R657-69-6. Control Permits for Turkey

  (1)(a) As part of a damage mitigation and prevention plan, the division may issue a turkey control permit at no cost directly to the affected landowner or lessee, or to their immediate family member or employee.

  (b) No more than two control permits may collectively be issued per calendar year under each damage prevention and mitigation plan.

  (2) A control permit allows the permit holder to take a single turkey of either sex within the boundaries designated in the damage mitigation and prevention plan.

  (3) Control permit turkey hunts may be held August 1 through March 14.

  (4)(a) In the event that the landowner or lessee, or the landowner or lessee's immediate family member or employee, who receives the control permit does not possess a valid hunting or combination license, the division may issue a special turkey control license at no cost to the designated permit holder for the purposes of obtaining a control permit.

  (b) A special turkey control license does not authorize the license holder to take any other protected wildlife or to obtain any other permit other than a turkey control permit.

  (5) Hunters who receive a control permit will not lose any bonus points accrued as part of the limited entry turkey application process.

  (6) Control permits may be withheld from persons who have violated this rule, any other wildlife rule, the Wildlife Resources Code, or who are otherwise ineligible to receive a permit.

  (7) Control permits issued under this section do not count towards permit possession limits identified in R657-54.

  (8) Rimfire firearms may be used as a legal weapon for wild turkey permits issued pursuant to this section.