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Young hunters take 2,771 turkeys on youth weekend

Young hunters take 2,771 turkeys on youth weekend

By Missouri Conservation Commission

Preliminary data shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,771 birds over the past youth weekend, April 10 and 11.

Top harvest counties were Miller with 73 birds checked, Texas with 71 and Callaway with 68. 

During the 2020 spring youth weekend young hunters checked 2,712 turkeys.

More harvest information is also available on a county basis.

The regular spring turkey season runs April 19 through May 9. Spring turkey hunting regulations are available online.

MDC suspended enforcement of river gauge requirements impacting spring turkey hunting in portions of southeast Missouri. Affected were existing Thebes, Ill., and Cairo, Ill., river gauge requirements within Zones 1 and 2 in Scott and Mississippi counties for both the youth and regular 2021 spring turkey hunting seasons.

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