Calendar



2008 FALL TURKEY:

  • Season: Oct. 1 - Dec. 2 AND Dec. 15 - 31 AND Jan. 5 - 31, 2009.
  • Fall Turkey Permits in Units 1, 2, and 3 and game tags for Unit 2 may be purchased over the counter at any license vendor from July 1 thru Jan. 30, 2009.
  • No permits authorized in Unit 4 .
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
  • Legal Equipment: Shotguns 20 gauge or larger using shot sizes 2-9; long, recurve or compound bows.
  • Limit: Each hunter may obtain no more than one turkey permit and three turkey game tags. Residents and nonresidents who purchase a turkey permit may also purchase as many as three turkey game tags valid in Unit 2 only. Fall turkey permits and game tags are valid for both male and female turkeys.

DEER

Application Deadlines:

Resident Any-Deer Draw: July 11 , 2008;
Resident Whitetail Any Season Permit: Dec 30, 2008;
Resident Archery: Jan. 30, 2009;
All Nonresident: June 2, 2008;
Antlerless Whitetail Permit: Jan 30, 2009
Hunt-own-Land Permit: Jan 3, 2009

2008 Deer Season Dates:

  • Youth and Disability: Sept. 13 thru Sept. 21, 2008
  • Early Muzzleloader: Sept. 22 thru Oct. 5, 2008
  • Archery: Sept. 22 thru Dec. 31, 2008
  • Early Firearm (DMU 19 only): Oct. 11 - Oct.19, 2008
  • Regular Firearm: Dec. 3 - Dec. 14, 2008
  • Firearm Extended Whitetail Antlerless Season: Jan.1 thru Jan.4, 2009 ( Open for Units 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 19 only)
  • Special Extended Whitetail Antlerless Season: Jan. 5 thru Jan. 11, 2009 (Open north of highways K-9 and US-24 in Units 7 and 8 only)
  • Archery Extended Whitetail Antlerless Season (DMU 19 only): Jan. 5 thru Jan. 31, 2009
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

HUNTING & TRAPPING

  • NOTE: All furbearer hunting, trapping, and running seasons begin at 12 noon on opening day and close at midnight of closing day.
  • Species: badger, bobcat, mink, muskrat, opossum, raccoon, swift fox, red fox, gray fox, striped skunk, weasel.
  • Season Dates (statewide): Nov. 12, 2008 - Feb. 15, 2009 Limit: No limit.

RUNNING

  • Species: bobcat, opossum, raccoon, red fox, and gray fox.
  • Season Dates (statewide): March 1 - Nov. 1
  • Legal hours for running furbearers is 24 hours daily. Furbearers cannot be killed or taken during the running season. A furharvester license is required to run furbearers. It is illegal to possess any firearm or other hunting or trapping equipment while pursuing these animals during the running season.