2007 Fall Archery Season One wild turkey of either sex may be taken by archery. Sept. 15 - Dec. 15: WMUs B, C1, C2, D1, D2, E, F, G, H1, H2, I1, I2, J1, J2, K, L, M Areas CLOSED to fall turkey hunting: WMU A Limit: One wild turkey, either sex Legal methods: Archery only Hunting Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset. Registration: The fully feathered, intact turkey must be registered and sealed within 24 hours of the time of taking.
Fall Shotgun Season New Hampshire has a 5-day fall shotgun season only in WMUs D1, D2, G, H1, H2, I1, I2 and K (the Connecticut River Valley and southwest portions of the state); these areas constitute the state's most dense turkey populations. The 2007 fall shotgun turkey season will run Monday through Friday, from October 15 - 19, 2007. Participants in the fall shotgun turkey season need both an $11 fall shotgun permit and a $6 turkey license, as well as a current N.H. hunting license. The fall shotgun permit entitles a hunter to take a single bird of either sex with a shotgun. Hunters can take only a single turkey during the fall, either with bow and arrow during the archery season, or with a shotgun during the shotgun season. The bird must be tagged with the "fall" tag that comes on the regular turkey license.
Shooting hours for the fall season will begin one-half hour before sunrise and end one-half hour after sunset. The fully feathered, intact turkey must be registered and sealed within 24 hours of the time of taking. Click here for fall shotgun turkey hunting strategies.

Hunters are restricted to taking a single turkey during the fall, either with bow and arrow, during the archery season, or with a shotgun during the fall shotgun season provided the hunter possesses a fall shotgun permit. The turkey must be tagged with the "fall" tag that comes with the regular turkey license. The fully feathered, intact and tagged turkey must then be taken to a turkey registration station and sealed within 24 hours of the time of taking. For a list of turkey registration stations, go to www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Hunting/Hunt_species/hunt_turkey.htm.  Shooting hours for the fall season begin one-half hour before sunrise and end one-half hour after sunset. 

During the 2006 first-ever, limited fall shotgun turkey season, 824 hunters purchased permits. They killed a total of 122 turkeys from the eight WMUs open to fall shotgun turkey hunting, all in the western half of New Hampshire. "The modest harvest of 122 turkeys was only 3.4 percent of the May 2006 spring season and will have little impact on the state’s overall turkey population," stated Fish and Game’s Turkey Project Leader, Ted Walski.

New Hampshire’s fall archery season for wild turkey runs from September 15 though December 15 statewide, except for WMU A, which is closed to fall turkey hunting. A total of 208 turkeys
were taken by hunters during the fall 2006 archery season. Incidentally, when hunting with a bow, it must be at least a 40-pound pull bow. Arrows must have the archer’s name and address on them. Fixed-blade broadhead arrows must not be less than 7/8 inch in width. Retractable-blade broadheads may be smaller than 7/8 of an inch wide in flight, but not less than 7/8 of an inch when open.

Don’t think that turkey hunting is popular? According to N.H. Fish and Game Department, nearly 20,000 hunters purchase New Hampshire turkey hunting permits annually. However, most hunt during the spring gobbler season. Turkeys had disappeared from the state, through market and substance hunting and habitat loss, by 1854. In 1975, our Fish and Game Department released 25 wild turkeys in the state. Through careful management, based on good science, and the great work of Fish and Game’s Turkey Project Leader, Ted Walski, that initial introduction has grown to more than 36,000 turkeys today. This population is a true wildlife restoration success story, thanks also to the Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program.

November 22 marks Thanksgiving Day and there could be no finer tablefare to celebrate with than wild turkey on the table.