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Published March 17, 2010, 11:40 AM

Outdoors blog: Leftover Wisconsin turkey permits on sale Monday

By: Sam Cook, Duluth News Tribune

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Leftover Wisconsin turkey permits on sale Monday

    Remaining permits for Wisconsin's 2010 spring turkey hunting season will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis starting Monday, March 22. Leftover permits will be first issued for sale by zone, one zone per day, with each zone having a designated sales date.

    In total, 225,729 permits were available for the spring 2010 turkey season. More than 149,000 permits were issued to hunters who applied for permits by the Dec. 10 application deadline, leaving more than 76,000 permits available after the drawing.

    Hunters should check the turkey zone map [PDF] to verify where they want to hunt and then check the turkey permit availability page to see if permits are available for the period and zone they want to hunt in.

    Sales will start at 10 a.m. Monday and continue through midnight each day or until permits are all sold. These sales will be held for five consecutive days with customers able to purchase one permit per day. Any remaining leftover permits for all zones will go on sale March 27 and will continue until sold out or the season ends.

    The following zones have leftover permits. The scheduled sales dates are as follows:

    • Zone 1 – Monday, March 22

    • Zone 2 – Tuesday, March 23

    • Zone 3 – Wednesday, March 24

    • Zone 4 – Thursday, March 25

    • Zone 5 & Zone 6 – Friday, March 26 - Due to the low number of permits left in these units, the sale has been combined into one day.

   

The fee for turkey permits is $10 for residents, and $15 for nonresidents. All hunters will also be required to pay the spring turkey license and stamp fee, unless they have previously purchased the license and stamp, or are a 2010 Conservation Patron License holder. Residents and nonresidents will have equal opportunity to purchase over-the-counter permits. Purchasing these permits will not affect preference status for future spring or fall turkey permit drawings. A select number of disabled turkey permits for several state parks are also available for leftover sales. Disabled hunters should note that these permits will only be available through DNR service centers.

Leftover permits can be purchased over the Internet through the Online Licensing Center; by calling toll-free 1-877-WI LICENSE (1-877-945-4236); at license sales locations; or DNR service centers during the time they are open for counter service.

       The spring 2010 turkey hunting season runs from April 14-May 23. The season is divided into six five-day time periods.


 

 

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