Hawaii · License year
Hawaii hunting license
Hawai'i licenses all stop on the same day — June 30, the end of the state's fiscal year — however late in the year you buy one. A license bought in May is worth six weeks.
License year
Fiscal year 2027
Opens
Jul 1, 2026
Last day
Jun 30, 2027
Runs out in
309 days
Today in Hawaii is Aug 25, 2026.
The license year, in DOFAW’s own words
“Licenses purchased are valid from the date of purchase through Fiscal Year 2027 (Date of purchase - June 30, 2027)”
— Hawaii DOFAW — Hunting License (hunting.ehawaii.gov), read Aug 25, 2026
So the year on sale now started July 1 and stops Jun 30, 2027 — buying late in it does not buy you more of it.
Hunter education comes first
The wallet card comes before the license. An out-of-state hunter education card does not substitute directly — DOFAW issues a free letter of exemption for it instead.
“To buy a Hawaiʻi hunting license, you must have a valid Hawaiʻi Hunter Education Wallet Card (i.e. you passed the basic hunter education course).”
— Hawaii DOFAW — Your guide for non-resident Hawai'i public hunters, read Aug 25, 2026
What DOFAW charges
Prices as DOFAW prints them, resident beside non-resident, each table linked to the page it was read from. DOFAW sets these and changes them; the agency’s own page is the one that counts.
Hunting license and stamps
One license covers the whole state. DOFAW prices the license at $10 resident and $95 non-resident, then adds the $10 wildlife conservation stamp — the prices below are the two together, as the state sells them.
| License or permit | Hawaii resident | Non-resident |
|---|---|---|
| Hunting license including wildlife conservation stamp | $20.00 | $105.00 |
| Hunting license including wildlife conservation stamp, senior | $10.00 | Not offered |
| Hunting license including wildlife conservation stamp, Kalaupapa patient | $10.00 | Not offered |
| Game bird stamp | $10.00 | $10.00 |
Read from Hawaii DOFAW — License Type and Cost Structure .
Tag and permit application deadlines
DOFAW publishes its application periods on its own calendar rather than in a fixed list, so there is nothing here we could stand behind for a whole season. Read them at the source: DOFAW.
Where the state issues them
Hawaii runs its own licensing system, and that is where every Hawaii license comes from. HuntDates has no part in it and takes nothing from it — the price DOFAW shows you there is the one that counts.
Hawaii hunting license system — The state's own system — the license is issued electronically as soon as the purchase completes. First-time non-resident buyers file the non-resident exemption request form there first.
The rest of Hawaii
HuntDates does not publish Hawaii season dates yet — this page covers the license year only. Every state we do cover is on the front page, and what’s open right now reads all of them at once.