Young turkey hunters harvested 4,145 birds during the April 9-10, 2016, spring youth season, with Callaway, Franklin and Green as the top harvest counties in preliminary data.
Callaway and Franklin county reports showed 105 birds harvested in each, and Greene County with 88 birds. Gasconade, Osage and Saint Clair counties each came in next with 84 birds harvested.
Young hunters checked 4,441 turkeys during last year's youth weekend. For more information by county on the turkey harvest for spring youth season, visit extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.
Information on the upcoming regular spring turkey hunting season, April 18 through May 8, and the 2016 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet is available online in the MDC Hunting section at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/turkey.
Youth and adult hunters who harvest their first turkeys can have the accomplishment recognized through a special certificate from Department of Conservation, complete with photo. Learn more at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/trophies-certificates/certificates.