Turkey Seasons

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Private Land Turkey Zones

Zones follow county lines with the exception of the inside of the Mississippi river levee in Crittenden, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and St. Francis county. See the current Hunting Guidebook for WMA Zone info.

Zone 1 April 21-29

One legal turkey. Hunters who harvest a turkey in this zone must travel to an NWR, WMA or Zone 2 to harvest a second bird.

Zone 2 April 21-May 11

Two legal turkeys.

Zone 1: April 21-29, 2025

Zone 2: April 21-May 11, 2025

Zones 1 and 2: April 12-13, 2025

Youth must have a free Customer Identification Number (CID) to hunt and check a turkey. To set up a youth’s customer profile visit the Arkansas Game & Fish Licensing page. Select New Customer. Once you fill out your youth’s information, make sure to add the free Customer ID to your cart (under the Hunting tab) once in the licensing system and complete the checkout process.
Bag Limit during the Special Youth Turkey Hunt is one legal turkey or jake.
Only hunters 6 to 15 years old may hunt turkeys during the special youth turkey hunt.
Youths who have not completed hunter education must be under the direct supervision of an adult who is 21 or older.

The statewide bag limit is two legal turkeys (no jakes or females).
- Exception: Hunters 6 to 15 years old may harvest one jake as part of their two-bird limit during the season (including the youth hunt).
No more than one legal turkey (not a jake or female) may be taken during the first seven days of the regular season.
No more than one legal turkey (not a jake or female) may be taken per day.
It is illegal for any hunter to harvest a bearded hen.
Bag limit on all individual wildlife management areas is one legal turkey (not a jake or female).
Hunters may not exceed any zone (Statewide or WMA) harvest limits.