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TURKEY REGULATIONS
T U R K E Y R EG U L A T I O N S

TURKEY
T U R KE Y

Baiting Field Tagging & Checking to its final destination or through processing
Turkeys may not be hunted or taken within All hunters (including lifetime license hold- and/or storage at commercial processing or
storage facilities.
100 yards of any bait. Baiting is the placing, ers) who harvest a turkey (fall or spring) must
exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering immediately attach a field tag, securely to the
of shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat carcass, with their name, customer ID number Public Lands
or other grain or other feed so as to constitute or lifetime license number, and date and time Seasons on public lands may vary from state-
for such birds a lure, attraction or enticement, of harvest (lifetime license holders are exempt wide seasons. Consult public hunting lands
on or over any area where hunters are attempt- from listing date and time on the field tag). special regulations on page 81.
ing to take them. The taking of turkey over A field tag can be any item, so long as the tag
standing crops, grain crops, properly shucked contains the required information. This infor- Roost Shooting
on the field where grown or grain found scat- mation along with evidence of sex (one leg with Roost shooting is prohibited.
tered solely as the result of normal agricultural foot or beard) must remain with the carcass until
operations is permitted. See page 79 for rules the turkey is checked in. Beards on hens must
about baiting on Department managed lands. remain intact and not removed from the turkey Shooting Hours
until the bird has reached its final destination. One-half hour before official sunrise to of-
Decoys & Recorded Calls The animal must be checked within 24 hours ficial sunset.
Artificial decoys are permitted. Live decoys of leaving the hunt area through the online
and recorded calls are prohibited. It is illegal to E-Check system at wildlifedepartment.com or Tom Turkey Definition
use a smartphone as an electronic call during the Go Outdoors Oklahoma mobile app, or with Any bearded turkey, regardless of sex.
turkey season. an authorized Department employee. Once
checked, the animal will be issued a carcass
tag or an online confirmation number. This Hunter Orange
tag or number must remain with the carcass For hunter orange requirements, see page 52.

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License Requirements Season Dates & Limits • Muzzleloader: Muzzleloader rifles and
• Resident: Resident hunting license & fall • One turkey combined (archery and gun) handguns of .36 caliber or larger are legal.
turkey license, unless exempt from either. • Archery: Oct. 1 - Jan. 15, either-sex, statewide. • Shotgun: Conventional or muzzleloading,
• Nonresident: Nonresident hunting license & • Gun: Oct. 31 - Nov. 20, see map below for using shot no larger than BB (.180 of an inch
fall turkey license, unless exempt from either. restrictions. in diameter) are legal.
Jan. 1-15: Must possess hunting license & • Handgun: Centerfire, .22 Magnum rimfire,
fall turkey license for current calendar year. Legal Means of Taking 5 mm Magnum rimfire and .17 HMR are
Unfilled fall turkey license (Jan. 1-15) may be legal. All other rimfire handguns are illegal.
used the following fall season. • Archery: Equipment described as legal for • Concurrent Seasons: Conventional hand-
big game. See page 52. guns and rifles and muzzleloaders smaller
• Rifle: Centerfire rifles, .22 Magnum rimfire, than .40 caliber are not permitted for turkey
5 mm Magnum rimfire, .17 HMR and .17 hunting during the two-day period when
Winchester Super Magnum are legal. All fall turkey season and deer muzzleloader
other rimfire rifles are illegal. season overlap.
Cimarron Texas Beaver Harper Woods Alfalfa Grant Kay Nowata Craig Ottawa
Osage Washington
Woodward Gar eld Noble Rogers Mayes Delaware
Ellis Pawnee
Major
Tulsa
Payne
Dewey King sher Wagoner Cherokee
Blaine Logan Creek Adair
Okmulgee
Roger Mills Custer Lincoln Muskogee
Canadian Okfuskee Sequoyah
Oklahoma McIntosh
Beckham Washita Cleveland Pottawatomie Haskell
Caddo Seminole
Fall Gun Grady Hughes
Greer Kiowa McClain Pittsburg Latimer LeFlore
Oct. 31 - Nov. 20 Harmon Garvin Pontotoc
Tom only (gun) Jackson Comanche Coal
Stephens Murray Pushmataha
Tillman Johnston Atoka
Oct. 31 - Nov. 20 Cotton Carter
Tom only (shotguns only) Je erson Marshall McCurtain
Love Bryan Choctaw
Closed to fall turkey hunting
with a gun.
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