2025 Spring Turkey Hunt Dates Announced at Cape Cod National Seashore

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Date: February 28, 2025
Contact: Chris Anderson, 508-487-2100, ext. 0911

WELLFLEET, Mass.– The spring Eastern wild turkey hunt will begin in Massachusetts on Monday, April 28, 2025. This is the 14th season that spring turkey hunting will be permitted in Cape Cod National Seashore. The 2025 national seashore turkey hunting season will run April 28 through May 17, which is the first three weeks of the state’s four-week turkey season. The spring youth turkey hunt will take place on Saturday, April 26.

The spring turkey hunt in the national seashore will be consistent with most of Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations. However, a national seashore turkey hunting permit is required in addition to the state hunting license and state turkey permit. The April 26 youth turkey hunt does not require additional permitting through the seashore beyond state licensing requirements.State regulations restrict turkey hunting to Monday through Saturday, from ½ hour before sunrise until noon. These regulations will apply in the national seashore as well. The tactics most hunters use during this season is hunting from a stationary location while using calls to try and attract toms (male turkeys) to their location.

A turkey hunting permit application may be obtained on the Cape Cod National Seashore website at www.nps.gov/caco/planyourvisit/hunting-fishing.htm. Permit applications should be emailed to e-mail us. Permit applications must be received by March 31. The application includes all information needed to enter the spring turkey hunt lottery.

For more information about the Cape Cod National Seashore spring turkey hunt, please contactRanger Chris Anderson, at 508-487-2100, ext. 0911.