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Pennsylvania Turkey Season 2026-27

Spring 2027: May 1, 2027 to May 31, 2027. Fall 2026: October 31, 2026 to November 27, 2026. Every date below was read from Pennsylvania Game 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.
May 1, 2027 to May 31, 2027
Spring 2027
published
October 31, 2026 to November 27, 2026
Fall 2026
published
Statewide
Zone structure
as the agency draws it
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Source
read 2026-09-01
The flagship

Spring 2027 turkey season in Pennsylvania

Spring 2027 season

published

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

Pennsylvania spring 2027 season, as published by Pennsylvania Game Commission
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
StatewideMay 1, 2027May 31, 2027Bearded bird only; daily hunting hours differ between the first and second half of the month

Dates read from Seasons and Bag Limits, Pennsylvania Game Commission (2026-27 license year), accessed 2026-09-01.

Spring gobbler dates for 2027 carry explicit years on the agency table. A youth spring gobbler day also exists in late April 2027.

WMUs 5C and 5D – CLOSED TO FALL TURKEY HUNTING
Pennsylvania Game 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
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The other half

Fall 2026 turkey season in Pennsylvania

Fall 2026 season

published

Fall 2026 season opens in 16 days, on October 31, 2026 (WMUs 1A, 2G, 3A, 4A, 4B, 4D).

Pennsylvania fall 2026 season, as published by Pennsylvania Game Commission
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
WMUs 1A, 2G, 3A, 4A, 4B, 4DOctober 31, 2026November 15, 2026
WMUs 1B, 3D, 4C, 4EOctober 31, 2026November 8, 2026
WMUs 2A, 2F, 3B, 3COctober 31, 2026November 15, 2026first segment
WMUs 2A, 2F, 3B, 3CNovember 25, 2026November 27, 2026Thanksgiving segment
WMUs 2B, 2C, 2D, 2EOctober 31, 2026November 20, 2026first segment
WMUs 2B, 2C, 2D, 2ENovember 25, 2026November 27, 2026Thanksgiving segment
WMUs 5A, 5BOctober 31, 2026November 3, 2026

Dates read from Seasons and Bag Limits, Pennsylvania Game Commission (2026-27 license year), accessed 2026-09-01.

WMUs 5C and 5D are closed to fall turkey hunting. Dates vary by WMU.

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 Pennsylvania Game 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

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Game Commission, and its regulations page is linked below.

Current Pennsylvania regulations

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

Pennsylvania Game Commission: current regulations

Turkey season dates in other states

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

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Game 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 Pennsylvania Game Commission, whose page is the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national turkey season guide.