It’s not Thanksgiving, but wild turkeys are now fair game for hunting. The spring wild turkey season lasts from Monday, April 29, to Saturday, May 25, in Massachusetts.
Hunting is allowed from a half-hour before sunrise, and ends at noon. The bag limit is two bearded turkeys for the whole season, according to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The two birds may be harvested on the same day, and need to be reported within 48 hours, which can be done online at bit.ly/MA_TurkeyHarvest.
Massachusetts residents need a hunting or sporting license, a safety sticker, and a turkey permit to hunt turkeys. Licensure can be purchased online at massfishhunt.mass.gov, or through a license agent. On the Island, that would be at the town clerk offices of Chilmark and West Tisbury.
Unlike the fall season, blaze orange apparel isn’t required, although the division recommends hunters wear orange when entering and exiting their hunting areas. The division also suggests avoiding wearing red, white, blue, or black, since these colors are associated with male turkeys.
A licensed turkey hunter is allowed to call turkeys for another hunter, although the caller cannot carry a firearm or archery equipment if they have already taken their season limit of turkeys. The callers must have a valid license and turkey permit.
The division states there are several turkey-hunting methods that are illegal, including the use of electronic calls, dogs, bait, live decoys, and driving or herding turkeys.
For more information, visit bit.ly/MA_SpringTurkeySeason.
Where are the coyotes?
They get their fill on cats, dogs, and babies.
This is also the “peeps” hatching time. The Toms like to take care of the ladies so watch out!
I hate this….
But it is what it is…
Maybe in turkey heaven, they get to shoot us….
🙁
What is to hate? Turkeys are overpopulated. Hunting helps contain that, it also helps feed families.
How many is too many?
What percentage of the hunted wild turkeys ever get eaten?
Dolores– Maybe in puppy heaven, the puppies and
a few goats get to shoot nutcase Maga governors.
Don’t know what I’m talking about ?
How about reading this ?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book
By the way, since this article is only a few days old, I might
actually be able to get a comment in before the
arbitrary 7 day closing of comments, and might actually
get a reply from a few hypocritical Maga maggots about this one —
I was roundly criticised for using the term
“Maga maggots'” a few weeks ago– “How disgusting” the hypnotical
Ukraine hating conservatives said.
But it seems the top MAGA maggot has no problem with directly calling someone
“maggot” … Imagine that–
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-calls-reporter-maggie-haberman-maggot-slams-upcoming-book-1678563
Don, how many days should the comments be open?
And eat us with cranberry sauce and gravy….??
How many get eaten?
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