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Hunting and fishing regulations, every state

Pick a state for its official booklets, emergency changes and licence links.

Matching states appear below as links. Press Enter to open the first one.

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    1. Alabama
    2. Alaska
    3. Arizona
    4. Arkansas
    5. California
    6. Colorado
    7. Connecticut
    8. Delaware
    9. Florida
    10. Georgia
    11. Hawaii
    12. Idaho
    13. Illinois
    14. Indiana
    15. Iowa
    16. Kansas
    17. Kentucky
    18. Louisiana
    19. Maine
    20. Maryland
    21. Massachusetts
    22. Michigan
    23. Minnesota
    24. Mississippi
    25. Missouri
    26. Montana
    27. Nebraska
    28. Nevada
    29. New Hampshire
    30. New Jersey
    31. New Mexico
    32. New York
    33. North Carolina
    34. North Dakota
    35. Ohio
    36. Oklahoma
    37. Oregon
    38. Pennsylvania
    39. Rhode Island
    40. South Carolina
    41. South Dakota
    42. Tennessee
    43. Texas
    44. Utah
    45. Vermont
    46. Virginia
    47. Washington
    48. West Virginia
    49. Wisconsin
    50. Wyoming
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    • West
    • Rockies
    • Plains
    • Great Lakes
    • South
    • Northeast
    • Alaska & Hawaii

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    The official booklet is the final word. We make it easier to find, but wardens go by the booklet, and a missed rule can mean a fine or losing your privileges. Check the latest changes before your trip.

    How this works

    Each state's fish and wildlife agency, and its boating, parks and off-road agencies where they're separate, publishes the rules. We link straight to their official pages and booklet PDFs. We never summarise or restate a rule.

    • Current: today is inside the dates the booklet prints.
    • New edition due: the printed end date is 30 days away or less.
    • Check agency: the booklet prints no dates, or they have passed.
    • Booklets coming: we don't have this state's booklet PDFs on file yet, so the tile opens the agency's own page.

    We check every state's links against the agency websites on the same day, and the state page says when. File sizes come from the agency's server, so you know what a download costs on mobile data. Deadlines show only when an official page states them. “Where the most people hunt and fish” uses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's count of paid licence holders that each state certifies every year (one person counts once, however many licences they buy).

    Sources & last checked

    Source: Alabama: Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources: regulations, Alaska: Alaska Department of Fish and Game: regulations, Arizona: Arizona Game and Fish Department: regulations, Arkansas: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission: regulations, California: California Department of Fish and Wildlife: regulations, Colorado: Colorado Parks and Wildlife: regulations, Connecticut: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: regulations, Delaware: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of, Florida: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: regulations, Georgia: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division: regulation, Hawaii: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources: regulations, Idaho: Idaho Department of Fish and Game: regulations, Illinois: Illinois Department of Natural Resources: regulations, Indiana: Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife: regulati, Iowa: Iowa Department of Natural Resources: regulations, Kansas: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks: regulations, Kentucky: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources: regulations, Louisiana: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries: regulations, Maine: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: regulations, Maryland: Maryland Department of Natural Resources: regulations, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife: regulations, Michigan: Michigan Department of Natural Resources: regulations, Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: regulations, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks: regulations, Missouri: Missouri Department of Conservation: regulations, Montana: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: regulations, Nebraska: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: regulations, Nevada: Nevada Department of Wildlife: regulations, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Fish and Game Department: regulations, New Jersey: New Jersey State Police Marine Services Bureau: regulations, New Mexico: New Mexico Department of Wildlife: regulations, New York: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: regulations, North Carolina: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: regulations, North Dakota: North Dakota Game and Fish Department: regulations, Ohio: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife: regulations, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation: regulations, Oregon: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: regulations, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission: regulations, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Fish & Wildlife, South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources: regulations, South Dakota: South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks: regulations, Tennessee: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency: regulations, Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: regulations, Utah: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources: regulations, Vermont: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department: regulations, Virginia: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources: regulations, Washington: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: regulations, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources: regulations, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: regulations, Wyoming: Wyoming Game and Fish Department: regulations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hunting Licenses dashboard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishing Licenses dashboardlast checked

    Every source we use is on the Credits page.

    About this tool

    Every state's official hunting, fishing and boating booklets, in two taps.

    More about this tool

    Finding the right regulations booklet shouldn't mean digging through ads and menus. This tool takes you to the current official booklet for your state and activity in two or three taps, says which edition is in effect, and puts the emergency rule changes right beside it. Every link goes to the agency's own site, and every booklet shows the day we last checked it. We review the links every year, when most booklets roll over between March and July. The official booklet is the final word, so check the latest changes before your trip.