Does your state offer a lifetime hunting license? Did you buy one for your child?

[Finch]

My little girl will be turning two in April and I've been thinking about buying her a "Legacy" hunting license. You're only able to buy these before your child's 2nd birthday and they are $125. Once they reach age 12 (when purchasing a license is required), they have to take a hunter safety course and then the license is transferred to a lifetime license (no additional charge). I know it's kinda a gamble since she may not even be interested in hunting but it would be a great investment if she does enjoy it. It is also valid for her lifetime no matter of her residency status.

Have you guys done anything similar?

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/licenses/legacy/

 

[Bonedalien]

i think you should jump on that,no question. that seems like a good price too. when she reaches legal age she will have been banging around the woods with you for 10 years. i think the odds are real good that your gamble will have payed off.

 

[NDHunter]

If she turns into a hunter, it will be the best $125 you'll ever spend in your life. If she doesn't become a hunter, it won't be the end of the world. I feel like the risk/reward ratio is pretty good.

 

[1hoda]

No brainer! Go for it!

 

[WyoBowhunter21]

No brainer! Go for it!

This^. I got mine when I turned twelve and it was the best purchase my parents did for me. I have hunting, fishing, and conservation stamp. I know when I got mine it was 1/3 the price it is now. One thing to remember licenses are always going up. At $125 that's a good gamble. Just think of it as a lottery ticket but you will see return in your daughter growing up whether she hunts or not.

 

[Shrek]

Absolute bargain ! Buy it !

 

[William Hanson (live2hunt)]

Buy it

 

[Backpack Hunter]

For $125 I would do it. Our is around $500, and I am waiting to see if they will stay interested.

 

[Jeff Martin]

When I bought my lifetime, it was $500, it is now $1,000 and headed higher. Like taxes and this countries debt, only headed one way. Buy it.

 

[apphunter]

When i got married my wife already had a son. He was almost 4 when we started dating and the price for a license doesn't go up again until he is 11 so he will get one when he is 11. My when we had our daughter I bought her one for her first birthday. Both licenses include fresh and salt water fishing and my family's land is near the beach so I'm sure that will get used

 

[Dukejb]

We just bought my daughter her lifetime license last month. In Tennessee its $200 for kids under 3. For resident adults a fishing license with trout stamp is $40. So even if Laurel never hunts, the fishing aspect, which she already loves, will be worth it. My parents bought me the Georgia lifetime license for Christmas the year before I graduated from high school. It was $500 at the time and has been good for me as I still hunt while we are down there most years at Christmas and thanksgiving.

 

[Finch]

Virginia's lifetime licenses must be a deal from what I'm reading. I'm going to go ahead and get my lifetime license as well. Ages 44 and under cost $260. At today's current rate of $23, it would take about 11 years to pay for itself. I'll be 41 then. I don't know about other states but I'm assuming they would be the same, you still have to buy your big games tags, archery, muzzleloader stamps, etc.

 

[Ziggy]

For $125 it seems like a chance worth taking for me.

I got the TX lifetime before i moved out of state...very happy i did that!

 

[Adam B]

I got my daughter one before she was 2 years old for $200 mine cost me $500

 

[flyingbrass]

$1000 in Arkansas, yes I got it for my son.

 

[Sooner]

125 is all??? That's crazy. My dad and I split my son's lifetime hunting and fishing a few years ago. The cost in OK is 775$. I wouldn't think twice about the 775 I spent. 125 is a no brainer.

 

[Finch]

Just curious but everyone that is paying several hundred, does that include all the tags and everything?

See I'll still have to buy her tags and Archery & muzzleloader licenses although she'll have the lifetime hunting license. It's still a good investment since a hunting license is $23 right now. I'm just curious if everyone else's lifetime licenses include everything you need. Sounds like they should with some of the prices.

 

[Sooner]

In Oklahoma the 775 covers everything you need with the exception of a bear tag. They just introduced bear hunting so they are making money off of that right now. All other tags permits are inccluded in the 775.

 

[Dukejb]

In Tennessee and Georgia it covers everything but the Federal duck stamp and some quota/limited hunt fees (ie elk tag in TN or gator in GA).

 

[jwatts]

I bought one for my son's first birthday. He will never have to worry about buying a license. I think it was $500.