Got my notice in the mail today...As of August 15 I can go get my Lifetime Combo License renewall.

Fellow Lifetimers, ain't it great!?

If you are not, you really need to think about it.

Yes it is. I have always just printed out the online renewal form and mailed it to Austin. It only takes 3 or 4 days for the license to show back up in my mailbox.

Mine is free

No Sir! Yours was earned....

Amen to that.

Sapper you paid more than all of us added together,,,,,

I read Scott's comment and thought the SAME thing!

And yes, I get mine and my son's free this and every year from paying for it many years ago.

Thank you Sir but I still have paid much less than many others including many I served with.

It's my one regret when my son was born that I did not get one.

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I thought the plastic card was the license and the paper part you get every year was tags? Like you would only need the card if you are fishing and not keeping an over sized red fish or hunting quail, hogs, squirrels.

You really should have the paper on you as well. The past three or four times I have been checked by GWs I normally give them the gold card and it's 'Thank you sir, have a nice day sir'.

I asked a friend of mine who is a retired GW this very question several years ago. His take on it is that it would depend on what GW you were dealing with. The majority that he knew would be perfectly fine with the lifetime card as long as it was not a tag issue, but probably not all GW's. There is apparently a little room for interpretation in the law.
My take on it is that the card is proof that I have a hunting license so it should suffice, but I make sure I get the paper one printed and have it on me whenever I'm hunting or fishing as a safety net.

So my son has a lifetime license. He worked out of town all of deer season so he didn't get his tags. If he wants to go fishing or hunt hog, he shouldn't need to get the tags now, correct?