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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 29, 2011 15:11:07 GMT -5
As I read the rules for this upcoming fall season, I read it that you can shoot a tom (archery for me) even though I shot one this spring?
I was texting a buddy about how I wanted to get my second tom this fall and he kept asking if I was joking. I never hunted turkey in the fall, so it was never an issue for me.
I guess in the past if you got a tom in the spring, you could just shoot a hen in fall?
There is no current one tom rule is there?
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Post by oneshot on Aug 29, 2011 16:00:18 GMT -5
Yes there is a 1 tom rule. Only 1 per season. [actually bearded turkey]
Spring season =1 bearded turkey
Fall season= 1 bearded turkey or 1 hen.
Good luck.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 29, 2011 16:06:08 GMT -5
The fall and spring seasons are two totally different seasons that require 2 separate licenses unless you have a lifetime license.
Each season has it's own bag limits and licenses that do not carry over from spring to fall.
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 30, 2011 14:45:54 GMT -5
So there isn't a one tom rule then
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 30, 2011 15:15:14 GMT -5
Correct. Whack two toms per year if you have the licenses (or license if lifetime) and get the opportunity.
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Post by BOBinIN on Aug 30, 2011 15:33:54 GMT -5
Fall Season = any bird is legal. Good luck.
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 30, 2011 20:55:25 GMT -5
Jasper county is the 3rd largest county in the state, and we only bagged 119 birds this spring. Better than the 64 in 2009 though. 47th out of 92 counties and 4 counties had 0. Hope the population of birds continues to grow like it has. Of course, more people moving out here ain't gonna help  |
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Post by oneshot on Aug 31, 2011 6:54:48 GMT -5
So there isn't a one tom rule then Yes per season/license. You would be in violation if you killed 2 birds in the spring. Or 2 birds in the fall 1 per season. 1 Bearded turkey in the spring. Any sex in the fall. Only 1. |
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 31, 2011 15:42:04 GMT -5
So there isn't a one tom rule then Yes per season/license. You would be in violation if you killed 2 birds in the spring. Or 2 birds in the fall 1 per season. 1 Bearded turkey in the spring. Any sex in the fall. Only 1. BUT if you refer back to my ORIGINAL post, you will see I know this. A friend who has hunted more turkeys than I had mentioned that he thought it was one tom per YEAR, not per SEASON. So as mentioned in the original post, I was asking if I shoot a tom in the spring can I shoot one in the fall, or is there a one tom rule PER YEAR. I also asked if there was a one tom rule PER YEAR in the past? I suppose I can grab my old hunting regs and look it up. |
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Post by firstwd on Aug 31, 2011 16:11:25 GMT -5
No there is not, nor has there even been a "one bearded turkey per year" rule.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 31, 2011 17:12:17 GMT -5
In answer to you question.......before the state of Indiana allowed a fall turkey season in addition to the spring season, the limit was 1 BEARDED BIRD, be it a tom, jake or bearded hen.
Now that we have 2 seasons one in the spring and one in the fall you can kill 1 bearded bird and only one bearded bird in the spring, and 1 bird of choice during the fall season, regardless of what you killed in the spring.
2 totally separate seasons, 2 totally separately limits.
You will need 2 separate licenses one for each season unless you have a lifetime license.
CAPICHE.
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 31, 2011 17:13:46 GMT -5
Unless I own my own farm  |
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Post by featherduster on Aug 31, 2011 17:40:50 GMT -5
You asked a question about bird limits not license requirements.
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Post by gobblerstopper on Aug 31, 2011 20:20:27 GMT -5
It is actually "one bearded OR male turkey for the spring season". Has been for quite some time. Don't know why everyone says one bearded bird.  |
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