Spring Turkey Application Period: Jan. 1 - Feb. 1, 2021
Drawing Results Available Online: March 1, 2021SPRING TURKEY HUNTING SEASON DATES
Apr. 17 through June 7, 2021.
Detailed information about spring turkey regulations, management units, hunting hours and more can be found in the Spring Turkey Digest. For a full list of regulations and legal descriptions see the Wildlife Conservation Order.
SPRING TURKEY HUNTING LICENSES
From Jan. 1 - Feb. 1, hunters may apply for one limited-quota license, for a specific spring turkey hunt unit and season dates. The application fee is $5. Applicants selected in the drawing may then purchase a limited-quota license (see License Cost table on page 10) online or at a license agent. After the drawing, any leftover licenses will be sold until quotas are met. Depending on how many hunters apply, leftover licenses may or may not be available for some hunt units and/or dates. Hunters, including young hunters licensed under the Mentored Youth Hunting Program, may apply for or purchase a fall turkey license. Hunters who do not apply for the drawing may purchase a leftover license, if available, beginning March. 15
- Buy a License/Application
- Find a Place to Hunt
Draw Results and Leftover Licenses
There is no guarantee that leftover licenses will be available for any hunt unit. If any licenses remain after the drawing, unsuccessful applicants who possess a current base license may purchase a leftover turkey license online or from any license agent on a first-come, first-served basis for a one-week period beginning Mar. 8 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Any limited-quota licenses that remain as of Mar. 15 at 10 a.m. EST may be purchased by any hunter, with a current base license or mentored youth license, including those who did not apply for a spring turkey license.
- Drawing Results
- Leftover Licenses
Harvest Survey and Observation Reporting
Turkey hunters, we need your help! After your hunting season has ended, please report your hunting activity. Information you provide will improve management and ensure that decisions regarding hunting seasons are based on the best information available. Hunters can also assist the DNR by reporting any sightings of wild turkeys during January. This information, which is kept confidential, is also used to manage the turkey resource.
- Report January Sightings
Wild Turkey Patch
Turkey Cooperators Patch Michigan’s wild turkey patch program is coordinated by the Michigan chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, in partnership with the DNR.
Youth up to age 17 with a valid turkey hunting license may receive a free patch.
To receive a patch please send name, complete address, and legible copy of the youth’s valid wild turkey hunting license to:
National Wild Turkey Federation, Wild Turkey Patch Program
P.O. Box 45
Reed City, MI 49677
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Updates will include hunting regulation changes and general hunting information that affects turkey hunters. Emails will be sent periodically.
