Location: Unit Specified on Permit

Type: Season

Dates: 04/15/26 - 05/31/26

Contact: Licensing Agent

Phone No: 620-672-5911

This is an All Day Event

Other Information:

• Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
• Legal Equipment: Shotguns using shot sizes 2-9; long, recurve or compound bows and crossbows.
• Permit Limit: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag.
• Bag Limit: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag.
• Dogs may not be used in spring season.

Resident hunters may obtain a spring turkey permit – valid for one turkey with a visible beard – in Units 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6; Spring turkey permits for Unit 4 are available only by lottery draw.

Non-resident hunters may obtain a spring turkey permit by lottery draw for Unit 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6. Non-resident permits are only valid in the Unit indicated. The application period is 01/14/25 – 02/14/25. Any leftover non-resident spring turkey permits will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis on a date set after the drawing is completed and the public is notified of the date.

There will be no additional game tags (valid for a second turkey) available in 2025 for resident and non-resident hunters.