I was sitting at home tonight around 7pm when I realized that surplus tags went on sale today at 5pm for zone 501 for those of us who applied but did not get drawn. I ran out the door and headed out to Fleet Farm, there were 399 tags available for zone 501 season D. By the time I got to Fleet Farm there were 18 left and I got one! 
I am going turkey hunting!!! 
Congrats Steve, the last couple years with the addition of the bowhunting over the counter tag I do not even worry about it anymore. It helps to have access to non pressured turkeys for those late seasons though.
Goodluck! 
cant you purchase over the counter license for the last two seasons??
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cant you purchase over the counter license for the last two seasons??
The way I understand it this is how it works……
For anyone that applied and did not get drawn, on the 19th you could buy a tag for season D zone 501, 399 tags were avalable.
On the 21st anyone can buy a left over tag for the last four seasons even if you did not apply for the draw.
yes you can but archery only!
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yes you can but archery only!
I was told archery only if you pick the option of hunting all of the last four seasons. You can hunt with a gun if you pick one of the last four seasons.
2012 SPRING WILD TURKEY HUNT APPLICATION PROCEDURES
New this year: It is not necessary to enter into the lottery for time periods E through H. The E through H time periods will be available to anyone. The E through H time period licenses will be sold as a surplus license at ELS agent locations in mid March.
It is not necessary to enter into the lottery for permits
for time periods E- H they are available over the
counter at ELS vendors.
Thanks for the info clicker 
So I take it for the over the counter tags E through H you can use gun or bow?
If you choose the archery tag, you can hunt seasons E – H. If you choose to use a shotgun, you must choose ONE season, E – H. You are then limited to one of those 4 day seasons.
I can’t find it in the regulations where it states it’s OK to use a bow for a shotgun tag. Although common sense would lead one to think that it would be. However, it seems counter productive to buy a shotgun tag and then hunt with a bow and limit yourself to 4 days of hunting instead of having 16.
E and F are 5 day seasons. G and H are 7 day seasons.
You are right, sorry for the confusion.
I was doing math at 5:30AM.
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