Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows turkey hunters checked 41,970 birds during Missouri’s 2023 regular spring turkey season, April 17 through May 7. Top regular season harvest counties were Franklin with 973 birds harvested, Callaway with 801 and Osage with 792.

Young turkey hunters also harvested 2,566 turkeys over the youth weekend, April 1 and 2, bringing the overall 2023 spring turkey harvest to 44,536 – the highest harvest total since 2016.

Last year, young turkey hunters harvested 2,894 turkeys over the spring youth season and hunters harvested 33,359 during the regular spring season for a 2022 spring season total harvest of 36,253.

Totals by county in the KMMO listening area include:
-Carroll- 575
-Chariton-330
-Cooper-349
-Howard-350
-Johnson-455
-Lafayette-219
-Pettis-295
-Saline-321

To access a full list by counties visit https://extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.