Fall Turkey Hunting Regulations
During the fall turkey-hunting season, wild turkeys may be pursued, taken, killed, possessed or transported only as outline in the Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, which is available in PDF format under "Related Information" below and in print form from permit vendors and Conservation Department offices.
What’s New for 2011
The Conservation Department’s e-Permits System will let hunters buy their permits online, print them at home, and have them in hand immediately.
- Deer and turkey permits will have months printed along one edge and dates along another. Immediately after harvest, hunters must void their permit by notching the month and day they shot their deer or turkey.
- Deer and turkey permits will no longer include a removable transportation tag. Instead, the permit itself will be the transportation tag.
- Deer and/or turkey hunting regulations have changed for St. Stanislaus, Duck Creek and Little River conservation areas.
Identifying Fall Turkeys
Fall turkey hunting can be an extremely enjoyable experience. The sounds and sight of 20 or 30 turkeys returning to you from all directions can be as exciting as calling in a spring gobbler. However, the fall firearms turkey season has the potential to be more dangerous than the spring because either sex may be hunted. Therefore, less emphasis is put on positive identification. Remember to follow the basic rules of safe turkey hunting.
An orange alert band, wrapped around the bird to keep its wings from flopping, helps make your walk out a safer one. If you don't want to make or purchase an alert band, try using an orange hunting vest. A little precaution may keep your bird from being shot a second time–and you with it.
Check the Code
This is NOT a legal document. Regulations are subject to revision during the current year. Refer to the Wildlife Code.
