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Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing veterans at Rapidan Camp, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Photo: N. Lewis, National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Georgia fishing licenses for veterans
What Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division says about free or reduced fishing licenses for veterans, disabled veterans, service members and their families.
What the agency says
Veterans
Free one-time, one-year full-privilege hunting and fishing licence for resident veterans honorably discharged on or after a set date.
A One Time Veterans License is available free to Georgia resident military veterans who served on active Federal duty for 90 or more days and were honorably discharged on July 1, 2005 or later.
Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division, read October 20, 2026Veterans
Discounted full-privilege lifetime licence for veterans.
Georgia offers a discounted full privilege veterans lifetime license.
Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division, read October 20, 2026Service members stationed in the state
Full-time active-duty personnel and their dependents may buy resident annual or short-term licences.
Full-time military personnel on active duty, and the dependents of such military personnel and out-of-state college students living in Georgia may purchase resident annual or short term licenses.
Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division, read October 20, 2026
Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division: licenses
Quoted from the agency's own page; rules, ratings and fees change, so confirm with the agency before you buy.
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