How Much Does a Guided Turkey Hunt Cost in Tennessee?

The $1,500 listing that didn't make the cut

One Tennessee sportsman's club lists an "Annual Membership" at $1,500 flat, and on paper that's the same shape as every other price here — one number, no day rate attached. It isn't the same purchase. A membership buys a year of access to whatever the club offers, turkey included; a guided hunt buys one trip. Folding a subscription into a distribution of single-hunt prices is how you get a median that's wrong about both numbers, so it's left out of the $1,000 above the same way a per-day rate would be — not because the club is doing anything wrong, but because "$1,500 for a year" and "$1,500 for a hunt" aren't the same question.

What $150 and $1,500 actually buy

The $150 hunt is Triple C Ranch's day rate, part of a combined turkey-and-hog listing — one hunter, one day. The $1,500 hunt is Elk River Outfitters' three-day guided package, and at that price it's still the highest real turkey-hunt total in the state. Nothing in this pool runs into elk or exotic money. Turkey hunting in Tennessee is a four-figure purchase at the outside, not a five-figure one.

What the price covers

Thirteen of the 15 listed hunts spell out what comes with the price. Lodging shows up on about seven in ten of them, a guide on six in ten, and meat or bird processing on close to half; meals are on the ticket for a little over a third. A $1,000 hunt with lodging, a guide, and processing included is a different trip than a $1,000 hunt with none of the three — check the card below before you assume the price covers what you think it does.

When you can hunt, and the fee on top

Tennessee's spring gobbler season runs April 3 through May 16, 2027, with a two-bird bag limit — only one of the two can be a jake — plus a young-sportsman weekend March 27–28. Fall turkey opens archery-only September 26 through October 30, adds shotgun for the back two weeks of that window (October 17–30), then reopens archery-only November 2–6 (TWRA). There's no separate turkey stamp or tag fee the way there is for duck: turkey hunting runs on Tennessee's general Big Game license, the same one that covers deer — $214 for a nonresident 7-day all-game license, $305 for the nonresident annual version. Add the cheaper of those to the median hunt price above and a nonresident is looking at roughly $1,200 before a hotel room or a tip.