Turkey hunters can now buy their licenses for the spring 2024 season. Licenses may be purchased online (mndnr.gov/buyalicense), by telephone at 888-665-4236, or in person wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold. Hunters can hunt statewide and buy licenses for any time period (A-F) over the counter.
Hunters will be asked which permit area they plan to hunt, so hunters are advised to know that information when they buy their license. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will use this information for research purposes to help inform management of the state’s turkey population. Importantly, hunters who identify their permit area when purchasing their license will not be restricted to hunting in only that area.
Season dates and hunt rules can be found on the Minnesota DNR’s turkey hunting webpage (mndnr.gov/hunting/turkey). Permits for firearms hunters 18 and older to hunt the popular Carlos Avery and Mille Lacs wildlife management areas in the A-C time periods and Whitewater WMA in the A-B time periods were distributed already by lottery. The lottery application deadline was Feb. 16, and results are available on the turkey hunting webpage of the DNR website.
