Apply for turkey permits
Turkey hunting season dates and other details for 2023 are available on the DNR’s turkey hunting page (mndnr.gov/Hunting/Turkey).
Turkey hunters have through Friday, Feb. 17, to apply for turkey hunting permits for the A-C spring hunting seasons in Mille Lacs and Carlos Avery WMAs and the A-B seasons in Whitewater WMA.
In addition to a turkey license, a permit is required for hunters 18 and older hoping to bag a tom turkey with a firearm in one of these WMAs during early seasons. Turkey firearm permits for these WMAs are distributed via a lottery system. In a change this year, there is no permit required to hunt Whitewater WMA during the C season.
Turkey licenses will go on sale March 1 for several hunting seasons from mid-April to the end of May. Turkey season dates are:
- A April 12-18
- B April 19-25
- C April 26-May 2
- D May 3-9
- E May 10-16
- F May 17-31
- Youth season April 12-May 31
- Archery season April 12-May 31
Turkey hunting season dates and other details for 2023 are available on the DNR’s turkey hunting page (mndnr.gov/Hunting/Turkey).
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