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Fall Turkey Hunting Seasons & Bag Limits
Season	Dates	Bag Limit
Fall (see open areas)	Oct. 15 – Nov. 15, 2012	Two (2) turkeys, which may be either sex.
Open Areas: In the following zones, on private lands where the landowner/leaseholder completes a fall turkey hunting application and provides a copy of the property deed or lease agreement at a MDWFP Regional Office or the Jackson Office.
Delta Zone: Bolivar County – west of the main Mississippi River levee and those lands east of the main Mississippi River levee known as 27 Break Hunting Club; Coahoma, Desoto, Issaquena, Tunica, and Washington counties – west of the main Mississippi River levee.
North-Central Zone: Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tippah, and Union counties.
Southwestern Zone: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Warren, Wilkinson, and Yazoo counties.

Spring Turkey Hunting Seasons & Bag Limits
Season	Dates	Bag Limit
Youth (Private and authorized state and federal public lands; youth 15 and under)	Mar. 8 – 14, 2013	See Spring season for bag limit.
Spring (see closed areas)	Mar. 15 – May 1, 2013	One (1) adult gobbler or 1 gobbler with a 6-inch or longer beard per day, 3 per Spring season. Hunters 15 years of age and younger may harvest 1 gobbler of choice (any age) per day, 3 per spring season.

Closed Areas of Spring Turkey Hunting
In the counties of:	In the Area of:
Coahoma	West of Hwy. 61, east of Hwy. 1, north of Eagles Nest-Friars Pt. Rd., and south of Coahoma-Friars Pt. Rd.
Quitman	Entire county.
Sunflower	South of Hwy. 442 and east of Hwy. 3 and Hwy. 49W and north of Berclair Rd.

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