| As with other sports, hunting also have different rules | | | | This will ensure that you keep legal hassles from |
| and regulations that hunters have to follow. Turkey | | | | getting in your way. |
| hunting regulations ensure that the total bird population | | | | You may only put a bird down using a bow, a shotgun, |
| does not die out and that the hunting process does not | | | | or a handgun. While hunting wild turkeys with a bow |
| lend any irreparable harm to the environment. | | | | may be more challenging, this is the mode that most |
| Turkey hunting regulations differ from every place to | | | | turkey hunting regulations prefer. Hunting with guns is |
| another. However, there are certain provisions that | | | | only allowed as long as the shotgun or the handgun |
| hold true everywhere. You will find the most common | | | | uses shots that fall within the 2 to 8 range. |
| hunting provision below. See to it that you follow them | | | | Using hunting dogs is also a very common technique, |
| by the letter to avoid having to face any legal | | | | but doing so is not allowed all year round. Hunters may |
| repercussion as a result. | | | | only hunt with dogs during the fall season, but nit during |
| In general, hunters need to secure a turkey permit and | | | | spring. |
| a license before he sets out on a prowl. Turkey | | | | Hunters are also allowed to use decoys to distract the |
| hunting permits allow the following types of licenses to | | | | birds while they line up their shot, as long as the |
| be used for wild turkey hunts: conservation legacy, | | | | decoys do not use electronic components. Stick to |
| small game, sportsman, junior hunting, non-resident | | | | motion decoys that use wind power to move. You |
| super sportsman, or non-resident hunting license. A | | | | may also make use of scopes to get a better view. |
| person is only allowed to buy one turkey permit per | | | | Finally, turkey hunting regulations require that you report |
| year. This helps limit people's hunting activities and | | | | your haul to the necessary hunting authority, especially |
| prevents over-hunting. | | | | during open season. You need to provide them with |
| There are also different turkey hunting regulations that | | | | information, such as number and weight, after every |
| govern the exact act of taking the wild turkey. For | | | | hunting trip. This ensures that the turkey population in |
| example, you are required to have your permit and | | | | your area doo not die out. |
| your license with you every time you go on a hunt. | | | | |