Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests

• 2026 Harvest Tags
• Frequently Asked Questions

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).

1. Immediately upon making your harvest, complete a Deer/Turkey Harvest Tag (2026 Tags). Photocopies or handwritten versions may also be used. Handwritten versions must be signed and include your Conservation ID#, your name, date of harvest, time of harvest, town of harvest, and the permit type used. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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. 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.
4. If you report by telephone, you will need to know the 3-digit number code of the town in which the animal was harvested. 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 are split into eastern and western Connecticut).
5. 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.
6. 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

• 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.)
• 3-digit town code
• 2-digit month of harvest (01 to 12)
• 2-digit day of harvest (01 to 31)
• 3-digit town code
• Time of day
• Land type (private or state)
• 3-digit public hunting area code (if applicable)
• Tag type (e.g., antlerless, either-sex, etc.)
• Age/sex description
• Number of antler points (00 to 24, if applicable)
• Type of hunting implement (e.g., rifle, shotgun, bow, etc.)
• Number of hours hunted
• Number of deer observed (fawns, does, or bucks)

Town 3-digit number codes for reporting harvests

Public hunting area codes

Western Connecticut 3-digit number codes for reporting harvests

(Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties)

Eastern Connecticut 3-digit number codes for reporting harvests

(Middlesex, New London, Tolland, and Windham Counties)

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 on October 16, 2026.