Lifetime Licenses

Lifetime Sportsman’s Licenses are available online for purchase at https://www.gooutdoorsgeorgia.com/! Once you login to Go Outdoors Georgia, select the license applicable to you, upload the requested documentation, and checkout! Lifetime Sportsman’s Licenses are not available for purchase at retail agents or by calling the Service Desk at 1-800-366-2661. If necessary, you may also submit your Lifetime License Application by mail. View the Lifetime License Application to print your application for mailing.
Once legally obtained, Georgia lifetime licenses remain valid even if a person later becomes a resident of another state. Lifetime licenses are full-privilege sportsman's licenses, and include all state paid recreational hunting and fishing privileges (see below for additional no-cost state licenses that may be required).

If you were born before July 1, 1952, you are eligible to get a lifetime license at no cost. If you were born after June 30, 1952 and are 65 and or older, your lifetime license is at a greatly discounted rate of $35–$70.

Lifetime licenses include the privileges available from these licenses:

  • Hunting
  • Big Game
  • Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Access
  • Quota Alligator Harvest Permit if drawn for a quota
  • Georgia Waterfowl and Migratory Bird
  • Freshwater Fishing
  • Mountain Trout
  • One Durable Lifetime Card (additional cards are available for purchase)

Free Licenses that are to be renewed Annually:

  • State Harvest Record (Deer, Turkey, and Bear harvest record)
  • Georgia Waterfowl and Migratory Bird License
  • Saltwater Information Permit (SIP) for Saltwater fishing

If you hunt waterfowl and are 16 or older, you will also need to purchase the Federal Duck Stamp.

Trapping or other commercial licenses are not included.

Availability

Lifetime Sportsman’s Licenses are available to:

  • Residents of Georgia—any person with a valid Georgia Driver’s License* or Georgia Identification Card*
  • Non-residents—  0-1 years of age and nonresident grandchildren 2-15 years of age of current resident paid Lifetime License holders (does not include free Senior Lifetime License holders)

Lifetime Licenses are not available to:

  • Military personnel's dependents that are not residents of Georgia may purchase resident short-term or resident annual but not lifetime licenses.
  • Non-resident landowners owning land in Georgia are not residents and must obtain a nonresident license to hunt or fish. A person may not be a resident of two states.

Infant Lifetime Licenses (ages 0–1):

  • Require a copy of the child’s birth certificate 

Resident Youth Lifetime License (ages 2–15):

  • Require a copy of the child’s birth certificate 
  • A parent/legal guardian’s valid Georgia Driver’s License* or Georgia Identification Card* to show residency

Adult Lifetime License (ages 16-49):

  • Must provide a copy of either a valid Georgia Driver's License* or valid Georgia Identification Card*

Adult Lifetime License (ages 50-59):

  • Must provide a copy of either a valid Georgia Driver's License* or valid Georgia Identification Card*

Senior Discount Lifetime License (ages 60+):

  • Must provide a copy of either a valid Georgia Driver's License* or valid Georgia Identification Card*

Senior (age 65+):

  • Must provide a copy of either a valid Georgia Driver's License* or valid Georgia Identification Card*

Military Lifetime License (ages 18-49, Active Military):

  • Must provide a copy of either a valid Georgia Driver's License* or valid Georgia Identification Card* 
  • Must provide a copy of your United States Department of Defense Common Access Card with a Uniformed Services affiliation
  • OR  Must provide a copy of a Leave and Earning Statement (LES) dated within the last 60-days from the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS)

Veterans Lifetime License (ages 18-49, Honorably Discharged Only):

  • Must provide a copy of either a valid Georgia Driver's License* or valid Georgia Identification Card* 
  • Must provide a copy of a DD 214: providing evidence that the applicant served 90-days of federal active duty military service and was honorably discharged

Non-Resident Grandchild Lifetime License (ages 2–15):

  • Requires a copy of the child’s birth certificate 
  • Must provide a grandparent’s Georgia Driver’s License* or Georgia Identification Card* to show residency
  • Certification of the grandparent’s relationship to the Non-Resident Grandchild

*Must be issued by Georgia Department of Driver Services, must be current, and excludes cards issued as evidence of foreign legal presence in the United States which cannot be accepted (OCGA §40-5-21.1).