Game bird stamp

Both the purchase code and the printed receipt will be accepted as evidence of the purchase for 45 days and must be possessed while hunting waterfowl and coots. The paper stamp will be mailed to the purchaser. The proof of purchase will expire after 45 days after which purchaser must then possess the stamp, signed in ink, while hunting waterfowl and coots.

The federal duck stamp does not have to be attached to the hunting license. Missing Federal Duck Stamp: If you do not receive your federal duck stamp within weeks after purchase via Department of Natural Resources online or by phone, please email duckstamp amplex. Required to hunt deer during Archery Season with valid hunting license. This includes crossbows. Required to hunt deer during Muzzleloader Season with valid hunting license.

This includes archery hunters that hunt with vertical bows and crossbows during the Muzzleloader Season. The Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp must be purchased prior to pursuing a bonus antlered deer.

Bonus Antlered Deer Stamps may not be used to take sika deer. Exception: Compliance with the Hunter Education and Safety Requirement does not apply to those who are hunting only waterfowl with a Nonresident 3-day Waterfowl and Small Game License see below and those shooting under a Regulated Shooting Area Hunting License who are not hunting wild or free flying captive-raised mallards.

Any person who is trapping or attempting to trap furbearers beaver, coyote, fisher, gray fox, long-tailed weasel, mink, muskrat, opossum, raccoon, red fox, river otter, and skunk , under the authority of a Furbearer Permit must first obtain a certificate of trapper education from the Department or a designee of the Department , except that the certificate is not required if the person held a Furbearer Permit during the trapping season prior to August 1, Trapper education courses are held statewide.

Any similar certificate issued by another state is acceptable as complying with the educational requirements if the privileges are reciprocal for Maryland residents. See Trapper Education Requirement. Hunters with mobility impairments may obtain a special permit so they may hunt from a vehicle.

A physician must certify your permit application. See the Public Hunting Lands or visit the department's Access for All website for public hunting areas that can assist hunters with mobility impairments. Click here for information about how to apply for the Universal Disability Pass , which has replaced the Hunt from Vehicle Permit. The lifetime license is available only at the department's Licensing and Registration Service Centers and includes the bow stamp, muzzleloader stamp, and furbearer permit.

Maryland residents serving in the United States Armed Forces and stationed in Maryland must purchase a Resident Hunting License before hunting, unless they are on official leave and possess a copy of their official leave orders. You must possess a copy of your official leave orders while hunting and comply with the Hunter Education and Safety Requirement. All youth hunting licenses are valid for the designated license year, even if the individual turns 18 during that year, but the license must be purchased before the youth turns The deer license bundle cannot be used to satisfy deer reduction zone bag limits.

The deer license bundle can be used in the special youth, archery, firearms, muzzleloader, and special antlerless seasons. No other deer license type counts towards the reduced price for the Second and any Additional Bonus Antlerless Licenses.

Learn more about deer hunting licenses. Duplicate licenses can be purchased online. You can reprint your license online for free up to five days after you purchased your license. Indiana allows non-resident landowners, including their spouse and children living with them, to hunt on their own farmland in Indiana without a hunting license only if the state in which the person resides allows Indiana residents the same privilege.

For Iowa residents that own farmland in Indiana and hunt on their farmland, you do not need a license for small game and furbearers but are required to have a license to hunt deer and turkey.

Ohio residents that own farmland in Indiana and hunt on their farmland are exempt from needing hunting licenses for any species. Virginia residents that own farmland in Indiana and hunt on their farmland are exempt from needing a license to hunt any species. Shooting hours may vary at some DNR properties. Check property regulations before hunting. Indiana waterfowlers must have an Indiana hunting license and appropriate stamps and hunt only when the waterfowl season is open in Indiana when hunting on the Indiana shoreline of the Ohio River, including tributaries and embayments.

A person hunting on the Ohio River in Kentucky embayments, tributaries, islands, and on the Kentucky shoreline must have a Kentucky hunting license and appropriate stamp s and hunt only when the waterfowl season is open in Kentucky.

No person shall ship migratory game birds unless the package is marked on the outside with: a the name and address of the person sending the birds, b the name and address of the person to whom the birds are being sent, and c the number of birds, by species, contained in the package.

All waterfowl hunters are urged to report bird bands to the U. Band information is used in the management of waterfowl populations and assists biologists in providing optimum hunting opportunities. No person or business shall receive or have in custody any migratory game birds belonging to another person unless such birds are properly tagged.

Licensed hunters in Indiana must register with the National Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program HIP before they hunt ducks, mergansers, coots, geese, doves, woodcock, sora, snipe. Hunters must register for a HIP number online or over the phone and provide the information requested.

After registering, the hunter is given a validation number to record on his or her license. This number is valid from the date of registration through the close of the last current migratory bird hunting season.

Lifetime license holders must also register with HIP. Resident landowners and tenants who hunt on their own land must also now register with HIP. In addition to providing their name and address, hunters are asked questions designed to identify which species they hunted last year and, in some cases, the number of birds they harvested.

Hunters need only register once each season, not each time they hunt. However, if they hunt in more than one state, they must register with HIP in each state they hunt in.

HIP is a joint effort between the U. Fish and Wildlife Service and state wildlife agencies.