Turkey Hunting Regulations
What documents do I need to hunt wild turkey in Wyoming? | ||
Documents | Resident (All ages) | Nonresident (All ages) |
Hunter Safety Certificate (If born on or after Jan. 1, 1966) | X | X |
Wyoming Conservation Stamp | X | X |
Resident wild turkey license | X | |
Nonresident wild turkey license | X | |
Section 2. Hunting Regulations
a. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a wild turkey during any one (1) season, except as otherwise provided in this regulation.The maximum bag limit for wild turkey for any person with the proper license shall not exceed one (1) wild turkey per license.
b. Issuance of Licenses. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) fall wild turkey license and one (1) spring wild turkey license in anycalendar year. After the initial drawing is completed, a person may apply for and receive up to three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for each season, provided that at least two (2) of those licenses are Limited Quota Type 3 licenses. However, no person shall apply for and receive more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for the fall season and no more than a total of three wild turkey licenses valid for the spring season, except as authorized in Commission regulations.
c. No person shall possess or use shot other than nontoxic shot for hunting wild turkeys with a shotgun on all of the lands in the Springer and Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Areas and on all national wildlife refuges open for hunting.
d. Evidence of Sex. During the spring season in those hunt areas limited to the taking of male wild turkeys or any wild turkey with a visible beard, proof ofsex shall accompany the turkey carcass, attached or unattached while the wild turkey is in transportation from the site of the kill to the residence of the persontaking the wild turkey, or delivered to a processor for processing. Proof of sex for male wild turkeys shall include either one leg including the spur, or a patchof skin with the breast feathers and beard attached; and for female wild turkey (bearded hen) a patch of skin with the breast feathers and beard attached.
e. Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area. During the spring season, no person shall attempt to take a wild turkey on the lands of the WyomingGame and Fish Commission’s Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area without possessing a valid Hunter Management Area permission slip issued to them by the Department for said management area and the date(s) of any attempt to take.
f. 2024 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
HuntArea | Type | Season Dates | Quota | Limitations | |
Opens | Closes | ||||
1 | Gen | Sep. 1 | Sep. 30 | Any wild turkey, archery only | |
1 | Gen | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | Any wild turkey | |
1 | 3 | Sep. 1 | Sep. 30 | 750 | Any wild turkey valid withinConverse, Natrona, Campbell,Johnson and Sheridan counties, archery only |
1 | 3 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | Any wild turkey valid withinConverse, Natrona, Campbell,Johnson and Sheridan counties | |
g. 2025 Spring Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
HuntArea | Type | Season Dates | Quota | Limitations | |
Opens | Closes | ||||
1 | Gen | Apr. 20 | May 31 | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard(Hunter Management Area permission slip required to hunt on the Yellowtail Wildlife HabitatManagement Area) | |
1 | 3 | Apr. 1 | Apr. 19 | 700 | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard valid within Natrona, Campbell,Johnson and Sheridan counties |
1 | 3 | Apr. 20 | May 31 | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beardvalid within Converse, Natrona,Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan counties | |
Section 3. Archery Regulations
Wild turkey may be taken with any archery equipment during any open season in accordance with Section 2 above.
Section 4. Hunt Area
Descriptions
Area and Number.
Area 1. The entire State of Wyoming.
