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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
Michigan fishing licenses for veterans
What Michigan Department of Natural Resources says about free or reduced fishing licenses for veterans, disabled veterans, service members and their families.
What the agency says
Disabled veterans
Free hunting and fishing licences for resident veterans rated totally and permanently disabled or individually unemployable by the VA.
Michigan resident veterans with a disability are eligible to obtain any hunting or fishing license that does not require a separate application free of charge, if one of the following conditions is met:
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, read October 20, 2026Active duty
Licence fees waived for full-time federal active-duty members who have kept Michigan resident status.
If you are a full-time, active-duty member of the federal U.S. military and have maintained Michigan resident status, your hunting and fishing license fees are waived, except for hunting licenses obtained through a drawing.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, read October 20, 2026
Michigan Department of Natural Resources: licenses
Quoted from the agency's own page; rules, ratings and fees change, so confirm with the agency before you buy.
Fishing in Michigan
Veteran-owned and veteran-serving guides and shops in Michigan