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New Hampshire Turkey Season 2026-27

Spring 2027: May 1, 2027 to May 31, 2027. Fall 2026: September 15, 2026 to December 15, 2026. Every date below was read from New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’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.
May 1, 2027 to May 31, 2027
Spring 2027
published
September 15, 2026 to December 15, 2026
Fall 2026
published
Statewide
Zone structure
as the agency draws it
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Source
read 2026-09-01
The flagship

Spring 2027 turkey season in New Hampshire

Spring 2027 season

published

Spring 2027 season opens in 198 days, on May 1, 2027.

New Hampshire spring 2027 season, as published by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
StatewideMay 1, 2027May 31, 2027Second turkey allowed only in WMUs H1, H2, J2, K, L or M

Dates read from Turkey Hunting Seasons, New Hampshire Hunting Digest 2026-27 (eRegulations), accessed 2026-09-01.

Spring 2027 dates appear in the official 2026-27 NH Hunting Digest. A youth hunt weekend also exists in late April 2027.

Fall Shotgun Oct. 12–18, 2026 D2, H1, H2, I1, J2, K, L, M
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. 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
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The other half

Fall 2026 turkey season in New Hampshire

Fall 2026 season

published

Fall 2026 season is OPEN now in the WMU A (archery), through December 8, 2026, with 3 zone segments open.

New Hampshire fall 2026 season, as published by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
WMU A (archery)September 15, 2026December 8, 2026Fall archery
WMUs B to M (archery)September 15, 2026December 15, 2026Fall archery
WMUs D2, H1, H2, I1, J2, K, L, M (shotgun)October 12, 2026October 18, 2026Fall shotgun

Dates read from Turkey Hunting Seasons, New Hampshire Hunting Digest 2026-27 (eRegulations), accessed 2026-09-01.

Fall archery and fall shotgun seasons published in the official 2026-27 digest.

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 New Hampshire Fish and Game Department 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

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, and its regulations page is linked below.

Current New Hampshire regulations

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

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department: current regulations

Turkey season dates in other states

New Hampshire duck seasonThe other 2026-27 season calendar: duck and goose dates by zone and flyway.New Hampshire deer rutWhen deer actually breed, from the conception studies agencies publish.New Hampshire fall foliageFall turkey weeks and peak color often overlap. Plan the same trip.

New Hampshire turkey season questions

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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 New Hampshire Fish and Game Department 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 New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, whose page is the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national turkey season guide.