Missouri Turkey News

Hunters shoot 12,970 turkeys during second week of season - May. 04, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY?Hunters checked 12,970 wild turkeys during the second week of Missouri?s spring turkey season, boosting the two-week tally slightly above last year?s figure.

Turkey season creates jobs, supports state economy - Mar. 29, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY-Looking for a bright spot in Missouri's economic picture? Look outdoors. The upcoming spring turkey season will pump tens of millions of dollars into the state economy, just as it does every year.

Spring turkey season will bring challenges, opportunities - Mar. 24, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri's top turkey biologist has two words for hunters going into the 2010 spring turkey hunting season - "challenging" and "restraint."

Archers harvest a bumper crop of deer, turkeys - Jan. 20, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY-Bowhunters might have been looking for ways to feed families and friends. They might have been hunting for charity. Or maybe they are just getting better at what they do. Whatever the reason, Missouri bowhunters checked more than deer and turkeys than ever before during the four-month archery season.

Conservation Commission sets 2010 turkey seasons - Dec. 23, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY-The Missouri Conservation Commission has set 2010 spring and fall turkey hunting regulations that mirror 2009 season structures. Spring season dates are the only difference.

Fall turkey season - good times & good management - Sep. 29, 2009
Rumors are cropping up - especially in southern Missouri - that the Conservation Department might cancel this year's fall firearms turkey season. This is not true, but like most rumors, it started with a grain of truth. The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission recently announced it was cancelling its fall turkey season. Someone got the message wrong and transferred the closure to Missouri.

Improved turkey nest success promises better hunting - Sep. 25, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY-Things are looking up for Missouri?s wild turkey flock and for those who hunt the wily birds.

Missouri hunters check 41,830 turkeys - May. 12, 2009
The harvest in the regular spring turkey season was less than last year but more than predicted.