8 seasons
Seasons
Licenses and tags for Turkey
You need the license and stamps for the season you hunt, and a tag for each animal. Today checks yours against each season.
Licenses
Stamps and permits
Harvest authorizations (tags)
A Conservation Patron or Sports license includes several of these.
Special rules that apply
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink during firearm deer seasons
When and where a firearm deer season is in progress, it is illegal to hunt any game, except waterfowl, unless at least 50% of the hunter’s outer clothing above the waist is colo…
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink on ground blinds on DNR lands during firearm deer seasons
It is illegal to: Use a ground blind during any open deer season or special deer hunt with firearms unless a minimum of 144 square inches of solid blaze orange or fluorescent pi…
Required
No baiting turkeys
It is illegal to use bait to hunt turkeys.
Required
Non-toxic shot for migratory and upland game birds on national wildlife refuges and federal waterfowl production areas
Only non-toxic shot may be possessed or used for hunting migratory and upland game bird species, including wild turkey, on all national wildlife refuges and federal waterfowl pr…