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turkeY HuNtING general infOrmatiOn • You may buy only one turkey permit per year. • If you have filled your bag limit, you may call turkeys for another hunter, but you may not carry a bow or firearm. • If you have taken a turkey that is unfit for consumption, authorized DEC staff may issue a special permit to take another. You will have to surrender the carcass. Call your wildlife or law enforcement office (see page 8). manner Of taking • You must carry your hunting license and turkey permit while you hunt. • You may hunt with a bow. • You may hunt with a shotgun or handgun only when using shot no larger than # 2 and no smaller than # 8. • You may not take a turkey with a rifle, or with a handgun firing a bullet. • You may use a muzzleloading shotgun. • You may not hunt with a dog during the spring season. You may hunt with a dog during the fall season. • You may not use bait to hunt turkey. • You may not use an electronic calling or amplifying device to locate or hunt turkeys during the open season. • You may use decoys. • A scope of any type is allowed. tagging and pOssessiOn • Immediately after taking a wild turkey, you must fill out the appropriate carcass tag in ink, mark or cut out the date and month of kill, and attach it to the carcass. • The carcass tag must stay attached to the turkey carcass until it is prepared for eating. • You may give your turkey to another person. • You must attach a tag with the following information to the turkey carcass: turkeY Hunting tips • Successful turkey hunters sit and call. • Don’t wear red, white, blue or black. • Most turkey hunting injuries happen when one hunter stalks another hunter. dOn’t trY tO stalk turkeY! • Assume anything that sounds like a turkey is a human (calls, footsteps). if you see another hunter… • don’t move, or wave or nod. • don’t make turkey or animal sounds. • do speak up clearly, saying “STOP.” 1. Your name 2. Your address 3. Your hunting license number 4. Turkey permit carcass tag number 5. The recipient’s name 6. The recipient’s address • You must report your harvest within 7 days via phone (1-866-GAMERPT) or internet (www.dec.ny.gov). if you see a turkey… Be 100% sure of your target and beyond. 42 2012–13 HuNtING & traPPING GuIDe
Hen Or gOBBler? Only bearded wild turkeys may be taken during the spring season. This regulation helps protect female turkeys during the nesting period. Yes, some hens do have beards, but they represent only 3–6% of the female population. Although few hens are taken, their loss reduces the reproductive potential of the population. That loss is avoidable, if you remember these tips: feature gOBBler Hen Head red, blue and white colors blue-gray color Body dark, brown-black light, rusty-brown Beard long bristle-like beard usually no beard Spurs usually ½-inch or longer spurs usually no spurs Calls gobble, drum yelp, cluck, cut Strut strut with tail fan and wing droop no strut Size larger than hen ½ to ⅔ size of gobbler turkeY HuNtING 2012–13 HuNtING & traPPING GuIDe 43
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