapping (Age 15-17) |
$11.50
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| Resident Citizen Trapping, (Age 65-69) |
$35.50
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| Non-Resident Trapping (must contact Boston office for application) |
$200.00
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| Archery Stamp (no collectors stamps available) |
$5.10
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| Waterfowl Stamp (no collectors stamps available) |
$5.00
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| Primitive Firearms Stamp (no collectors stamps available) |
$5.10
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*City and town clerks must add an additional $1.00 to the base fee of each license. Retail agents may add up to an additional $1.50 service fee to each license sold. There is no service fee charged for licenses purchased at MassWildlife offices.
** For saltwater fishing permit informaton, see the Division of Marine Fisheries.
***Duplicate license fees apply only to license buyers who purchased a traditional license from a license vendor. If you purchased your original license online through the MassFishHunt website, you only need to reprint your license. No duplicate fee is charged.