Turkey hunters checked 33,355 birds this spring season.
From April 18 to May 8, the top regular season harvest counties included Franklin with 798 birds harvested, Callaway with 614 and Gasconade with 606, according to Missouri Department of Conservation.
Young turkey hunters were able to harvest 2,896 birds over the youth weekend April 9-10, which brought the overall spring turkey harvest to 36,251. In 2021, young turkey hunters harvested 2,795 birds during the spring youth season and hunters harvested 31,800 birds during the regular spring season for a 2021 spring season total harvest of 34,595 turkeys, per MDC.