Turkey Season 2026-27: Dates by State

It depends entirely on the state: spring openers sweep from March in the Deep South to May in the northern tier, and 32 state agencies had published their spring 2027 dates as of September 2, 2026, with 17 still to post. Each state page on this site shows the agency's own dates where published, labelled "not yet published" where not, with the source page and read date attached.

Because their agencies have not posted spring 2027 yet. Many states set the coming spring's dates over the winter through commission votes or annual proclamations, so the pages say "not yet published as of September 2, 2026" and link the agency, where the dates appear first.

Alaska. Alaska has no established wild turkey population and holds no managed spring turkey season. ADF&G classifies wild turkey as a feral non-native game bird, which in Units 1 to 26 may be taken with no limit and no closed season, with special area restrictions in Unit 14C.

No. Fall seasons are the historic form of turkey hunting, but many states dropped them or never held them as management shifted toward spring gobbler hunting, which targets only the surplus males after breeding. Each state page states plainly whether a fall 2026 season exists, with the agency source.

At each state wildlife agency, whose regulations page every state page links. These pages carry the season window itself, with source and read date attached; bag limits, legal methods, license rules and shooting hours are set by the agency and published there.

Every date on these pages was read from the state wildlife agency's own published page or regulation PDF, captured with the exact source URL and the date it was read, for the 2026-27 season year. State agency season pages are public records. Where the agency's own page is the only place the dates appear, the state's entry links it.