https://www.outdooralabama.com/license-information/resident-lifetime-licenses

According to the department link above, if you have a Lifetime License you only need the free daily permit for a WMA for small game.

Wildlife Heritage Privileges – If you have Lifetime Hunting or Lifetime Freshwater Fishing license, you also get the benefits of the Wildlife Heritage License. These include:

Hunt all small game, except waterfowl, on any of Alabama's Wildlife Management Areas, Waterfowl Refuges and Community Hunting Areas (Free WMA permit required).
Shoot on any of ADCNR's public shooting ranges or community archery parks.
Fish at any of the state-owned public fishing lakes (daily permit still required).
Freshwater fish with a hook and line from the bank in public waters in all 67 counties.

https://www.outdooralabama.com/license-information/resident-lifetime-licenses


But if you have a Lifetime and hunt deer or turkey you have to buy the annual WMA permit.

Wildlife Management Areas – If you have a lifetime hunting license and you are hunting deer or turkey on a state Wildlife Management Area, you must have an annual WMA license as well. In addition, you must also be in possession of the free permit/map for each WMA that you hunt.


To recap:

Small-game hunters with a Lifetime License don't have to buy an annual WMA permit.

Big-game hunters with a Lifetime License have buy an annual WMA permit.



Exemptions? Carveouts? Those small-game hunters clearly aren't paying their fair share for the common good.

Someone needs to get on this lickety-split to resolve this situation. We can't have exceptions to the license fee structure. Tsk, tsk.