Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Hunting equipment for the taking of wild
turkey during a wild turkey archery season shall consist of the following:
(1) Archery equipment.
(A) No bow or arrow shall have any electronic
device attached to the bow or arrow that controls the flight of the arrow.
Devices that may be attached to a bow or arrow shall include lighted pin, dot,
or holographic sights; illuminated nocks; rangefinders; film or video cameras;
and radio-frequency location devices.
(B) Each arrow used for hunting shall be
equipped with a broadhead point incapable of passing through a ring with a
diameter of three-quarters of an inch when fully expanded. A wild turkey hunter
using archery equipment may possess non-broadhead-tipped arrows while hunting
if the arrows are not used to take or attempt to take wild turkeys.
(2) Crossbows using arrows that
are equipped with broadhead points incapable of passing through a ring with a
diameter of three-quarters of an inch when fully expanded. A wild turkey hunter
using crossbow equipment may possess non-broadhead-tipped arrows while hunting
if the arrows are not used to take or attempt to take wild turkeys.
No crossbow or arrow shall have any electronic device attached
to the crossbow or arrow that controls the flight of the arrow. Devices that
may be attached to a crossbow or arrow shall include lighted pin, dot, or
holographic sights; illuminated nocks; rangefinders; film or video cameras; and
radio-frequency location devices.
(b) Hunting equipment for the taking of wild
turkey during a wild turkey firearm season shall consist of the following:
(1) Archery and crossbow equipment as
authorized in subsection (a);
(2)
shotguns and muzzleloading shotguns using only size two shot through size nine
shot;
(3) choked handguns and
muzzleloading handguns having a minimum barrel length of 10 inches, including
the chamber, and using only size two shot through size nine shot.
(c) Legal accessory equipment for
the taking of wild turkey during any wild turkey season shall consist of the
following:
(1) Lures; decoys, except live
decoys; and nonelectric calls;
(2)
blinds and stands;
(3)
range-finding devices, if the devices do not project visible light toward the
target; and
(4) optical scopes or
sights that project no visible light toward the target and do not
electronically amplify visible light or detect infrared light or thermal
energy.
(d) Shooting
hours for wild turkey during each day of any turkey hunting season shall be
from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
(e) Each individual hunting turkey shall
shoot or attempt to shoot a turkey only while the turkey is on the ground or in
flight.
(f) Dogs may be used while
hunting turkey, but only during the fall turkey season.
(g) Firearm report-suppressing devices may be
used.
(h) Handguns may be possessed
during all wild turkey seasons.
