Game Bird Hunting

Wild Turkey Hunting Licences

You require a wild turkey hunting licence to hunt this species in Manitoba. Licences can be purchased at Manitoba Conservation offices throughout the province, or at participating vendors.

Non-resident

There is no wild turkey hunting season for non-residents and foreign residents.

Landowners

A landowner must purchase a wild turkey licence to hunt wild turkey.

Game Tags

When a wild turkey kill is made, the hunter must immediately cut out the month and date of kill on the game tag. If the hunter maintains actual possession of the wild turkey, affixing the cut out game tag may be delayed until the wild turkey has been taken to a means of transportation. Immediately upon reaching such transportation, the cut out tag must be securely attached to the wild turkey.

Game tags should be affixed in a manner that allows them to be seen and inspected at any time.

Party Hunting

Wild turkey hunters may hunt in a party of two persons.

A youth hunter who holds a Wild Turkey Youth Licence can only form a party with the licensed adult supervisor.

When one hunter bags a wild turkey and uses their game tag, both party members may continue to hunt as a party until both tags have been used, provided that each party member has signed and indicated their hunting licence number in ink on the back of the hunting licence of the other party member. Hunters must remain in a position to be readily identified as party hunters searching for the same species (verbal hailing distance without the aid of electronic devices such as but not limited to cell phones or walkie talkies).. The hunter with the unused tag must be present. A licensee may form only one party.

Tree Stands and Blinds

Any tree stand or blind on Crown land must be clearly identified with the name and address of the person who placed it. Tree stands or blinds can only be left overnight on Crown lands for the purpose of hunting deer, moose, elk, caribou, black bear and wild turkey. Tree stands and blinds being used to hunt deer, moose, elk, caribou, black bear and wild turkey can be placed up to two weeks before the season they are intended to be used for and all parts of tree stands and blinds on Crown land must be removed within two weeks of the close of the hunting season for which they are used.  Tree stands and blinds can be used to hunt any other legally hunted wildlife as long as they are removed from Crown lands and taken with the hunter when they are finished hunting for the day.