Senate Amendment 5
H 4820 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Turkey season

Senator Grooms proposes the following amendment (SFGF-4820.BC0019S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 50-11-580(A) and inserting:

 (A) The season for the hunting and taking a of legal male wild turkeyturkeys is April 3 through May 3:
  (1) in Game Zones 1 and 2, April 1 through May 10; and
  (2) in Game Zones 3 and 4, March 22 through April 30.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 1, Section 50-11-580, by adding a subsection to read:

 (E) Notwithstanding subsection (A), in Game Zone 3 a landowner of property in a conservation easement that is two thousand five hundred acres or more may elect to begin the season for the hunting and taking of legal male wild turkeys on the property on March 22 by providing a statement of the election to the department.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 4, by striking Section 50-11-590(A) and inserting:

 (A) The Saturday and Sunday preceding April 3 the start of a game zone turkey seasonand the Saturday and Sunday following May 3 is declared to be a "Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend" within the game zone for youth turkey hunters under eighteen years of age.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 4, by striking Section 50-11-590(C) and inserting:

 (C) The total bag limit during Youth Turkey Hunting Weekendfor the two Youth Turkey Hunting Weekends combined is one legal male wild turkey for the weekend that shall count toward the season bag limit. A youth turkey hunter who has reached the season bag limit on or prior to May 3 must not harvest or attempt to harvest a turkey during the Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend following May 3 but is permitted to call turkeys for another youth turkey hunter. A turkey harvest must be reported to the electronic harvest reporting system pursuant to the provisions of Section 50-11-546.