{"id":10083,"date":"2016-04-12T13:51:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:36:33","slug":"spring-turkey-season-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/04\/12\/spring-turkey-season-to-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Turkey Season to Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Junior Turkey Hunt Days\u00a0April 16-17<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/PublishingImages\/ChaseWagner.jpg\" alt=\"youngster posing with turkey\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/>Youth hunters will kick-off Maryland\u2019s spring turkey season with a Junior Turkey Hunt Day on April 16 statewide and on April 17\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/wild-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">in select Sunday hunting counties<\/a>. The regular spring turkey season will run from April 18 through May 23 statewide.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWild turkey populations remain strong throughout most of Maryland, so we predict a nice spring turkey hunting season,\u201d Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto said. \u201cWe encourage hunters to get outside and introduce interested youth or other beginners to the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Junior Turkey Hunt Days allow licensed youth ages 16 and under to hunt wild turkeys when accompanied by an unarmed adult 21 and older, who holds a valid Maryland hunting license. Adults may not possess a bow, crossbow or firearm while accompanying a youth hunter during the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>The daily bag limit for the spring season is one bearded turkey with a season bag limit of two bearded turkeys. Hunting hours are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 16-17 (Junior Turkey Hunt): Half-hour\u00a0before sunrise to sunset;<\/li>\n<li>April 18-May 9: Half-hour before sunrise to noon; and<\/li>\n<li>May 10-May 23: Half-hour before sunrise to sunset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Complete season dates, regulations and check-in procedures are located here and in the\u00a0<em>2015-2016 Maryland Guide to Hunting &amp; Trapping<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters with questions may contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> at 410-260-8540.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Turkey Hunt Days\u00a0April 16-17 Youth hunters will kick-off Maryland\u2019s spring turkey season with a Junior Turkey Hunt Day on April 16 statewide and on April 17\u00a0in select Sunday hunting counties. The regular spring turkey season will run from April 18 through May 23 statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10083"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10106,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions\/10106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}