BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Resident lifetime licenses for hunting, fishing, trapping or archery are now available to Mainers who are 15 years of age or younger and residents 65 and older. Officials said this investment will help reduce the cost of hunting because hunters won't have to renew their license every 13 months.
The Maine resident lifetime license application for infant to age five offers eight different licenses. The prices range from $150 to $400. If residents wait to get the kids hunting license later, between the ages of six to 15, then all prices double. This means the prices jump to the $300 to $800 range.
To apply for the lifetime license, the documents must be sent to Inland Fisheries and Wildlife before the child's sixth or sixteenth birthday.
"When we found out we were pregnant we knew right away that we would be collecting money. Since Elijah, maybe before he was even born we would ask relatives instead of buying him gifts when he was little and didn't care to put money towards it though we've been saving up for awhile," said Lauren Cormier.
Experts said this license is great if used regularly, but if not, a case-by-case basis is better. The melting pot of the states' funds evens out because they say not everybody uses these licenses.
The state of Michigan tried this license program for one year in 1989, but the program was not found to be economical for the state, so the state dismissed the program.
