Leftover Spring Turkey Tags Go on Sale March 22, 2010
gengberg March 9th, 2010
Leftover spring turkey permits on sale March 22 MADISON - Remaining permits for the 2010 spring turkey hunting season will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis starting March 22. Leftover permits will be first issued for sale by zone, one zone per day, with each zone having a designated sales date.
In total, 225,729 permits were available for the spring 2010 turkey season. More than 149,000 permits were issued to hunters who applied for permits by the Dec. 10 application deadline, leaving more than 76,000 permits available after the drawing.
Hunters should check the turkey zone map [PDF] to verify where they want to hunt and then check the turkey permit availability page to see if permits are available for the period and zone they want to hunt in.
Sales will start at 10 a.m. March 22 and continue through midnight each day or until permits are all sold. These sales will be held for five consecutive days with customers able to purchase one permit per day. Any remaining leftover permits for all zones will go on sale Saturday, March 27 and will continue until sold out or the season ends Permit purchases are limited to one permit per day until each zone and time period is sold out.
The following zones have leftover permits. The scheduled sales dates are as follows:
* Zone 1 - Monday, March 22
* Zone 2 - Tuesday, March 23
* Zone 3 - Wednesday, March 24
* Zone 4 - Thursday, March 25
* Zone 5 & Zone 6 - Friday, March 26 - Due to the low number of permits left in these units, the sale has been combined into one day.
There are no leftover permits available for Zone 7 after the initial drawing. There are also no leftover permits for time periods A or B in the other zones.
A limited number of disabled-only turkey permits for state park areas is available among leftover permits. Disabled hunters who have been issued either a Class A or Class C Disabled Hunter Permit should visit a DNR Service Center or call the DNR Customer Call Center at 1-888-WDNRINFo (1-888-936-7463) beginning on Monday, March 22, 2010 after 10 a.m. to purchase one of these permits. Continue Reading »
