Turkey Regulations

License Requirements
    Resident: A hunting license (see pg. 12 "Licenses & Permits" of you 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide or click here) or proof of exemption.
    In addition, all hunters must possess a turkey license for each bird to be hunted, unless otherwise exempt.
    Nonresident: A nonresident hunting license (see pg. 12 "Licenses & Permits" of you 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide or click here) or proof of exemption. In addition, all hunters must possess a turkey license for each bird to be hunted, unless otherwise exempt. Nonresident lifetime license holders are required to purchase a nonresident annual hunting license and turkey license(s). The nonresident five-day hunting license in not valid for hunting turkey.
    Jan. 1 - 15: All fall archery turkey hunters must possess a current hunting license as well as a fall turkey license for the current calendar year (2012), unless exempt. Annual hunting and turkey licenses are valid from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 only, while fiscal-year hunting licenses are valid July 1 to June 30 of the following year.

Public Lands
    Seasons on public lands may vary from statewide seasons. Consult public lands section beginning on page 44 of your 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide.

Identification:
    Evidence of sex (one leg with foot) must remain on the bird until it has reached its final destination.
    Beards on hens must remain intact and not removed from the turkey until the bird has reached final destination.

Hunting Hours:
    One-half hour before official sunrise to official sunset.

Roost Shooting:
    Roost shooting is prohibited.

Decoys and Recorded Calls:
    Artificial decoys is permitted. Live decoys and recorded calls are prohibited.

Field Tagging & Checking

• Field Tagging Requirements:
      All hunters (including lifetime license holders) who harvest a deer, elk or turkey must immediately attach their name, license number, and date and time of harvest securely to the carcass. Annual license holders must also complete the "Record of Game" section n the front of the license form.
      All hunters (including lifetime license holders) who harvest an antelope must immediately attach their name and license number securely to the carcass. Antelope hunters participating in controlled hunts must also include the date and time of harvest on the field tag.
      All field tags can be any item, so long as the tag contains the required information. The information must remain attached to the carcass until it is checked.
      Field tagging requirements for bear are listed on page 28 of your 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide or click here.
      
• Checking Requirements:
  All deer and elk must be checked within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area through one of the options listed below. All turkeys harvested east of I-35 must also be checked within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area. Turkeys harvested west of I-35 will not be checked.
      Deer, elk and turkey must be checked online at http://www.wildlifedepartment.com, at the nearest open check station or with an authorized Department employee (elk check stations are only available in counties open to elk hunting or with Department employees assigned to on of those counties.) Once checked, the animal will be issued a carcass tag or an online confirmation number. This tag or number must remain with the carcass to its final destination or through processing and/or storage at commercial processing or storage facilities. Deer and elk carcasses may be checked in quartered with sex organs naturally attached and head accompanying the carcass.
      All antelope must be checked within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area at an open check station in Cimarron or Texas counties or with an authorized Department employee assigned to one of those counties where antelope are hunted. Once checked, the antelope will be issued a carcass tag that must remain with the carcass to its final destination or through processing and/or storage at commercial processing or storage facilities. The head must remain attached to the carcass until the antelope is checked.
      Checking requirements for bear are listed on page 28 of your 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide or click here.
  
  For a neat idea on how to attach your name and hunting license number to the carcass "click here"!

Baiting:
    Turkeys may not be hunted or taken within 100 yards of any bait. Baiting is the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat, or other grain or other feed so as to constitute for such birds a lure, attraction, or enticement, on or over any area where hunters are attempting to take them. The taking of turkey over standing crops, grain crops, properly shucked on the field where grown or grain found scattered solely as the result of normal agricultural operations is permitted.