Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests
2022 Harvest Tags and Instructions
ATTENTION HUNTERS: If you do not receive a confirmation number once you submit a harvest report, DO NOT immediately submit another report. Go back to this Tagging and Reporting webpage; select the “Review Reports” button; and enter the required information. You should be able to view your profile to see if the harvest report was recorded and get the confirmation number if it was (there may be a short lag time before the report shows up).
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- Immediately upon making your harvest, complete a Deer/Turkey Harvest Tag (2022 Tags). The Harvest Tag must be kept with your deer or turkey until it is processed for consumption. While transporting your harvest, you may keep the Harvest Tag in your pocket or wallet. However, if you leave the animal, the completed Harvest Tag must remain with it.
- Deer hunters are NO longer required to bring their deer to a check station. During the entire season, deer harvests must be reported via the Department's website or by calling 1-877-337-4868 within 24 hours.
- All turkeys and deer taken during other periods must be reported within 24 hours via the DEEP's website or by telephone at the toll-free number, 1-877-337-4868 (1-877-DEP-HUNT). The Harvest Report Form provides a list of the information you must submit. to You may find that submitting harvest reports on the website is much easier than using the telephone reporting system (which uses a live attendant who will ask you a series of questions to obtain harvest information). On the website, you answer questions by using convenient drop-down menus. Other advantages of using the website reporting option is that you can review previously submitted reports and print out copies of these reports.
- If you report by telephone, you will need to know the 3-digit number code of the town in which the animal was harvested. A table in the Hunting and Trapping Guide lists Connecticut’s 169 towns and their identifying number codes. The Town Number Code Table is also available on the DEEP's website. If you harvested your deer or turkey on state land, you will also need to know the 3-digit number code of the public hunting area. Tables in the printed Hunting and Trapping Guide also list the 3-digit number codes for all of the public hunting areas. The Public Hunting Area Number Code Tables (split into tables for Eastern and Western Connecticut) are also available on the DEEP's website.
- After reporting via the internet or by telephone, you will be given a confirmation number to write on your Harvest Tag. This confirmation number will serve as proof that you have legally reported your harvest.
- At any time, you can log on to Connecticut's Online Hunter Harvest Reporting System to review the reports you have previously submitted.
Harvest Report Form
Before reporting your harvest, make sure you have all of the information you need to accurately make your report. Need help determining the sex and age of your harvested wild turkey?
Information Requested for Either Deer or Turkeys |
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No. of Hours Hunted |
No. of Deer Observed ___ Fawns ___ Does ___ Bucks |
Conservation ID# (5 or 6 digits on license) |
4-digit Year of Your Birth (e.g.,1960) |
Permit Type/Season (e.g., archery deer, spring turkey, etc.) |
2-digit Month of Harvest (01 to 12) |
2-digit Day of Harvest (01 to 31) |
3-digit Town Code |
3-digit Public Hunting Area Code (if applicable) |
Land Type (private or state) |
Tag Type (e.g., antlerless, either-sex, etc.) |
Type of Hunting Implement (e.g., rifle, shotgun, bow, etc.) |
Age/Sex Description |
Number of Antler Points (00 to 24, if applicable) |
Town 3-Digit Number Codes for Reporting Harvests
No. | Town | No. | Town | No. | Town |
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001 | Andover | 058 | Griswold |
114 | Preston |
002 | Ansonia | 059 | Groton | 115 | Prospect |
003 | Ashford | 060 | Guilford |
116 | Putnam |
004 | Avon | 061 | Haddam |
117 | Redding |
005 | Barkhamsted | 062 | Hamden |
118 | Ridgefield |
006 | Beacon Falls | 063 | Hampton |
119 | Rocky Hill |
007 | Berlin | 064 | Hartford |
120 | Roxbury |
008 | Bethany | 065 | Hartland |
121 | Salem |
009 | Bethel | 066 | Harwinton |
122 | Salisbury |
010 | Bethlehem | 067 | Hebron |
123 | Scotland |
011 | Bloomfield | 068 | Kent |
124 | Seymour |
012 | Bolton | 069 | Killingly |
125 | Sharon |
013 | Bozrah | 070 | Killingworth |
126 | Shelton |
014 | Branford | 071 | Lebanon |
127 | Sherman |
015 | Bridgeport | 072 | Ledyard |
128 | Simsbury |
016 | Bridgewater | 073 | Lisbon |
129 | Somers |
017 | Bristol | 074 | Litchfield |
130 | Southbury |
018 | Brookfield | 075 | Lyme |
131 | Southington |
019 | Brooklyn | 076 | Madison |
132 | South Windsor |
020 | Burlington | 077 | Manchester |
133 | Sprague |
021 | Canaan | 078 | Mansfield |
134 | Stafford |
022 | Canterbury | 079 | Marlborough |
135 | Stamford |
023 | Canton | 080 | Meriden |
136 | Sterling |
024 | Chaplin | 081 | Middlebury |
137 | Stonington |
025 | Cheshire | 082 | Middlefield | 138 | Stratford |
026 | Chester | 083 | Middletown |
139 | Suffield |
027 | Clinton | 084 | Milford | 140 | Thomaston |
028 | Colchester | 085 | Monroe | 141 | Thompson |
029 | Colebrook | 086 | Montville | 142 | Tolland |
030 | Columbia | 087 | Morris | 143 | Torrington |
031 | Cornwall | 088 | Naugatuck | 144 | Trumbull |
032 | Coventry | 089 | New Britain | 145 | Union |
033 | Cromwell | 090 | New Canaan | 146 | Vernon |
034 | Danbury | 091 | New Fairfield | 147 | Voluntown |
035 | Darien | 092 | New Hartford | 148 | Wallingford |
036 | Deep River | 093 | New Haven | 149 | Warren |
037 | Derby | 094 | Newington | 150 | Washington |
038 | Durham | 095 | New London | 151 | Waterbury |
039 | Eastford | 096 | New Milford | 152 | Waterford |
040 | East Granby | 097 | Newtown | 153 | Watertown |
041 | East Haddam | 098 | Norfolk | 154 | Westbrook |
042 | East Hampton | 099 | North Branford | 155 | West Hartford |
043 | East Hartford | 100 | North Canaan | 156 | West Haven |
044 | East Haven | 101 | North Haven | 157 | Weston |
045 | East Lyme | 102 | North Stonington | 158 | Westport |
046 | Easton | 103 | Norwalk | 159 | Wethersfield |
047 | East Windsor | 104 | Norwich | 160 | Willington |
048 | Ellington | 105 | Old Lyme | 161 | Wilton |
049 | Enfield | 106 | Old Saybrook | 162 | Winchester |
050 | Essex | 107 | Orange | 163 | Windham |
051 | Fairfield | 108 | Oxford | 164 | Windsor |
052 | Farmington | 109 | Plainfield | 165 | Windsor Locks |
053 | Franklin | 110 | Plainville | 166 | Wolcott |
054 | Glastonbury | 111 | Plymouth | 167 | Woodbridge |
055 | Goshen | 112 | Pomfret | 168 | Woodbury |
056 | Granby | 113 | Portland | 169 | Woodstock |
057 | Greenwich |
Public Hunting Area Codes
Western Connecticut 3-Digit Number Codes for Reporting Harvests
(Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties)
No. | Western CT Hunting Area | No. | Western CT Hunting Area |
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308 | Aldo Leopold WMA | 222 | Mount Riga State Park |
201 | Algonquin State Forest | 223 | Nassahegon State Forest |
202 | American Legion State Forest | 319 | Naugatuck State Forest |
203 | Barber Pond WMA | 320 | Naugatuck State Forest (Great Hill Block) |
309 | Bennett's Pond State Park | 321 | Naugatuck State Forest (Quillinan Reservoir Block) |
204 | Black Rock Lake | 224 | Nepaug State Forest |
205 | Bloomfield Flood Control Area (Site 1) | 225 | Newgate WMA |
206 | Bloomfield Flood Control Area (Site 2) |
226 | Nod Brook Management Area |
4 | Bristol Fish and Game | 227 | Northfield Brook Lake (federally-owned) |
329 | Bristol Water Company | 262 | NU - Kings Island Coop WMA |
207 | Camp Columbia State Forest | 228 | NU - Skiff Mtn. Coop WMA |
208 | Cedar Swamp WMA | 229 | Paugnut State Forest |
310 | Centennial Watershed State Forest | 322 | Paugussett State Forest |
209 | Centennial Watershed SF (Canaan Block) |
230 | People's State Forest |
310 | Centennial Watershed SF - Monroe Parcel (Hattertown Rd.) |
223 | Pequonnock Valley |
311 | Centennial Watershed SF - Shelton Parcel | 324 | Pootatuck State Forest |
312 | Charles E. Wheeler WMA | 325 | Quinnipiac River Marsh |
313 | Collis P. Huntington State Park | 326 | Quinnipiac River State Park |
210 | CT Light and Power (borders Newgate WMA) | 231 | Robbins Swamp WMA |
314 | East River Marsh WMA | 232 | Roraback WMA |
315 | East Swamp WMA | 268 | Scantic River State Park |
211 | East Twin Lakes Water Access Area | 233 | Sessions Woods WMA |
332 | Enders State Forest (Worthen Parcel ONLY) | 19 | Seymour Fish and Game Club |
316 | George C. Waldo State Park | 234 | Simsbury WMA |
213 | Goshen WMA | --- | South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority |
317 | Great Harbor WMA | 27 | Stanley Works Coop WMA |
318 | Great Swamp Flood Control Area | 350 | Stewart B. McKinney NWR - Calf Island Unit |
214 | Hancock Brook Lake (federally-owned) | 350 | Stewart B. McKinney NWR - Great Meadows Marsh |
215 | Housatonic River WMA | 350 | Stewart B. McKinney NWR -Chimon/Sheffield Islands |
216 | Housatonic State Forest | 235 | Sucker Brook Flood Control Area |
217 | John Minetto State Park | 22 | Suffield Sportsmen's Association |
218 | Mad River Dam Flood Control Area | 236 | Suffield WMA |
219 | Mattatuck State Forest | 237 | Sunnybrook State Park (west of Newfield Rd.) |
343 | MDC Barkhamsted Reservoir - East Block | 238 | Thomaston Dam (federally-owned) |
346 | MDC Barkhamsted Reservoir - West Block |
239 | Topsmead State Forest (north and west of Rt. 118) |
220 | MDC - Colebrook Reservoir/Hogback Dam | 327 | Trout Brook Valley State Park |
221 | MDC - Greenwoods Pond | 240 | Tunxis State Forest |
349 | MDC Lake McDonough | 24 | Wallingford Town Owned Area |
330 | MDC Nepaug Reservoir - Valentine/Pine Hill Block | 241 | Whiting River Flood Control Area |
345 | MDC Nepaug Reservoir - Sweetheart Mtn. Block |
242 | Wood Creek Flood Control Area |
14 | Meriden Rod and Gun Club | 328 | Wooster Mountain State Park |
341 | Mohawk State Forest - Clark Pond Tract | 243 | Wyantenock State Forest |
342 | Mohawk State Forest - Ziegler/Johnson Tract |
Eastern Connecticut 3-Digit Number Codes for Reporting Harvests
(Middlesex, New London, Tolland, and Windham Counties)
No. | Eastern CT Hunting Area | No. | Eastern CT Hunting Area |
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272 | Assekonk Swamp WMA | 261 | Nathan Hale State Forest Mgmt. Area |
244 | Babcock Pond WMA - Waterfowl Hunting Blind | 287 | Nehantic State Forest |
273 | Barn Island WMA | 288 | Nipmuck State Forest |
274 | Bartlett Brook WMA | 17 | Norwich Fish and Game Assoc. (South) |
275 | Bear Hill WMA | 289 | Nott Island WMA |
276 | Beaver Brook State Park | 263 | NU - Maromas Coop Area |
277 | Bigelow Hollow State Park | 264 | Nye Holman State Forest |
245 | Bishop Swamp WMA | 290 | Pachaug State Forest |
337 | Black Pond WMA | 291 | Pease Brook WMA |
347 | Candlewood Hill WMA | --- | Plum Bank WMA |
246 | Cockaponset State Forest | 292 | Pomeroy State Park |
247 | Cromwell Meadows WMA | 293 | Quaddick State Forest |
248 | Durham Meadows WMA | 294 | Quinebaug River WMA |
6 | East Windsor - Enfield Area | 295 | Quinebaug River WMA (Aspinook Pond) |
249 | Eightmile River WMA | 265 | Ragged Rock Creek WMA |
250 | Ellithorpe Flood Control Area | 266 | Raymond Brook Marsh WMA |
212 | Flaherty Field Trial Area | 296 | Red Cedar Lake (Camp Mooween) |
278 | Franklin Swamp WMA | 279 | Roger Tory Peterson Wildlife Area (formerly Great Island WMA) |
280 | Harkness Memorial State Park (Verkade Property) | 297 | Rose Hill WMA |
11 | Hebron Area | 298 | Ross Marsh WMA |
9 | Higganum - Haddam Rod and Gun Club | 299 | Ross Pond State Park |
251 | Higganum Meadows WMA | 267 | Salmon River Cover and Haddam Neck WMA |
252 | Higganum Reservoir | 300 | Salmon River State Forest (including Holbrook Pond) |
302 | James V. Spignesi WMA | 301 | Selden Neck State Park (Selden Island) |
281 | Killingly Pond State Park | 269 | Shenipsit State Forest |
253 | Kollar WMA | 333 | Silvio O. Conte NWR - Deadman's Swamp Unit |
254 | Larson Lot WMA | 333 | Silvio O. Conte NWR - Roger Tory Peterson Unit |
282 | Lebanon Coop Mgmt. Area | 333 | Silvio O. Conte NWR - Salmon River Division |
283 | Little River Fish and Wildlife Area | 333 | Silvio O. Conte NWR - Whalebone Cover Division |
284 | Lord's Cover WMA | 20 | Sprague Town Land PR Area |
255 | Mansfield Hollow Lake (excluding State Park) | 350 | Stewart B. McKinney NWR - Salt Meado Unit |
256 | Mansfield State-leased Field Trial Area | 303 | Sugarbrook Field Trial Area |
339 | Meadow Brook WMA | 304 | Talbot WMA |
338 | Menunketesuck WMA (formerly Chapman's Pond WMA) | 334 | Tankerhoosen WMA |
257 | Meshomasic State Forest | 270 |
Wangunk Meadows (off Rt. 17A) |
258 | Messerschmidt Pond WMA | 305 | West Thompson Dam (federal land) |
259 | Millers Pond | 271 | Wopowog WMA |
285 | Mohegan State Forest | 306 | Yale-Myers Forest (owned by Yale University) |
260 | Mono Pond | 307 | Zemko Pond |
286 | Natchaug State Forest |
Determining the Age and Sex of a Wild Turkey
You can use the table below, as well as the following photos, for assistance in determining the age and sex of your turkey before reporting your harvest.
Beard of an adult male turkey is longer than 6 inches.
Beard of a juvenile male turkey is shorter than 6 inches.
Spur of an adult male turkey is longer than 1/2 inch.
Spur of a juvenile male turkey is shorter than 1/2 inch.
Outer two wing feathers of an adult turkey are rounded with barring to the tip.
Outer two wing feathers of a juvenile turkey are pointed with no barring to the tip.
Adult turkey tail fan shape is smooth.
Middle tail feathers are longer than the others on the tail fan of a juvenile turkey.
Breast feathers of wild turkeys for females are dull buff-tipped (left) and iridescent black-tipped in males (right).
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Content last updated in January 2022.