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For requirements on hunter orange, legal means of taking, public lands, shooting hours, carcass disposal, more than one method
FALL TURKEY
FA L L T U R K E Y of take in the field, tracking with dogs, field tagging and checking requirements, see Big Game Regulations on pages 35-36.
License Requirements Season Dates & Limits Legal Means of Taking
• Resident: Resident hunting license & fall • One tom turkey regardless of method of take. • Archery: Equipment described as legal for
turkey license, unless exempt from either. • Archery: Oct. 1, 2022 - Jan. 15, 2023, statewide. big game. See page 35.
• Nonresident: Nonresident hunting license & • Gun: Oct. 29 - Nov. 18, see map below for • Shotgun: Conventional or muzzleloading,
fall turkey license, unless exempt from either. restrictions. using shot no larger than BB (.180 of an inch
Jan. 1-15: Must possess hunting license & in diameter) are legal.
fall turkey license for current calendar year.
Unfilled fall turkey license (Jan. 1-15) may be
used the following fall season.
Cimarron Texas
Beaver Harper Woods Grant Kay Nowata Ottawa
Alfalfa Washington Craig
Osage
Woodward
Garfield Noble Rogers Delaware
Major Pawnee
Ellis Mayes
Fall Gun Dewey Kingfisher Payne Tulsa Wagoner
Blaine Logan Creek Cherokee Adair
Oct. 29 - Nov. 18 Roger Mills Custer Lincoln Muskogee
(shotgun only) Canadian Oklahoma Okmulgee
Okfuskee Sequoyah
Closed to fall turkey hunting Beckham Washita Cleveland McIntosh
with a gun. Caddo Pottawatomie Seminole Haskell
Grady Hughes
Greer Kiowa McClain
Pittsburg Latimer Le Flore
Harmon
Garvin Pontotoc
Jackson Comanche
Coal
Stephens
Tillman Murray Atoka Pushmataha
Cotton Johnston
Carter
Jefferson McCurtain
Marshall Choctaw
Love Bryan
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Legal Means of Taking cense and a turkey license for each bird to • Nonresident: Nonresident hunting license
• Archery: Equipment described as legal for be hunted unless otherwise exempt. & spring turkey license, unless exempt from
big game. See page 35. • Nonresident lifetime license holders: Must either.
• Shotgun: Conventional or muzzleloading, purchase a nonresident annual hunting li- Dates & Open Areas
using shot no larger than BB (.180 of an inch cense and turkey license(s).
in diameter) are legal. • April 16 - May 16: statewide
• Illegal Firearms: Rifles and handguns may The nonresident 5-day hunting license is Season Limit
not be used during the spring seasons. not valid for hunting turkey.
• One (1) tom turkey; harvest of non-bearded
Dates & Open Areas turkeys is prohibited.
Youth Spring Turkey • April 8-9: statewide.
Age Requirements Season Limit
17 years old and younger. All youth hunters One tom turkey statewide regardless of
must be accompanied by an adult 18 years of method of take.
age or older. The adult may not hunt or possess A turkey taken during the youth spring sea-
any archery equipment or firearms. son counts toward the regular spring turkey
season limit of one turkey.
License Requirements
• Resident youths under 16 years of age: Ex- Unfilled Spring Turkey License
empt from a hunting license, but must pos- Youth hunters who do not harvest a turkey
sess a turkey license or proof of exemption. during the spring youth turkey season may use
• Resident youths 16 and 17 years old: Must their unfilled turkey license during the regular
possess a hunting license (see page 4) and a spring turkey season.
turkey license or proof of exemption.
• Nonresident youths under 14 years of age: Spring Turkey
Exempt from a hunting license, but must pos-
sess a turkey license or proof of exemption. License Requirements Corey Rex Miller
• Nonresident youths 14-17 years old: Must • Resident: Resident hunting license & spring
possess a nonresident annual hunting li-
turkey license, unless exempt from either.
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