Montana residence for college kids question.

Jon Boy said:

Wouldn't be a bad idea for him to get his residency in idaho and buy a life time license there, when he moves back home he will always be included in the resident draws of idaho when ever he applies, no matter where he currently resides.

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This is inaccurate, according to the Idaho Fish and Game website if you purchase a lifetime license and then move to another state and claim residency you will have to purchase and apply for non-resident tags. Further it's possible that by purchasing a lifetime resident license in Idaho you would disqualify yourself from ever being able to get a MT resident license or a CO resident license as those states have specific rules saying you can't hold a resident license in another state. This is a gray area and I would want to check with the Montana FWP headquarters and get something in writing. The computer systems of the states don't cross reference each other... but I'm sure they will eventually and it would be a pain in the butt if 10-15 years from now your son has to call up the FWP and spend an hour min on the phone every time he applies because the system wont let him apply because it can see he holds and Idaho license.


No western state will allow you to hold two resident licenses, there is a gray area with members of the military and students in some states.



Idaho
https://idfg.idaho.gov/question/lifetime-hunting-license-still-valid-if-i-move
https://idfg.idaho.gov/question/how...and-fishing-license-cost-40-year-old-resident

Montana
http://fwp.mt.gov/fwpDoc.html?id=76444

Colorado
https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/About/Accessibility/ProofofResidencyRequirements.pdf

Wyoming
Wyoming doesn't specifically say you can't have another resident at all just you can't have purchased one within a year.

Perhaps the distinction in your above statements is this: one may get a lifetime hunting license in Kansas. This does not necessarily mean that you have a residency declaration in perpetuity. My son, as a holder of a lifetime hunting license, will never again have to purchase a hunting license in Kansas, but as a current resident of Texas, he will have to pay non-resident fees for permits/tags.

As for a grey zone, I think this means he will not be able to apply/hunt elk in Kansas at Ft Riley, as this is limited to active duty on the post, and residents of Kansas, and I don't know how the non-resident deer units will apply to him if he were to want to hunt deer here. I can hunt whitetail statewide OTC. I think he can too, OTC at non-resident rate.

kansasdad said:

Perhaps the distinction in your above statements is this: one may get a lifetime hunting license in Kansas. This does not necessarily mean that you have a residency declaration in perpetuity. My son, as a holder of a lifetime hunting license, will never again have to purchase a hunting license in Kansas, but as a current resident of Texas, he will have to pay non-resident fees for permits/tags.

As for a grey zone, I think this means he will not be able to apply/hunt elk in Kansas at Ft Riley, as this is limited to active duty on the post, and residents of Kansas, and I don't know how the non-resident deer units will apply to him if he were to want to hunt deer here. I can hunt whitetail statewide OTC. I think he can too, OTC at non-resident rate.

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Incorrect....