How to Apply for a LicenseTerm
Hunting licenses are valid from the day they may be issued through the subsequent July thirty first, besides the Nonresident 3-Day Waterfowl and Small Game License. They are to be had for purchase July 1st.Full Season Hunting License
Allows you to seek all felony sport birds and mammals in season without the need for added stamps, besides: (1) deer during Archery Season; (2) deer at some point of Muzzleloader Season; (three) migratory recreation birds; (4) furbearers, and (5) black bears. A Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp will also be used with those licenses.
An
Apprentice Hunting License is now available for first time hunters. The Apprentice Hunting License is a one-time license available to both residents and nonresidents who have by no means hunted earlier than.
Satisfactory of entirety of a short, on line hunter protection path is needed prior to purchasing the license and the apprentice hunter is needed to seek with a resident as a minimum 18 years old who possesses a legitimate Maryland non-apprentice hunting license. The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP), Safety Education Section presents Hunter Education Courses.
Resident Apprentice Hunting License ………………………………………………………… $10.00 For first-time Maryland resident hunters of Stamps any age who never held a Maryland looking license.
Nonresident Apprentice Hunting License ……………………………………………………. $20.00 For first-time non-resident hunters of any age who never held a Maryland looking license.
A person may not buy an Apprentice Hunting License in the event that they have formerly acquired any hunting license in Maryland.Use of an Apprentice Hunting License calls for the subsequent:Successful crowning glory of a short, on line hunter safety path is needed prior to buying this license.Appropriate stamps are needed to hunt migratory birds and deer (an Archery Stamp, a Muzzleloader Stamp, and a bonus antlered deer stamp). The apprentice hunter must be followed and without delay supervised through a Maryland resident at the least 18 years antique who possesses a valid Maryland non-apprentice hunting license.The apprentice and mentor hunter ought to hunt in near proximity so that the mentor can take immediate control of the archery device or firearm.The apprentice hunter can hunt unaccompanied if the entire hunter safety course changed into taken and a Certificate of Competency in Firearms and Hunting Safety become acquired.
Resident
Resident Regular Hunting License $24.50 (Age 16 to 64)
Resident Junior Hunting License $10.50 (Under 16 years of age, written permission of parent or parent required)
Resident Senior Hunting License $five.00 (Age 65 and above, may be bought within the calendar 12 months wherein a resident attains the age of 65.)Holders of Senior Lifetime Consolidated Licenses
This license has been removed, but humans who already maintain this license are “grandfathered” and do now not want to purchase the Senior Hunting License, Archery, or Muzzleloader Stamps. However, they should buy a Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp (to hunt an advantage antlered deer), a Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp (to seek migratory sport birds), a Department of Natural Resources Managed Hunt Permit (where required), and a Furbearer Permit (to seek or chase furbearers). A Big Game Harvest Record may be obtained at no fee from any Department of Natural Resources
Sport License Agent area, in person or through mail from any
Department of Natural Resources Service Center, or you can print your own.
Nonresident
Nonresident Hunting License $130.00 (Age 16 to 64)
Nonresident Senior Hunting License $sixty five.00 (Age sixty five and above, may be bought in the calendar 12 months wherein a nonresident attains the age of sixty five)
Nonresident Junior Hunting License $32.50 (Under sixteen years of age, written permission of parent or parent required)
Short Term License
Nonresident 3-Day Waterfowl and Small Game License $45.00
Allows nonresidents of Maryland to seek all prison game except deer, bear, and turkey for three consecutive criminal searching days. A Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp is needed to hunt migratory sport birds and a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp is required to hunt waterfowl and coots. A Furbearer Permit is needed to seek, chase, or trap furbearers. The Hunter Education and Safety Requirement does now not practice to searching best waterfowl with this license.Stamps Needed to Hunt in MarylandMaryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp $nine.00
This stamp is required for all folks who hunt migratory sport birds (coots, doves, rails, snipe, waterfowl, and woodcock), consisting of men and women now not required to have a searching license and holders of senior looking licenses. Hunters have to own the broadcast receipt showing evidence of purchase of the Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp while searching migratory sport birds. Hunters aren’t required to sign and fasten the Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp to their license. The Harvest Information Program (HIP) permit (see
Migratory Game Birds) is issued along side the Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp.Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation StampFederal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp – $25.00At U.S. Post Offices and at duckstamp.com – $27.00
This stamp (the federal duck stamp) is required for all waterfowl hunters, inclusive of folks that aren’t required to buy a hunting license. Hunters below the age of 16 are exempt. The federal duck stamp must be signed in ink to be legitimate. If you order your stamp on line, http://duckstamp.com, you may get hold of a buy code. If you buy your stamp from a game license agent, Department of Natural Resources on-line licensing, or a Department of Natural Resources Licensing and Registration Center, you’ll receive a printed receipt. Both the purchase code and the printed receipt may be established as evidence of the purchase for forty five days and ought to be possessed even as searching waterfowl and coots. The paper stamp will be mailed to the purchaser. The evidence of purchase will expire after forty five days and then purchaser ought to then own the stamp, signed in ink, whilst searching waterfowl and coots. The federal duck stamp does no longer ought to be connected to the looking license.
Missing Federal Duck Stamp: If you do no longer obtain your federal duck stamp within 2-3 weeks after purchase thru Department of Natural Resources on-line or via telephone, please electronic mail
duckstamp@amplex.com or call 1-800-852-4897.Archery Stamp*
Required to hunt deer in the course of Archery Season with legitimate looking license. This consists of crossbows.
Resident Archery Stamp $6.00
Nonresident Archery Stamp $25.00Muzzleloader Stamp*
Required to seek deer all through Muzzleloader Season with legitimate hunting license. This includes archery hunters that hunt with vertical bows and crossbows all through the Muzzleloader Season.
Resident Muzzleloader Stamp $6.00
Nonresident Muzzleloader Stamp $25.00Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp*
One bonus antlered white-tailed deer may be taken at some point of one weapon season in REGION B ONLY. The Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp need to be bought previous to pursuing a bonus antlered deer. Bonus Antlered Deer Stamps won’t be used to take sika deer.
Resident Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp $10.00
Nonresident Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp $25.00
*Hunters entitled to seek with out a license do not need to purchase Archery, Muzzleloader, or Bonus Antlered Deer Stamps. Hunters with a Senior Lifetime Consolidated License do no longer want to purchase Archery or Muzzleloader Stamps but have to buy Bonus Antlered Deer Stamps to take bonus antlered deer.Education RequirementsHunter Education And Safety Requirement
To hunt or purchase a hunting license in Maryland, State regulation requires:Presentation of a Certificate of Competency in Firearms and Hunting Safety (required of all first time hunters), orCertification that you held a searching license issued previous to July 1, 1977, orCertification that you hunted on non-public assets prior to July 1, 1977, and have been legally exempt from purchasing a hunting license, orCertification that you are purchasing a nonresident license and will handiest hunt waterfowl.