Hunting deals available for disabled vets

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife offers a reduced-fee hunting and fishing licenses to resident and nonresident disabled veterans. CDFW also offers several special hunting opportunities for eligible veterans.

Disabled veterans may prequalify to purchase reduced-fee disabled veteran licenses via email.  Once a disabled veteran has pre-qualified, they can purchase low-cost disabled veteran sport fishing and/or hunting licenses, each year, anywhere licenses are sold. Information on how to prequalify for a disabled veteran license is available on the sport fishing licenses webpage, under the “Free and Reduced Fee” tab.

The 2015 Disabled Veteran Sport Fishing License and Disabled Veteran Hunting License cost $6.95 each when purchased at CDFW license counters.

Special hunting blinds have been constructed to be accessible to people with mobility impairments at some state wildlife areas and ecological reserves, and at some National Wildlife Refuges. For more info, call Melissa Carlin at 916.651.1214.