CSV.1.8.240 Wild Turkey Hunting Regulations

(a) Permit Required. No member or duly authorized non-member shall hunt wild turkeys without possessing a valid small game harvest permit approved by the Tribal Governing Board issued pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter. Such a permit may be the member's tribal identification card required by Section CSV.1.3.030(c) of this ordinance.

(b) Season. No member or duly authorized non-member shall harvest any wild turkeys except during the open season which shall be as follows (all dates are inclusive):

(1) Fall Season: Day after Labor Day to December 31.

(2) Spring Season: April 1 to May 31.

(c) Number of Wild Turkeys Available for Harvest. There shall be no limits on the harvest of wild turkeys during the open season, except the Tribal Governing Board reserves the right to impose limits that the tribal conservation department determines is in the best interest of the Tribe to do so.

(d) Bag Limit. None

(e) Methods of Turkey Harvest. No member or duly authorized non-member shall hunt wild turkeys:

(1) By any means other than a .22 caliber rifle, shotgun or muzzle-loading shotgun fired from the shoulder, or a bow and arrow or a crossbow.

(2) With live decoys for the purposes of enticing wild turkeys.

(f) Wild Turkey Harvest Information.

(1) No member or duly authorized non-member who has harvested wild turkeys pursuant to this ordinance, shall fail or refuse to provide a harvest report, data, or such other relevant harvest information, as may be requested by a tribal conservation warden, tribal law enforcement officer or the tribal conservation department.

(2) No member or duly authorized non-member shall provide information to a tribal conservation warden, tribal law enforcement officer or the tribal conservation department which the member or duly authorized non-member knows, or has reason to know, is false or misleading.

(g) Other Restrictions Applicable. While hunting wild turkeys, no member shall fail to comply with the other restrictions applicable to hunting generally or to small game hunting specifically, which are not modified or otherwise affected by the provisions of this section.

(h) Authorization for Closure. Pursuant to Section CSV.1.3.300 of this ordinance, the Director of the tribal conservation department is thereby delegated the authority to close any area to the harvesting of wild turkeys prior to the season's closing date, generally or with respect to a particular location, whenever in his or her professional opinion and judgment the continuation of the harvest is likely to result in a harvest exceeding the Tribe's harvest goals or may otherwise cause biological harm to the tribal wild turkey population.