Turkey permit lottery results (Spring)

Wild Turkey Lottery - Spring applications available early November. Deadline first Friday in January.

If you have been chosen to receive a 2012 spring wild turkey permit, you will receive your official notification in the mail. You may purchase your license after March 1, 2012 at any DNR license agent, by telephone (1-888-665-4236) or on the Internet at https://jc.activeoutdoorsolutions.com/mn_customer/. An additional convenience fee is added for sales via the web site or telephone (see web site for details).

Check whether you were drawn for a 2012 spring wild turkey license by entering either your:

1.

9-digit MDNR #:

OR

2.

Driver's License #:

(You must use capital letters in your license number.)

 

SURPLUS LICENSES

Surplus spring wild turkey hunt licenses are available.

Surplus list:
501D=399
505D=22
506B=15
506D=18
509B=8
509D=11
510D=125
512B=4

Surplus (or undersubscribed) turkey hunt licenses are available to hunters who applied in the 2012 turkey lottery drawing but were unsuccessful. Surplus licenses will go on sale beginning March 19, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.

On Wednesday, March 21, at 12 noon the remaining surplus licenses and the E - H permits will go on sale for anyone who does not already have a license, even if they did not apply for the 2012 spring turkey lottery. All turkey hunters are restricted to one permit for the 2012 spring season.

You can purchase surplus licenses on a first-come, first-served basis at any ELS license agent or online. Surplus licenses cannot be purchased by phone.

Landowners/tenants

2012 spring turkey - Landowner permits This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.

Turkey clinic

Before you hunt, sign up for a (non-mandatory) wild turkey hunting clinic.

Preference levels

Each year that you apply for a license and don't get drawn for one, you earn a preference point until you are drawn. If you are a first-year applicant or a previous-year winner, you are a preference level 1. The higher your preference level, the better chance of getting a license. For example, a preference level 2 has a better chance of getting a license than a preference level 1. Group preference works the same way. Some of our lottery drawings you can apply for as a group, such as this one; your group's preference is the same as the preference of the member with the lowest preference level.

More information

Check the turkey hunting page for information about the hunt.

For all other questions, please email info.dnr@state.mn.us.