Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that hunters checked 2,127 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season that ran from October 1-31.

A news release says top harvest counties were Greene with 70 birds harvested, Maries with 58 and Franklin with 55.

In the KMMO listening area, 12 birds were harvested in Chariton County; followed by Cooper, Howard and Lafayette with nine each; Pettis with eight; and Saline and Carroll each with six.

Hunters harvested 1,953 birds during the 2019 fall firearms turkey season.

Fall archery turkey hunting continues through November 13 and resumes November 25 through January 15, 2021.

Photo courtesy the Missouri Department of Conservation.