Waterfowl Hunting Licenses
The following are licenses and permits that apply to Tennessee's deer hunting seasons. Licenses go on sale on Feb. 18 each year and are valid from March 1 throug February 28 of the following year. Licenses can be purchased from many retailers across Tennessee, most county clerk offices, or any office of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Licenses can also be purchased via telephone, 1-888-814-8972, or online at TWRA's website, tnwildlife.org.
• Who can purchase a resident license?
Anyone who possesses a valid Tennessee driver's license, anyone who has lived in Tennssee for 90 consecutive days with the genuine intent of making Tennessee their permanent home, military personnel on active duty in this state and their immediate families who reside with them, and students who are enrolled in a Tennessee school, college or university for at least six months.
• Who doesn't need a license?
Residents born before March 1, 1926 (proof of age and residency required), landowners, their spouses and children who hunt on farmland they own (must be residents of Tennessee but not required to live on the land . . . does not apply if farmland is owned jointly or in common by unrelated persons), resident grandchildren (under the age of 16) or resident great-grandchildren (under the age of 16) who hunt on farmland owned by their resident grandparents or great-grandparents, tenants, spouses and dependent children who hunt on farmland owned by an individual or family (must be residents and must reside on the land and have permission of the landowner to hunt), residents and nonresident youths under the age of 13 (hunters ages 10-12 need a hunter education certificate . . . Type 94 or Type 95 permit required for hunting on WMAs, regardless of age).
• Misplaced a license?
TWRA will replace licenses for a charge of $7. If the license was purchased at a license agent, a replacement may be obtained by going to any agent.
All waterfowl hunters are required to possess a migratory bird permit ($2; free for sportsman's license holders), which is available at any license agent, as well as a federal duck stamp ($15), which is available at any U.S. Post Office and various other locations.
RESIDENT LICENSES:
Hunting & Fishing Combo (Type 001): $28
Requires Type 005 also
Waterfowl Permit (Type 005): $31
Supplemental to Type 001
Annual Sportsman's License: $136
All-inclusive license that doesn't require state supplemental tags.
Lifetime sportsman:
Under 3 years: $200
Ages 3-6: $540
Ages 7-12: $810
Ages 13-50: $1,620
Ages 51-64: $945
Ages 65 and over: $270
All-inclusive license that doesn't require state supplemental tags. Available only from TWRA offices or online at tnwildlife.org.
Junior Hunt/Fish/Trap (Type 002): $8
Ages 13-15 only. Doesn't require state supplemental tags.
Permanent Sr. Citizen Hunt/Fish/Trap (Type 166): $11
Ages 65 and over. No state supplemental tags required, but WMA permits needed.
NONRESIDENT LICENSES
Junior Hunt/Fish (Type 070): $9
Ages 13-15. Small game/Waterfowl only.
7-Day Small Game/Waterfowl (Type 072): $50.50
Small Game/Waterfowl (Type 071): $91
7-Day All Game (Type 074): $175.50
Annual All Game (Type 073): $251
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