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SPRING TURKEY
S P RI N G TU R K E Y

Legal Means of Taking
• Archery: Equipment described as legal for
big game. See page 56.
• Shotgun: Conventional or muzzleloading,
using shot no larger than BB (.180 of an inch
in diameter) are legal.
• Illegal Firearms: Rifles and handguns may
not be used during the spring seasons.

Youth Spring Turkey
Age Requirements
17 years old and younger. All youth hunters
must be accompanied by an adult 18 years of
age or older. The adult may not hunt or possess
any archery equipment or firearms. Corey Rex Miller
License Requirements
• Resident youths under 16 years of age: Ex-
empt from a hunting license, but must pos-
sess a turkey license or proof of exemption.
• Resident youths 16 and 17 years old: Must Dates & Open Areas Spring Turkey
possess a hunting license (see page 48) and a • April 9-10: statewide.
turkey license or proof of exemption. License Requirements
• Nonresident youths under 14 years of age: Season Limit
Exempt from a hunting license, but must pos- One tom turkey statewide regardless of • Resident: Resident hunting license & spring
sess a turkey license or proof of exemption. method of take. turkey license, unless exempt from either.
• Nonresident youths 14-17 years old: Must A turkey taken during the youth spring sea- • Nonresident: Nonresident hunting license
possess a nonresident annual hunting li- son counts toward the regular spring turkey & spring turkey license, unless exempt from
cense and a turkey license for each bird to season limit of one turkey. either.
be hunted unless otherwise exempt. Dates & Open Areas
• Nonresident lifetime license holders: Must Unfilled Spring Turkey License
purchase a nonresident annual hunting li- Youth hunters who do not harvest a turkey • April 16 - May 16: statewide
cense and turkey license(s). during the spring youth turkey season may use Season Limit
their unfilled turkey license during the regular
The nonresident 5-day hunting license is spring turkey season. • One (1) tom turkey; harvest of non-bearded
not valid for hunting turkey. turkeys is prohibited.

Cimarron Texas Beaver Harper Woods Alfalfa Grant Kay Nowata Craig Ottawa
Osage Washington
Woodward Gar eld Noble Rogers Mayes Delaware
Ellis Pawnee
Major
Tulsa
April 9-10 Payne
Youth season statewide Dewey Blaine King sher Logan Creek Wagoner Cherokee Adair
April 16 - May 16 Roger Mills Custer Lincoln Okmulgee Muskogee
One tom turkey Canadian Oklahoma Okfuskee Sequoyah
limit statewide McIntosh
Beckham Washita Cleveland Haskell
Caddo Pottawatomie Seminole Hughes
Grady
Greer Kiowa McClain Pittsburg Latimer
Pontotoc LeFlore
Harmon Garvin
Jackson Comanche Coal
Stephens Murray Pushmataha
Tillman Johnston Atoka
Cotton
Carter
Je erson Marshall Choctaw McCurtain
Love Bryan

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