Arkansas · 2026-27 season year

Arkansas Turkey Season 2026-27

Q: When is spring turkey season in Arkansas in 2027?

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has published spring 2027 dates: April 5, 2027 to May 9, 2027, varying by zone (Zone 1, Zone 1A, Zone 2, Zone 2A, Zone 3). The full zone table on this page was read from the agency's own page and links it; confirm there before you hunt.

Q: Does Arkansas have a fall turkey season in 2026?

No. AGFC's turkey regulations list only spring seasons; Arkansas holds no fall turkey season. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is the source.

Q: Which turkey zone am I in?

Arkansas sets different dates by zone (Zone 1, Zone 1A, Zone 2, Zone 2A, Zone 3), and the zone boundaries are the agency's, drawn along roads, rivers and county lines. Your zone is determined from the agency's own map: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission publishes the official zone map and boundary descriptions, linked from this page.

Q: Where are the bag limits, legal methods and license rules?

At Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, whose regulations page is linked on this page. Those rules are legally binding and change annually. This page carries the season window itself, with the source and read date attached.

Q: Can these dates change?

Yes. Agencies amend proclamations, split zones, and occasionally correct their own published tables. This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026, says so in the copy, and links the exact agency page it read. Treat the agency page as the final word on the morning you hunt.

Spring 2027: April 5, 2027 to May 9, 2027. Fall 2026: no fall turkey season. Every date below was read from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s own published page, linked beside it, on the date shown.

This page covers the 2026-27 season year. Dates were read from the agency sources linked below, last checked September 2, 2026. Seasons change annually and agencies correct their own pages; confirm against the linked agency page before you hunt.

April 5, 2027 to May 9, 2027

Spring 2027

published

No fall turkey season

Fall 2026

no season

5 zones

Zone structure

as the agency draws it

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

Source

read 2026-09-01

The flagship

Spring 2027 turkey season in Arkansas

Spring 2027 season

published

Spring 2027 season opens in 172 days, on April 5, 2027 (Zone 3).

Arkansas spring 2027 season, as published by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Zone	Opens	Closes
Zone 1	April 19, 2027	May 9, 2027
Zone 1A	April 19, 2027	April 27, 2027
Zone 2	April 12, 2027	May 2, 2027
Zone 2A	April 12, 2027	April 20, 2027
Zone 3	April 5, 2027	April 25, 2027

Dates read from Turkey Dates, Rules and Regulations, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (2027 season), accessed 2026-09-01.

Private land zones follow county lines; WMA zone info is in the 2026-2027 Hunting Guidebook. A youth turkey hunt also exists in April 2027.

Zone 1 April 19-May 9, 2027 | Two legal turkeys

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Read it at the source

Close view of a strutting male wild turkey with fanned tail in California grassland — A western tom in strut. Merriam’s and Rio Grande birds carry the western seasons. “Male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) strutting” by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0

The other half

Fall 2026 turkey season in Arkansas

Fall 2026 season

no season

Arkansas holds no fall 2026 turkey season in the 2026-27 season year. AGFC's turkey regulations list only spring seasons; Arkansas holds no fall turkey season. Source: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Trail camera photo of a wild turkey flock feeding through green woods — A fall flock on a trail camera at Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. Fall seasons, where held, hunt birds grouped like this. “Wild turkey flock” — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters — Public domain

Why the window sits where it does

Spring seasons are built around the breeding season

Spring turkey seasons exist because of a biological coincidence that favors the hunter and protects the flock at the same time: gobblers are at their most vocal and callable in the weeks when hens are being bred and beginning to nest. Agencies set their windows so that most hens are already on nests while gobblers are still responsive, which is why the opener sweeps north with spring itself, from the Gulf states in March to the northern tier in May.

The dates are an annual regulatory decision, not a fixed calendar, which is why this page reads them from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission each season year and states the year it covers.

Wild turkey hen crossing a path with three well grown poults — A hen with poults. Spring season structures exist to protect nesting hens while gobblers are still callable. “Wild turkeys (hen with poults)” — ShenandoahNPS / Luca Pfeiffer — Public domain

Rules

Arkansas turkey hunting regulations

Season windows are carried here with their source and read date attached. Everything else a hunter is bound by is set by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and its regulations page is linked below.

Current Arkansas regulations

Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours, license and permit requirements, and youth or special season rules for Arkansas are set by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, are legally binding and change annually. Its current regulations page is linked here.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission: current regulations

Arkansas turkey season questions

When is spring turkey season in Arkansas in 2027?

Does Arkansas have a fall turkey season in 2026?

Which turkey zone am I in?

Where are the bag limits, legal methods and license rules?

Can these dates change?

Why do spring seasons open when they do?

Spring seasons across the country are set around the breeding season: gobblers are vocal and callable, and season frameworks are structured to run while hens are nesting. That is why spring dates cluster from late March in the South to May in the northern tier. The exact window is each agency's annual decision, which is why this page quotes Arkansas Game and Fish Commission rather than a rule of thumb.

Three wild turkey toms displaying side by side in late winter brush — Toms displaying in late winter. By the time most spring seasons open, flocks like this have broken up. “Leader Of The Pack” by Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0

This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026. Every season window is republished from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission page linked beside it, read on the date shown; windows the agency had not yet published are labelled not yet published. Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours and license rules are set by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, whose page is the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national turkey season guide.