Lead-Free Ammunition Incentive

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The Lead-Free Hunting Ammunition Incentive Program is available to hunters 18 and older at designated national wildlife refuges for hunting certain species:

  • Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (MD) – White-tail Deer, Sika Deer and Spring Turkey (limited entry hunt permit)
  • Camas National Wildlife Refuge (ID) - Antlerless Elk
  • Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (WV) – All hunted species (excluding waterfowl), including Spring Turkey Season
  • Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (NJ) - Deer
  • Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (MD) - Deer and Spring Turkey (limited entry hunt permit)
  • Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NH) - Deer and Spring Turkey
  • Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (NY) - Deer
  • Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (MA) - Deer
  • Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (NC) - Deer
  • Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge - Nulhegan Basin (VT) - Moose and Deer
  • Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge (WI) - Deer (limited entry hunt permit)
  • Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (NJ/NY) – All hunted species (excluding waterfowl), including Spring Turkey Season
  • William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge (OR) - Elk (limited entry hunt permit)

Through this incentive program, you can offset the cost of trying lead-free hunting ammunition. By submitting receipts and providing proof of hunting at an above refuge, you may receive a gift card for up to $50 per box of lead-free hunting ammunition ($25/box for shotgun or muzzleloader and $50/box for rifle). There is a two-box limit per hunter for the program.

Hunters who reload their own ammunition are also eligible for the incentive program for their reloading components and are limited up to $100 for components to reload two boxes of lead-free rifle ammunition or $50 for components to reload two boxes of lead-free shotgun ammunition.

Before continuing, please have your box(es) of lead-free hunting ammunition, your purchase receipt(s) and your refuge permit (if applicable) handy. You will be required to provide pictures of these items to be eligible for the incentive program. Please note that ammunition purchased before June 1, 2025 is not eligible for the incentive program.

At this time, USFWS employees and Volunteers are not eligible for the incentive program.

Thank you for all that you do to support wildlife, wildlife conservation, and our hunting heritage!

If you have questions about the lead-free ammunition incentive program, please send a message to incentives@nonleadpartnership.org.

OMB Cont. No. 1018-0140
Expires 09/30/2028

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: The information requested is authorized by the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd-ee) as amended and the Refuge Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460k – 460k-4, 640K-3, & 664).

Purpose: The collection of personal information is to verify that an individual is eligible to receive a permit to conduct monitored activity on areas within the National Wildlife Refuge System, national fish hatcheries, and other conservation areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior for fish and wildlife purposes.

Routine Uses: The individual’s information will be used to verify permit status, provide permittees with permit-related information, and monitor activities conducted under a permit. This information may be shared in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and the routine uses listed in the System of Records Notices: FWS-5 National Wildlife Refuge Special Use Permits; FWS-21 Permits System; FWS-10 National Fish Hatchery Special Use Permits.

Disclosure: Providing the information is voluntary; however, as a requirement for maintaining a Federal permit under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, failure to disclose the requested information may be sufficient cause for revocation of the permit.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) to provide the refuge managers the information needed to decide whether or not to allow the requested use, and to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974. The information that you provide is voluntary; however, submission of the requested information is required to evaluate the qualifications, determine eligibility, and document permit applicants. Failure to provide all required information is sufficient cause for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deny a permit. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned OMB Control No. 1018-0140.

Estimated Burden Statement

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Service Information Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church, VA 22041-3803, or via email at Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please do not send your completed application to this address.

Are you 18 years of age or older?

We're sorry, you must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible for the rebate program.

What National Wildlife Refuge are you claiming an incentive for?
Spring turkey hunt
Are you submitting for the Spring turkey lead-free ammunition incentive?