The Wildlife Board approved a few updates for upland game and turkey hunting rules on Thursday. The changes include: Requiring mandatory harvest reporting for wild turkey, as well as the associated late fee and other penalties for noncompliance. Increasing the number of control permits for turkey from two to five. Removing language that prohibits selling vouchers or charging access fees for control permit vouchers. Allowing multiple landowners to hunt each other’s adjacent properties with control permits and vouchers. Removing the requirement for a .25-mile buffer between commercial hunting areas and wildlife/waterfowl management areas. Adding turkey to the urban deer rule to provide municipalities with additional options for trapping nuisance turkeys in urban areas. And paying qualifying landowners monetary compensation for turkey damage to haystacks, silage and seed.
