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Outdoor Recreation

Fishing, Hunting & Trapping License Types and Fees

Fees 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.

Licenses are only valid for the calendar year--they expire at the end of December.

License Type
Fee*
Resident Fishing**
$27.50
Resident Minor Fishing (Age 15-17)
$11.50
Resident Fishing Age (Age 65-69)
$16.25
Resident Fishing (Age 70 or over, or paraplegic, blind, mentally retarded)
FREE
Non-Resident Fishing
$37.50
Non-Resident Fishing (3 day)
$23.50
Non-resident Fishing, (Age 15-17)
$11.50
Resident Citizen Hunting
$27.50
Resident Hunting, (Age 65-69)
$16.25
Resident Hunting, (Paraplegic)
FREE
Resident Alien Hunting
$27.50
Non-resident Hunting, Big Game
$99.50
Non-resident Hunting, Small Game
$65.50
Non-resident, Commercial Shooting Preserve (1 day)
$10.00
Resident Hunting, Minor (Age 15-17)
$11.50
Resident Sporting (Fishing & Hunting combined)
$45.00
Resident Sporting (Age 65-69)
$25.00
Resident Sporting (Age 70 or over)
FREE
Resident Trapping
$35.50
Resident Minor Trapping (Age 15-17)
$11.50
Resident Trapping, (Age 65-69)
$35.50
Non-Resident Trapping (must contact Boston office for application)
$200.00
Duplicate Fishing
$2.50
Duplicate Hunting
$2.50
Duplicate Trapping
$2.50
Archery Stamp
$5.10
Waterfowl Stamp
$5.00
Primitive Firearms Stamp
$5.10

*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.

**These fees are for freshwater fishing. For saltwater fishing informaton, see the Division of Marine Fisheries.