Turkey Season in Tennessee

TENNESEE

Turkey Season in Tennessee

Turkey Season in Tennessee starts: 03/30/2013 and ends 05/12/2013. All Tennessee counties are open to wild turkey hunting including WMAs and refuges unless specifically listed.

Bag Limits: One (1) bearded turkey per day, not to exceed four (4) per season. Turkeys taken on all quota hunts and specially designated WMAs are bonus turkeys. Shooting Hours: Thirty (30) minutes before legal sunrise to sunset. The use of any type of food to feed or attract wild turkeys on WMAs is prohibited. Calling or attempting to call wild turkeys using any means to mimic the sounds made by turkeys is prohibited on all WMAs from March 1 until the opening day of the spring turkey hunts.

Statewide Spring Young Sportsman Hunt - March 23-24, 2013 (ages 6 through 16). One (1) bearded turkey which counts toward statewide bag unless taken on a WMA where turkeys are designated as bonus birds. Each youth must be accompanied by a non-hunting adult, 21 years of age or older, who must remain in a position to take immediate control of the hunting device, who is not required to have a license.

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