DNR now selling bonus harvest authorizations for spring turkey season

MADISON, Wis (CIVIC MEDIA) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin selling bonus harvest authorizations for the 2025 spring turkey season on today (Monday March 17) with a designated sale date for each zone. Previously known as leftover permits, bonus harvest authorizations will be available online through the Go Wild license portal and at all license sales agents. Sales will begin at 10:00 AM and run through midnight each day. Anyone still seeking harvest authorizations may purchase bonus authorizations at this time.

New this year, if hunters do not have a Go Wild username and password, they will be required to create them. This is to add another layer of protection to Go Wild accounts.
The DNR highly recommends that hunters create their username and password before Monday, as they will not be able to make their bonus harvest authorizations purchase before they have created them, which may slow down their purchase experience. This means that if people are in the queue to purchase a bonus harvest authorization but have not yet created their username and password, they will not be able to do so until it is their turn to enter the site.

Bonus harvest authorizations are $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents. Both residents and nonresidents have equal opportunities to purchase authorizations. Hunters are encouraged to check the turkey zone map and spring turkey bonus harvest authorization availability to see if harvest authorizations are available for the time period and zone they intend to hunt. Each zone will have a designated sale date. Hunters can purchase bonus authorizations at a rate of one per day until the zone and time period are sold out or until the season closes. Bonus harvest authorization purchases will not affect preference point status for future spring drawings.

Additionally, the DNR recommends turkey hunters interested in purchasing a Conservation Patron license for the 2025 – 26 season do so before Monday to make the bonus harvest authorization process as quick and easy as possible.

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