2006 Spring Turkey Season Set
1/9/2006 - PIERRE, S.D. – Fewer one-tag licenses and more two-tag licenses will be available for the prairie units of South Dakota’s 2006 spring turkey season. Like last year, archers and Black Hills turkey hunters will be able to purchase one license that is valid for the harvest of one male turkey.
All three seasons are scheduled to run from April 8 through May 21, although this time period is split in half in some prairie units in eastern S.D. Separate pools of licenses are available for each of the split seasons.
Total licenses available in prairie units include:
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3, 013 resident and 101 nonresident one-tag “male turkey” licenses. |
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3,660 resident and 294 nonresident two-tag “any turkey” licenses. |
Changes from last year would include:
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Offer residents 759 fewer one-tag “male turkey” licenses and 1,030 more two-tag “any turkey” licenses for the prairie units than in 2005. This would be an overall increase of 1,301 tags or 14 percent. |
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Offer nonresidents 90 fewer one-tag “male turkey” and 84 more two-tag “any turkey” licenses for the prairie units than in 2005. This would be an overall increase of 78 tags or 13 percent. |
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Establish new hunting units in Moody, Minnehaha and Jerauld counties as shotgun-only units. |
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Add Turner County to the area open for archery turkey hunting. |
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Close Hamlin and Hand counties to archery turkey hunting. These counties are part of a planned research project to evaluate success of Eastern Wild Turkey introductions. |
Shooting hours for South Dakota turkey hunting is one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
Paper applications and the online application system for spring turkey should be available around Feb. 1.
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