HUNTING AND FISHING INFORMATION
Hunting and fishing licenses are available at the Town Clerk's Office. Applicants should bring with them a Hunter Safety Certificate, FID, and previous years license if available.
MassWildlife Fishing, Hunting & Trapping License Fees
Fees for first resident license, all non-resident licenses, free licenses, duplicate licenses, and stamps include a $5.00 fee for the Wildlands Conservation Stamp. Fee for a duplicate (replacement) resident license in a calendar year DOES NOT need to include a $5.00 Wildlands Stamp fee. Non-residents purchasing a duplicate license MUST pay the $5.00 Wildlands Fee. If you are a resident who buys a fishing license for yourself and then buys a hunting license later in the year, you do not have to pay another Wildlands Stamp fee(or vice versa). Non-residents are required to pay the Wildlands Stamp fee for each license purchased for themselves.
City and town clerks must add an additional $1.00 to the base fee of each license. Retail agents may add up to an additional $1.50 service fee to each license sold. There is no service fee charged for licenses purchased at Mass Wildlife offices.
Licenses are also available for purchase ONLINE>-------MassOutdoors
None-resident trapping licenses are not sold at vendor locations or on-line, only through the Boston Office.
Licenses are only good for the calendar year---they expire at the end of December.
License Type FEE
Resident Fishing* $27.50
Resident Minor Fishing (Age 15-17) $11.50
Resident Fishing (Age 65-69) $16.25
Resident Fishing (Age 70 or over, or paraplegic,
blind mentally retarded) FREE
Non-Resident Fishing $37.50
Non-Resident Fishing (3day) $23.50
Non-resident Fishing (age 15-17) $11.50
Resident Citizen Hunting $27.50
Resident Hunting (age 65-69) $16.25
Resident Hunting (paraplegic) FREE
Resident Alien Hunting $27.50
Non-resident Hunting, Big Game $99.50
Non-resident Hunting, Small Game $65.50
Non-resident, Commercial Shooting Preserve(1day) $10.00
Resident Hunting Minor (age 15-17) $11.50
Resident Sporting (Fishing & Hunting combined) $45.00
Resident Sporting (Age 65-69) $25.00
Resident Sporting (Age 70 or over) FREE
Resident Trapping $35.50
Resident Minor Trapping(Age 15-17) $11.50
None-Resident Trapping (must write to the Westboro
Office for application) $200.00
Duplicate Fishing $2.50
Duplicate Hunting $2.50
Duplicate Trapping $2.50
Archery Stamp $5.00
Waterfowl Stamp $5.00
Primitive Firearms Stamp $5.00
*These fees are for freshwater fishing. For saltwater fishing information, see the Division of Marine Fisheries.
For Non-Resident Trapping Licenses, Write: Mass Wildlife Field Headquarters, Rabbit Hill Rd. Westborough, MA 01581
Question? Comments? Contact: Mass Wildlife at Mass.Wildlife@state.ma.us
PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF JANUARY 1ST 2012. THE TOWN CLERK WILL NOT BE SELLING FISHING OR HUNTING LICENSES. I'M SORRY FOR THIS INCONVIENCE BUT THE STATE NOW WANTS EVERYTHING ONLINE.