This statutory requirement has been put in place to allow the department to collect accurate harvest and licensing information for lifetime licenses. This updated license will include current year tags. You may update your license at no cost on-line at our website www. You can also call us at to be updated. An applicant for a hunting, combination hunting and fishing, archery, or trapping license must present either:.
For a complete list of prohibitions, contact the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at A list of upcoming hunter education courses is available at www. Appropriate licenses must be carried while hunting, fishing, trapping or transporting fish, game or furbearers. The licenses must be exhibited on demand of a State Game Warden or other enforcement officer, or the owner of the land on which such person is hunting, fishing or trapping.
See 10 V. An electronic or digital copy of the license is acceptable. Tags are required to be carried while big game hunting. Minor children who are hunting must still carry a paper license signed by their parent. Conviction of carelessly or negligently wounding a person by gunshot, or manslaughter by the careless and negligent use of firearms, will, by statute, revoke the hunting license privilege or the right to obtain such license for five years.
It is illegal to hunt, fish or trap while a license or right to obtain a license is under suspension in Vermont or any other state that is a member of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. A person whose license is revoked with 15 or more points accumulated in five years must successfully complete a remedial course designed to teach hunters, trappers and anglers correct legal and ethical behavior while hunting, trapping and fishing.
Vermont hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and permits may be suspended for failure to comply with child support orders of the Family Court.
Online at www. A list of license agents is available on our website or you can call for an agent closest to you. Licenses are Required Any person engaged in fishing, hunting, trapping or taking any wild animals must be properly licensed, except as listed below under exceptions. Exceptions to License Requirements A resident owner of land in Vermont, his or her spouse, and minor children may hunt within the boundary of that land and take fish from a private pond within the boundary of that land without a license within season except if their right to obtain a license is under suspension, or for seasons requiring a special tag such as moose, antlerless muzzleloader, and waterfowl seasons.
My Licens e Covers What? Military Personnel Any resident of Vermont who is serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or is performing, or is under orders to perform, a homeland defense or state-side contingency operation for a period of or more consecutive days may obtain at no cost a hunting or fishing license or combination hunting and fishing license.
Mentored Hunting License Mentored Hunting licenses are available everywhere licenses are sold. A mentored hunting license is available to a resident or nonresident who: Has never successfully completed a hunter safety course. Has never held a hunting license in Vermont or any other state or province.
A person issued a mentored hunting license may hunt when: Accompanied by an adult 21 years of age or older who holds a valid Vermont hunting license. A parent or legal guardian has also signed the license if the applicant is 15 years old or younger.
There are limitations on a person who holds a mentored hunting license: A person who holds a mentored hunting license is not eligible to hold a moose permit or accompany moose hunters, or participate in youth and novice turkey and deer hunting weekends. A person who holds a mentored hunting license who is 16 or older is required to purchase and carry a federal duck stamp in order to hunt waterfowl. A mentored hunting license shall only be issued twice to any one individual.
To hunt within the boundaries of a licensed shooting preserve, in lieu of other required licenses. Other licenses or permits may also be required.
For county or city of residence. See Deer for more information. To hunt and trap within National Forest. For fishing in the National Forest this permit is required in addition to other fishing licenses exceptions: residents under 16 and over 65, nonresidents under Allows hunting, trapping, fishing, mountain biking, and horse riding. Sold in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Forestry. Daily group rates are available. See Access Permit for more information. To take migratory waterfowl; required of persons 16 years of age and over in addition to hunting license.
Residency Qualifications Persons who have been a bona fide resident of the city, county, or state for six consecutive months immediately preceding the date of purchasing a license. Persons who have been domiciliary residents of the state for at least two months upon approval of a completed affidavit to be furnished by the Department.
Legal voters in Virginia. Students including nonresident students boarding on campus residing in Virginia who are enrolled in bona fide Virginia schools. Any unnaturalized person who owns real estate in the county or city and who has actually resided there not less than five years preceding the date of the application for the license in the county or city.
License Exemptions All persons, except those listed below, must purchase the proper licenses before hunting or trapping. Tenants, renters, or lessees on lands they reside on, are not required to have a license, but must have the written permission of the landowner.
Persons who lease property and do not permanently reside there are not exempt from license requirements. Residents, 65 years of age and over, do not need a license to hunt or trap on private property in their county or city of residence. Resident hunters under the age of 12 are not required to have a hunting license or hunter education.
Nonresident hunters under the age of 12 need a hunting license but do not need hunter education to purchase one. All hunters under the age of 12 may not hunt unless accompanied and directly supervised by a licensed adult. Residents under the age of 16 are not required to have a license to trap when accompanied by any person 18 years of age or older who possesses a valid Virginia trapping license.
Any person who is not hunting, but is aiding a disabled person to hunt when such disabled person possesses a valid Virginia Disabled Resident Lifetime hunting license or a Virginia Resident Disabled Veteran Lifetime license is not required to have a license. Stockholders owning 50 percent or more of the stock of any domestic corporation owning land in Virginia, his or her spouse and children and minor grandchildren, resident or nonresident, do not need a license to hunt, trap and fish of lands and inland waters owned by the domestic corporation.
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