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Fall firearms turkey harvest up for second year in a row
11/2005
MDOC
With the entire month of October to hunt, Missourians killed more than 13,000 birds.
JEFFERSON CITY--Hunters killed 13,308 turkeys during the fall firearms turkey season, bettering the past two years' harvests, but still falling short of a record.
This year's harvest topped last year's mark by 1,565, but fell 1,179 short of 2002's record harvest.
Franklin County led county harvest totals with 245 birds checked. Not far behind were Laclede and Webster with 241 each. Other counties that broke the 200 mark were: Macon, 224; Adair, 208; Cedar, 210; Howell and Greene with 206 each; and Pettis, 202.
Regional harvest totals were: Northwest, 2,211; Southwest, 2,198; Northeast, 1,942; Central, 1,840; Kansas City, 1,665; Ozark, 1,371; Southeast, 1,148; St. Louis, 933.
The Missouri Department of Conservation recorded two nonfatal firearms-related hunting accidents during the season Oct. 1 through 31. None were reported last year.
This is the first year for a full month of fall firearms turkey hunting in Missouri. The season previously ran for two weeks in late October.
-Jim Low-
11/2005
MDOC
With the entire month of October to hunt, Missourians killed more than 13,000 birds.
JEFFERSON CITY--Hunters killed 13,308 turkeys during the fall firearms turkey season, bettering the past two years' harvests, but still falling short of a record.
This year's harvest topped last year's mark by 1,565, but fell 1,179 short of 2002's record harvest.
Franklin County led county harvest totals with 245 birds checked. Not far behind were Laclede and Webster with 241 each. Other counties that broke the 200 mark were: Macon, 224; Adair, 208; Cedar, 210; Howell and Greene with 206 each; and Pettis, 202.
Regional harvest totals were: Northwest, 2,211; Southwest, 2,198; Northeast, 1,942; Central, 1,840; Kansas City, 1,665; Ozark, 1,371; Southeast, 1,148; St. Louis, 933.
The Missouri Department of Conservation recorded two nonfatal firearms-related hunting accidents during the season Oct. 1 through 31. None were reported last year.
This is the first year for a full month of fall firearms turkey hunting in Missouri. The season previously ran for two weeks in late October.
-Jim Low-
