Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.24-145 - A1.02 Wild Turkey Season And Limits
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
No more than 1 legal turkey may be taken per day, no more than 1 legal turkey may be taken during the first 7 days of the season, no more than 1 legal turkey may be taken during the youth turkey hunt, and no more than 2 legal turkeys may be taken in any combination of turkey zones. Nonresident (adults and youth) may take no more than 1 legal turkey. No jakes (sub-adult male turkeys) may be taken, except youth, including nonresident youth, hunters may harvest 1 jake.
WILD TURKEY FIREARMS AND ARCHERY/CROSSBOW SEASONS:
Zone 2: Third Monday in April for 21 days.
Zone 1: Third Monday in April for 9 days.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. In compliance with WMA Addendum C104.
B. In compliance with Code 11.03.
SPECIAL YOUTH TURKEY SEASON:
Zones 1 and 2: Saturday and Sunday prior to second Monday of April.
LIMIT:
Zone 1: 1 adult gobbler.
Zone 2: 2 adult gobblers, (nonresident youth are limited to 1 adult gobbler)
Special Youth Turkey Season: 1 legal turkey. Youth hunters, including nonresident youth, may only take 1 jake.
Firearms and Archery/Crossbow: Statewide seasonal limit of 2 legal gobblers with nonresident youth restricted to a seasonal limit of 1 legal gobbler.
Youth hunters, including nonresident youth, may take only 1 jake and no more than the statewide season limit in combination during the youth hunt and wild turkey firearms and archery/crossbow seasons (Addenda A1.02, C1.04).
