Military Gold Sportmans License
Lifetime and 5 year hunting and fishing licenses are only available to Florida residents.
Military Gold Sportsman's License are $20.00 and include the following privileges:
Freshwater/Saltwater Fishing and Hunting licenses; Lobster and Snook permits, Wildlife
Management Area, Archery, Crossbow, Muzzle loading Gun, Turkey and Florida Waterfowl
permits.
Note: Federal Duck Stamps must also be purchased if hunting waterfowl
($17.50).
Military Gold Sportsman's Licenses are restricted to Florida residents who are
active or retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces (Armed Forces Reserve, Florida
National Guard, Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve), upon submission of a current
military identification card and military orders showing you are stationed in Florida
or a Florida Drivers License. In Polk County this license may only be purchased
at one of the Tax Collector's
Service Centers.
Attention: Everyone born on or after June 1, 1975 must pass an
approved hunter safety course before they can purchase a Florida hunting license.
A hunting license is included in the above license; therefore hunter safety course
requirements must be met before we can issue them. Unfortunately, military experience
will not exempt you from the hunter safety course as it does not address wildlife
management and habitat. Contact the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
by telephone at (850)488-4676 for information on a hunter's safety class for
military personnel.