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Fishing Guide License Fund may buy a five-year disability fishing
Fishing guides must possess an Oklahoma license for $10. Applicants for this license are YOUR DOLLARS
fishing guide license. This license costs $90 urged to ask for a Benefits Verification Statement
unless the guide provides Coast Guard Mari- from Social Security at (800) 772-1213. WORK FOR
ner credentials, in which case the license
costs $20. For a list of licensed guides, visit Lifetime Disabled CONSERVATION
wildlifedepartment.com. Veteran Combination If you’ve ever bought a hunting or fishing
Fiscal-Year Licenses Hunting/Fishing License license, motorboat fuel, fishing tackle,
ammo or bows and arrows, you’re a part
This license is available to resident disabled
The fiscal-year licenses (combination, youth veterans, as certified by the Veterans Affairs of the most successful effort to conserve
combination) are valid from July 1 to June 30. Department. For veterans with a disability of fish and wildlife in America: The Wildlife
These licenses allow fishing during the time less than 60 percent, the cost of the license is and Sport Fish Restoration Program.
period specified on the license.
$200. For veterans with a disability of 60 percent Anglers, hunters and outdoors enthusi-
Resident 5-Year or more, the cost of the license is $25. The license asts pay a special excise tax whenever
provides the same benefits as a resident lifetime
they buy items related to the outdoors,
Combination Hunting/ combination hunting/fishing license. and that tax revenue is distributed back
Fishing License Land Access Permit to the individual states. So each time an
Oklahoman buys a license or outdoors-
People who have been residents of Oklahoma for related merchandise, he or she is support-
at least six months may buy a 5-year combination A $40 annual Land Access Permit is required ing important conservation efforts such as
hunting/fishing license. Holders of these licenses of all residents who fish or hunt on Honobia installing boat ramps or increasing hunting
are exempt from the annual fishing and hunting Creek and Three Rivers Wildlife Management access.
license only. Holders of resident 5-year licenses Areas, unless exempt. Nonresidents are required
who become residents of another state during the to buy an $85 annual permit, no exemptions.
5-year period of their license may continue to use A $10, 3-day special use land access permit is
their license as a nonresident annual fishing or available to residents for non-hunting and non-
hunting license. When hunting, they must buy fishing related activities.
any season-specific hunting licenses that are not
covered by a nonresident annual hunting license. 3-Day/Annual Wildlife
Conservation Passport
Lifetime Senior Citizen People who use Department owned areas
Combination Hunting/ for nonhunting or nonfishing activities, such as
Fishing License birdwatching or photography, are required to
have either a Wildlife Conservation Passport or
Residents born on or after Jan. 1, 1923, upon any current hunting or fishing license issued by
reaching age 65 (or those who turn 65 during the the Wildlife Department.
calendar year) are eligible to purchase a senior Buying a hunting or fishing license can
citizen combination hunting/fishing license, cost less than buying a Wildlife Conservation
which is valid for life. The license provides the Passport. Plus, license holders are granted the
same exemptions as a resident lifetime combina- privileges of that license and can enjoy those
tion hunting/fishing license. Anyone born before activities during the license term.
Jan. 1, 1923, is exempt but must carry proof of age Persons under 16 years of age at the start of
such as a driver’s license. Application available at the calendar year, and students and instructors
wildlifedepartment.com. Form must be signed by participating in bona fide educational tours or
Wildlife Department employee before mailing. activities sponsored or organized by an educa- ODWC Wildlife Biologists conduct
tion institution or any other organized event prescribed burns annually to
Disability Fishing License sanctioned by and approved in advance by the improve wildlife habitat. Amanda Thomas
Persons who have resided in Oklahoma for Wildlife Department are exempt from the Wildlife
at least six months and who are receiving So- Conservation Passport requirement.
cial Security disability benefits, Supplemental
Security Income benefits, or persons receiving Tribal Compact Licenses
disability benefits under the Federal Railroad For tribal compact licenses, visit wildlifedepart-
Retirement Act or the Multiple Injury Trust ment.com, choctawnation.com or cherokee.org.
FREE FISHING DAYS
June 5-6, 2021
Anyone may fish in Oklahoma on these days without a state license
(free paddlefish permit still required).
(Some city permits may still be required.)
Be sure to take someone fishing! Skylar St.Yves

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