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2011 SPRING
WILD TURKEY
Application Instructions
and Season Regulations
A TAG IS REQUIRED TO HUNT
WILD TURKEY IN NEVADA
2011 Spring Turkey dates and limits are set by the
Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners in CR 07-07,
CR 07-07 Amendment #2, Amendment #3, Amendment
#5, and Amendment #6.
Hunting Hours and Limits: Spring wild turkey hunting
hours are one half hour before sunrise to 4:00 p.m. daily.
Limit: 1 Bearded Wild Turkey by tag only.
March 25 - May 5, 2011 Unit 102 & 065 of Elko County* 300 15
* Applicants are advised that a significant portion of the turkey population occurs on private lands. Permission
should be obtained from the landowner before applying for this hunt.
** Applicants are advised that a portion of the turkey population occurs on private lands.
*** Applicants are advised that a significant portion of the turkey population occurs on Great Basin National Park
lands. Hunting is not permitted within park boundaries.
Resident Fees: Tag fee $20, nonrefundable fees $13 ($10 Internet Online Convenience fee: A nonrefundable $2
application fee, $3 predator management fee), hunting fee for each resident application submitted, $3.50 for non-
license fee $33, or combo hunting and fishing license $54. resident applications submitted online.
New for 2011 - A Lyon County or Churchill County application form is required. Hunters can obtain these forms from
the participating landowners. A landowner must sign the application form. The form must be submitted through the
mail or over the counter during business hours, M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wildlife Administrative Services, P.O. Box 1345,
Fallon, NV 89407-1345. Tags will be available until the close of the season. Internet applications for the Lyon County
and Churchill County hunts will not be available. Draw results will be available at NDOW regional offices and online at
www.huntnevada.com on March 4, 2011. Tags will be available until the close of the season. Only one person may
apply on an application.
RESIDENT Paradise Valley of Humboldt County Wild Turkey Spring Hunt 0135
Bonus Point Code: XBP
A Paradise Valley of Humboldt County application form is required. Hunters can obtain these forms from the participating
landowners. A landowner must sign the application form. The form must be submitted through the mail or over the counter
during business hours, M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wildlife Administrative Services, P.O. Box 1345, Fallon, NV 89407-1345.
Tags will be available until the close of the season. Internet applications for the Paradise Valley of Humboldt County
hunt will not be available. Draw results will be available at NDOW regional offices and online at www.huntnevada.com
on March 4, 2011. Tags will be available until the close of the season. Only one person may apply on an application.
*Applicants are advised that a portion of the turkey population occurs on private lands.
Youth must be 12 prior to the opening of the hunt season indicated and not attain their 18th birthday until after the
last day of the hunt season indicated, pursuant to NAC 502.063.
There will be no remaining tags allocated. Hunt is closed to nonresidents.
March 25 - May 5, 2011 Unit 102 & 065 of Elko County* 320 2 Application Deadline:
5 p.m., Feb. 15, 2011, by
mail or Internet.
Units 223, 231, 241, 242, 243
March 25 - April 3, 2011 321 1 Limit: One bearded wild
and 271 of Lincoln County**
turkey.
Units 223, 231, 241, 242, 243 Shooting Hours: One
April 4 - April 13, 2011 322 1
and 271 of Lincoln County** half hour before sunrise
to 4 p.m. daily.
Units 223, 231, 241, 242, 243
April 24 - May 3, 2011 323 1 Note: Notice of tag
and 271 of Lincoln County**
drawing results will be
posted online on
March 25 - May 5, 2011 Unit 115 of White Pine County*** 324 1 March 4, 2011.
*Applicants are advised that a significant portion of the turkey population occurs on private lands. Permission should
be obtained from the landowner before applying for this hunt.
**Applicants are advised that a portion of the turkey population occurs on private lands.
***Applicants are advised that a significant portion of the turkey population occurs on Great Basin National Park
lands. Hunting is not permitted within park boundaries.
This publication receives funding through the Federal Aid in Sport Fish and/or Wildlife Restoration. Federal Laws
prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age and disability. If you believe you have been
discriminated against in any NDOW program, activity, or facility, please write to the following:
New for 2011 - A Lyon County or Churchill County application form is required. Hunters can obtain these forms from
the participating landowners. A landowner must sign the application form. The form must be submitted through the
mail or over the counter during business hours, M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wildlife Administrative Services, P.O. Box 1345,
Fallon, NV 89407-1345. Tags will be available until the close of the season. Internet applications for the Lyon County
and Churchill County hunts will not be available. Draw results will be available at NDOW regional offices and online at
www.huntnevada.com on March 4, 2011. Tags will be available until the close of the season. Only one person may
apply on an application.
NONRESIDENT Paradise Valley of Humboldt County Wild Turkey Spring Hunt 0137
Bonus Point Code: ZBP
Season Dates Hunter Choice Special Regulations
Open Counties Quota
(Inclusive) Number and Information
A Paradise Valley of Humboldt County application form is required. Hunters can obtain these forms from the participating
landowners. A landowner must sign the application form. The form must be submitted through the mail or over the counter
during business hours, M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wildlife Administrative Services, P.O. Box 1345, Fallon, NV 89407-1345.
Tags will be available until the close of the season. Internet applications for the Paradise Valley of Humboldt County
hunt will not be available. Draw results will be available at NDOW regional offices and online at www.huntnevada.com
on March 4, 2011. Tags will be available until the close of the season. Only one person may apply on an application.
License and Tag Requirements Wildlife Management Area Regulations (in part)
A tag is required to hunt wild turkey. A person, while Restrictions on use of firearms - NAC 504.135
hunting wild turkey, shall have in his possession: The discharging of a rifle or pistol is prohibited on the fol-
(a) A valid hunting license; and lowing Wildlife Management Areas: Overton in Clark County;
(b) A valid tag to hunt wild turkey issued to him... Mason Valley in Lyon County...
The use of shotguns capable of holding more than three
Tag & Validation Requirements - NAC 502.378 shells is prohibited on all wildlife management areas owned
After killing a wild turkey and taking it into his posses- or managed by this state unless the shotgun is plugged with
sion, the hunter shall immediately punch the tag, month and a one-piece filler, incapable of removal without disassem-
day, and attach it to the turkey’s body. bling the gun, so that the total capacity of the shotgun does
not exceed three shells.
Use Of Tag - NAC 502.385 The use or possession of shells for a shotgun containing
Each hunter must carry his/her own tag while hunting. It
shot that is toxic or larger than standard-size T is prohib-
is unlawful for any person to use or possess a tag issued to
ited on the following wildlife management areas: Overton in
any other person or to transfer or give a tag issued to him to
Clark County; Mason Valley in Lyon County... The use or
any other person. It is unlawful for a person to use any tag in
possession of shotgun rounds with sabots that contain other
a management area or unit for which it is not intended or to
than rifled slugs of conventional design is prohibited on all
use a tag at any time other than at the time intended. After
wildlife management areas owned or managed by this state.
it has been issued, a tag may not be exchanged or a refund
made except in accordance with the policies and regulations Manner of Hunting - NRS 503.150
of the Wildlife Commission. It is unlawful to hunt any game bird or mammal with any
gun capable of firing more than one round with one continu-
Legal Weapons and Ammunition for Hunting ous pull of the trigger, or with any full steel, full steel core,
Wild Turkey - NAC 503.187 full metal jacket, tracer or incendiary bullet or shell, or any
No weapon other than a (a) shotgun which is no larger shotgun larger than number 10 gauge.
than 10 gauge nor smaller than 20 gauge and uses a shot It is unlawful to hunt game birds with any rifle or hand-
size no larger than a number 2 pellet; or (b) longbow and gun, with the aid of any artificial light, or in any manner other
arrow, may be used to hunt wild turkey. Shot used to hunt than with a shotgun held in the hand, with a longbow and
wild turkey on a wildlife management area must be (a) non- arrow or by means of falconry.
toxic shot; and (b) not larger than standard-size T. “Nontoxic
shot” means any shot that has been approved by the United Areas Closed to Hunting (in part) - NAC 504.340
States Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to 50 C.F.R. § Those portions of the Lake Mead National Recreation
20.134. Area which are within: a 1-mile radius of Overton Landing,
Willow Beach, Rogers Spring, the area for cabins at Stew-
Loaded Rifle/Shotgun in or on Vehicle art’s Point, Echo Bay, Eldorado Canyon, Cottonwood Cove
Prohibited - NRS 503.165 and the petroglyphs of Grapevine Canyon.
It is unlawful to carry a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun All portions of the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge in
in or on any vehicle standing on or driven along any pub- Churchill County south of Division Road...
lic highway or any other way open to the public. A rifle or All portions of Clark, Lincoln and Nye Counties within
shotgun is considered loaded when there is an unexpended the boundaries of the Nellis Air Force Range, the Nevada
(live) cartridge or shell in the firing chamber. The provisions Test Site and the Desert National Wildlife Refuge are closed.
of this section do not apply to paraplegics, persons with one
or both legs amputated or who have suffered a paralysis of Harvest Return Card
one or both legs which severely impedes walking, or peace IMPORTANT: Harvest Return Card Questionnaires are
officers and members of the armed forces of this state or required for turkey. Regardless of harvest, the questionnaire
the United States while on duty or going to or returning from must be received by May 31, 2011. Any person who fails to
duty. return the questionnaire by this date will be denied all turkey
tags for one year. Go online to www.huntnevada.com to re-
Discharging Firearm From, Over Road port results.
Unlawful - NRS 503.175
...a person who discharges a firearm from, upon, over or Use of Dogs
across any federal highway, state highway as designated in It is unlawful to hunt, chase or pursue any wild turkey
NRS 408.285, or main or general county road as designated with a dog from March 1 through June 30 of any year.
in NRS 403.170, is guilty of a misdemeanor.