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2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations
and Information
Missouri Department of Conservation
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
Table of Contents
What’s New for 2018?
Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
◾ Turkey hunting regulations have changed for several
Hunter-Education Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 conservation areas. See pages 8–15.
How Turkey Season is Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ◾ New managed hunts have been added and others
have been removed or modified. See Page 16.
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Permit Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sunrise Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 NOTE: According to rule 3 CSR 10-5.216 of the Wildlife
Resident Landowner Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Code of Missouri, if you have been convicted of multiple
or major violations of the Code in the past five years, the
Apprentice Hunter Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Conservation Commission may consider suspending
Turkey Hunting Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 or revoking your hunting, trapping, and/or fishing
privileges regardless of any previous court action.
Turkey Hunting Regulations on Department Areas . . . . . . . . . . 8
The point system the Commission uses to assess Code
Managed Hunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 violations is explained at short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkV.
How to Tell a Gobbler from a Hen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rules for Safe Turkey Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Feral Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tagging and Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to use Telecheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Wildlife Code Turkey Hunting Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
MCHF Helps You Invest in
Your Love for Nature
O ver the past 20 years, thanks to donations
from hunters like you, the Missouri
Conservation Heritage Foundation has
supported youth and veteran hunting events,
blinds for hunters with disabilities, wildlife
habitat improvements, and conservation
education. With your help, we can do even
more! Consider making a planned gift or
Director, Department of Conservation other donation, or purchasing a Conservation
Sara Parker Pauley Heritage License Plate today. You may direct
The Conservation Commission
your contributions to the area of conservation
Don C. Bedell
you care most about. For more information,
Marilynn J. Bradford
David W. Murphy visit mochf.org or call 800-227-1488.
Nicole E. Wood
Missouri Department of Conservation
PO Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
573-751-4115
mdc.mo.gov
Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Missouri
Department of Conservation is available to all individuals without regard to their race,
color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, veteran status,
or disability. Questions should be directed to the Department of Conservation, PO Box
180, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 573-751-4115 (voice) or 800-735-2966 (TTY), or to
Chief, Public Civil Rights, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.
2 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
Turkey Seasons
Youth Spring Turkey Hunting Season
Who May Participate:
Hunter-Education Requirement
◾ Youth hunters who are age 6–15 on opening day All hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1967, and hunting
with a Resident or Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting
Season Dates: April 7–8, 2018
Permit must complete an approved hunter-education
Shooting Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset Central program and display their certification card before they
Daylight Time can purchase a firearms turkey hunting permit unless:
Valid Permits: ◾ They first purchase an Apprentice Hunter Authoriza-
◾ Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit tion. See Page 6 for requirements.
◾ Resident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting Permit ◾ They are ages 6–15 and will be hunting with a quali-
fied mentor. See Page 5.
◾ Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
◾ They have a developmental disability. See rule 3 CSR
Note: Landowner permits are valid only on the land for which 10-5.205 of the Wildlife Code of Missouri.
they are issued. See Page 6 for qualifications. Hunters do not need to show their hunter-education
Youth Season Limit: One male turkey or turkey with card if certification can be verified online. If this is not
visible beard. possible, some hunters will need to contact the Con-
Note: Youths who take a turkey during the youth season may servation Department to provide proof of hunter-edu-
not harvest a second bird until April 23. This is because the cation certification. Once in Missouri’s permit database,
bird taken during the youth season counts as the first bird for hunters won’t have to submit this information again.
the first week of the regular season. A person must be at least 11 years old to receive
hunter-education certification in Missouri. Hunters
using a Resident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting
Regular Spring Turkey Permit are exempt from the hunter-education require-
Hunting Season ment unless they were born on or after Jan. 1, 1967,
and are mentoring a firearms hunter who is not hunter-
Season Dates: April 16–May 6, 2018 education certified.
Shooting Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1 p.m. Central For more information or to find a hunter-education
Daylight Time class in your area, visit mdc.mo.gov/huntereducation.
Valid Permits:
◾ Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
◾ Resident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting Permit How Turkey Season
◾ Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit Opening Dates are Set
Season Limit: Two male turkeys or turkeys with a
The current formula for setting spring turkey season strikes
visible beard may be taken during the season, with the
a balance between the biology of turkey reproduction and
following restrictions:
hunters’ desires for an earlier season, especially in southern
◾ You may take only one turkey during the first week from Missouri. As a result, the season begins on the third Monday
April 16–22. in April, which during most years produces an earlier season
◾ If you do not take a turkey during the first week, then than what was set using the previous formula.
you may take two during the second or third week from The youth season opens nine days before the regular
April 23–May 6, but you may not take them both on the season, except when that would make it fall over the Easter
same day. weekend. In those cases, the youth season begins the week-
Note: If you harvest a turkey during a managed hunt, it end before Easter.
counts toward your two-bird season limit. See pages 16–17.
OPERATION GAME THIEF
Telecheck your turkey by 10 p.m. Remain Anonymous; Reward Possible
on the day it is taken.
Dial toll free 800-392-1111
mdc.mo.gov 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 3
General Information
W
ild turkeys may be pursued, taken, killed,
possessed, or transported only as outlined in MDC’s MO Hunting App
this booklet. For complete hunting regulations, Makes Permits Easy
refer to the Wildlife Code of Missouri, available at
The Conservation Department’s
sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/3csr/3csr.asp.
free MO Hunting app offers a
The following methods are allowed during quick, easy, and convenient option
spring turkey hunting seasons: for carrying your permits afield,
voiding a permit after harvesting a
◾◾ Shotguns with shot not larger than No. 4
turkey, and Telechecking your harvest.
◾ Longbows, recurve bows, or compound bows. Hand-held
The app, which is available for Apple and Android
string-releasing devices, illuminated sights, scopes, and
mobile devices, allows you to:
quickpoint sights are allowed.
◾◾ Purchase permits.
◾ Crossbows
◾◾ See all the hunting, fishing, and trapping permits you
◾ Atlatls
have purchased — even if they were purchased from
The following methods are prohibited: a traditional vendor, online, or by telephone.
◾ Shotguns capable of holding more than 3 shells in ◾ Carry valid, electronic permits afield.
magazine and chamber combined ◾ Electronically “notch” (void) your turkey permits
◾ Shot larger than No. 4 (in use or in possession) directly from the app.
◾ Rifles, pistols, and other firearms that propel a single pro- ◾◾ Telecheck your turkey, using an easy-to-fill form.
jectile at one discharge Telecheck will upload a confirmation number to the
◾ Any sighting device that casts a beam of light on the game app. You can also see turkeys and deer you have Tel-
◾ Thermal imagery equipment or night vision equipment (in echecked in the past. Note: Wildlife labeling require-
use or in possession) ments still apply. See Page 20.
◾ Recorded calls (in use or in possession) To log in to MO Hunting, you’ll need your Conservation
◾ Use of dogs or live decoys Number. This nine-digit number can be found on the
◾ Use of bait, which includes grain or other feed placed or back of your Heritage Card or on any current or previous
scattered so as to attract turkeys. An area is considered permit. For help locating your Conservation Number,
baited for 10 days after complete removal of the bait. A call 573-522-0107 during regular business hours or go
hunter can be in violation if they take or attempt to take a to short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkH.
turkey by aid of bait where the hunter knows or reasonably MO Hunting is available for free in the Google Play
should know the area is or was baited. It is illegal to place and iTunes stores. You can also get MO Hunting and
bait in a way that causes others to be in violation of the learn more about the app at mdc.mo.gov/mobile/
baiting rule. mobile-apps.
Voiding the Permit: Hunters who harvest a turkey must Note: Make sure you update MO Hunting before
notch their permit immediately. See Page 20. each hunting season to ensure you are using the most
recent version of the app and that all of your permits are
Tagging and Checking: As long as you stay with your har-
visible while hunting.
vested turkey, you don’t need to tag it, but you must keep
your notched permit on hand. If you leave your turkey, you
must attach a tag. Turkeys must be checked by 10 p.m. on the
day taken using the Telecheck system. See pages 20–21.
Note:
◾◾ Any hunter who kills or injures a turkey must make a rea-
sonable effort to retrieve and include it in his or her season
limit, but this does not authorize trespass.
◾◾ It is a violation to wantonly leave, abandon, or waste com-
monly edible portions of game.
◾◾ Anyone helping to call in a turkey or assisting another
hunter must be properly licensed with either a filled or
unfilled spring turkey hunting permit.
4 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
Spring Turkey Permits SUNRISE AT J EFFERSON CITY, MO.
Central Daylight Time
Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit SUNRISE SUNSET SUNRISE
DAY A.M. P.M. DAY A.M.
Age 16 or older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17
APRIL APRIL
Age 6–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50 7 . . . . . 6:44 . . . . . . 7:38 26 . . . . . 6:18
Resident Landowner 8 . . . . . 6:43 . . . . . . 7:39 27 . . . . . 6:16
Spring Turkey Hunting Permit . . . . . . . . . . Free; see Page 6 16 . . . . . 6:31 28 . . . . . 6:15
17 . . . . . 6:30 29 . . . . . 6:14
Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit 18 . . . . . 6:28 30 . . . . . 6:13
Age 16 or older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190 19 . . . . . 6:27 MAY
Age 6–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50 20 . . . . . 6:26 1 . . . . . 6:11
21 . . . . . 6:24 2 . . . . . 6:10
Note: Youth age 6–15 are not required to be hunter-education 22 . . . . . 6:23 3 . . . . . 6:09
certified. If the youth is hunter-education certified and hunt- 23 . . . . . 6:22 4 . . . . . 6:08
ing on a resident or nonresident spring turkey permit, he or 24 . . . . . 6:20 5 . . . . . 6:07
she may hunt alone. If the youth is not hunter-education certi- 25 . . . . . 6:19 6 . . . . . 6:06
fied, he or she must be in the immediate presence of a prop-
This table is for Jefferson City and points on the same longitude
erly licensed adult mentor who has a valid hunter-education north or south. For locations east, subtract one minute from the
certificate card or was born before Jan. 1, 1967. The mentor table for each 13 1/2 miles (airline) of distance. For locations west,
may not hunt turkeys during the youth spring turkey season. add one minute for each 13 1/2 miles. Or, for the sunrise and sunset
◾◾ “Immediate presence” means close enough for normal times anywhere in the United States, see the U.S. Naval Observatory
website: www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications.
conversation, without shouting.
◾◾ “Properly licensed” means a valid filled or unfilled spring
turkey hunting permit.
◾◾ “Adult” means someone age 18 or older. ◾◾ Nonresidents who are registered students attending a
Regardless of age, the youth must be capable of holding, public or private secondary, postsecondary, or vocational
aiming, and shooting the firearm by himself or herself. school in Missouri and who live in Missouri while attending
Resident landowners or lessees born after Jan. 1, 1967, school; must carry evidence of a Missouri residence and
accompanying youths on the landowner’s property or student status, such as a student ID, while hunting. Note:
property on which the lessee is residing must be hunter- Nonresident students who qualify for resident permits
education certified. must purchase them in person, over the phone, or through
the mail from Conservation Department offices.
Who may purchase resident permits? ◾◾ Immigrants who possess an I-551 Resident Alien Card from
◾◾ Any person who does not claim resident privileges in the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and who
another state or country, and whose actual residence and do not claim resident privileges in another state or country,
legal permanent home address are both in Missouri, and and whose actual residence and legal permanent home
have been for at least 30 days before applying for the per- address are both in Missouri, and have been for at least 30
mit. Owning real estate or attending a Missouri school does days before purchasing a permit.
not in itself make you a legal resident.
◾◾ Missouri residents employed by the United States in the Purchasing Permits
District of Columbia or serving in the U.S. armed forces. You may purchase turkey hunting permits:
(Immediate family members who reside with them also ◾◾ Over the counter from any permit vendor. Buy early to
may purchase resident permits.) avoid long lines. No surcharges will be assessed.
◾◾ All members of the U.S. armed forces stationed and resid- ◾◾ Online at mdc.mo.gov/permits. Use your credit card to
ing in Missouri on permanent change-of-station status and pay. No surcharges will be assessed. Print your permit at
immediate family members residing with them. home and have it in hand immediately.
◾◾ Any honorably discharged military veteran having a ◾◾ From your smartphone using the free MO Hunting app (see
service-related disability of 60 percent or greater, or who Page 4). Use your credit card to pay. No surcharges will be
was a prisoner of war during military service; must carry assessed. Your permit will appear on the app immediately
certified statement of eligibility from the U.S. Department after purchase.
of Veterans Affairs while hunting and purchasing permits. ◾◾ By telephone at 800-392-4115. Use your credit card and pay
◾◾ Any member of the U.S. military currently assigned as a a $1 surcharge. Allow 10 days for delivery.
patient to a Warrior Transition Brigade, Warrior Transition Note: No-cost resident landowner permits also are available.
Unit, or a military medical center; must carry orders show- See Page 6 for details.
ing such assignment while hunting and purchasing permits.
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Resident Landowner Permits
No-Cost Resident ◾◾ You must be a general partner of a partnership, an officer
of a resident or foreign corporation, an officer or manag-
Landowner Permits ing member of a resident limited liability company, or an
All turkey hunters, including landowners and lessees, must officer of a benevolent association organized pursuant to
have a valid turkey hunting permit. Resident landowners Chapter 352 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri when the
and lessees who meet the qualifications (see below) may before-mentioned organization owns at least 5 continuous
get no-cost resident landowner permits using any of the acres. In the case of corporate ownerships, all registered
following methods: officers of a corporation can qualify, and they are not
required to reside on the land. People who own stock in a
◾◾ Over the counter from any permit vendor. Go early to avoid corporation (shareholders) do not qualify.
long lines. No surcharges will be assessed. Note: Immediate household member is anyone, related or
◾◾ Online at mdc.mo.gov/permits. Print your permit at home unrelated, whose legal residence is the same as the qualifying
and have it in hand immediately. landowner or lessee for at least the last 30 days. Family mem-
◾◾ From your smartphone using the free MO Hunting app (see bers whose legal residence is elsewhere do not qualify.
Page 4). Your permit will appear on the app immediately
after purchase. To see if you qualify for landowner permits, visit short.mdc.
◾◾ By telephone at 800-392-4115. Use your credit card and pay mo.gov/ZkU.
a $1 surcharge. Allow 10 days for delivery.
Please have on hand the following information: Apprentice Hunter Authorization
◾◾ Your Conservation Number, Social Security number, or To help introduce adults to hunting, the Conservation Depart-
driver’s license number ment allows hunters age 16 or older who are not hunter-edu-
◾◾ The county where your land is located cation certified to hunt with firearms, as long as they:
◾◾ The number of acres you own or lease and reside on ◾◾ First purchase the Apprentice Hunter Authorization for $10;
Note: Each hunter may harvest only two turkeys during the ◾◾ Then purchase a firearms hunting permit for the season
spring season. You may not harvest additional turkeys using they want to hunt, for example, a Resident Spring Turkey
no-cost landowner permits. All landowner hunting permits Hunting Permit; and
are valid only on the land for which they are issued. You must ◾◾ Hunt in the immediate presence of a properly licensed
purchase permits to hunt on land you do not own or lease mentor 18 years old or older who is hunter-education
and reside on. certified or was born before Jan. 1, 1967. The mentor must
Qualifications for have a filled or unfilled permit for the prescribed season.
“Immediate presence” means close enough for normal
Landowner Permits conversation, without shouting.
To qualify for landowner permits, you must be a Missouri Note: The Apprentice Hunter Authorization can be purchased
resident. A Missouri resident is a person who does not claim twice, and it allows the holder to obtain firearms permits
any resident privileges (for example, hunting, fishing, trap- throughout the permit year. After the second purchase,
ping, driver’s license, or registered voter) in another state or the apprentice hunter will be required to become hunter-
country and whose legal residence or domicile has been in education certified if he or she wants to continue purchasing
the state of Missouri for at least 30 days prior to obtaining a firearms permits.
landowner permit.
In addition to being a Missouri resident, you also must meet Coyotes may not be
one of the following criteria: chased, pursued,
◾◾ You must own at least 5 continuous acres or be an immedi- or taken during
ate household member age 6 or older of someone who daylight hours from
does. Note: Landowners do not need to live on their land April 1–15, 2018.
to qualify for landowner permits; they must, however, be During the regular
Missouri residents. spring turkey season,
◾◾ You must lease and live on at least 5 continuous acres coyotes may be
owned by others or be an immediate household member taken using legal
age 6 or older of someone who does. Note: Participation spring turkey hunting methods by hunters holding an
in a hunting lease alone does not qualify an individual for unfilled spring turkey hunting permit and a Resident
landowner permits. Small Game Hunting Permit or a Nonresident Furbearer
Hunting and Trapping Permit.
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Poor Production Could Make for a More Challenging 2018 Season
O
f particular significance to spring turkey hunters is
the hatch that occurred two years ago because it
impacts the number of two-year-old gobblers on
the landscape. During the breeding season, these young,
subordinate birds are not associated with hens as often as
older, dominant birds. As a result, 2-year-old birds tend to
gobble more often and are more likely to respond to hunters’
calls. For many hunters, these young birds offer the most
exciting spring turkey hunting. Unfortunately, a poor hatch
in 2016 will result in fewer 2-year-old gobblers on Missouri’s
landscape this spring. As a result, hunters will probably need
to put forth more effort to be successful.
Transitional Times
Missouri’s turkey population has undergone a transition
during the past several decades. In the 1970s and 1980s,
when the recently restored population was expanding rapidly,
people often reported seeing flocks of turkeys during winter
that numbered well into the hundreds. During that time,
production was extremely high as turkeys took advantage of
vacant, highly suitable habitat. But a basic ecological principle
eventually caught up with Missouri’s turkeys. As wildlife
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
populations grow, factors that limit their size exert ever-
greater influence. Habitats become crowded, predators find
easy prey, and diseases spread more quickly. By increasing
mortality, decreasing production, or doing both, each limiting
factor puts the brakes on an expanding population.
Missouri’s wild turkeys were no exception. Although an with management objectives — such as ensuring the long-
increase in turkey numbers above current population levels is term well-being of the population, allowing harvest within
possible when good production occurs, it is unlikely numbers sustainable limits, and providing opportunity to enjoy
will ever increase to the peak populations observed following the resource — the plan outlines several criteria that are
restoration. Wild turkey populations are dynamic, and turkey evaluated each year to establish hunting regulations.
reproductive success is rarely constant from year to year. In
the future, hunters should expect to see fluctuations in turkey Expectations for the 2018 Season
abundance. There will be periods when poor production In most of the state, turkey numbers are not as high as
reduces turkey numbers for several years and periods when they were several years ago. Although Missouri’s turkey
improved production will increase numbers. population remains strong, the effects of poor production
in recent years will likely be evident during this year’s
A Comprehensive Approach to spring season. In addition to fewer 2-year-old gobblers,
Wild Turkey Management poor production in 2017 will result in fewer jakes this year.
The Conservation Department takes a comprehensive However, because of a favorable climate and good habitat,
approach to managing the state’s turkey population. A range Missouri’s landscape is capable of supporting high turkey
of biological information is collected annually to monitor densities. Therefore, even when turkey numbers are down,
trends in turkey production, abundance, and population Missouri still offers some great hunting. Each year, the spring
age-structure. The Department has conducted a number turkey harvest continues to be among the highest in the
of wild turkey research projects, including an ongoing nation, and despite poor production the past two years, the
study in northern Missouri. Data from these studies provide 2018 season should be no exception.
important information used to make management decisions.
The Department also surveys thousands of hunters each
year to learn about their opinions, success, and satisfaction.
The Department’s approach to turkey management is
guided by its Wild Turkey Harvest Management Plan. Along
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Turkey Hunting Regulations on Areas Managed
or Owned by the Conservation Department
T
his table is intended to inform hunters of opportunities Area Name County 1 2 3 4
for hunting wild turkeys on public land managed or
owned by the Conservation Department. Deroin Bend Atchison, Holt ✓
Turkey hunting is only allowed on Department areas Dupree Memorial Buchanan ✓
that are listed in the table. If an area that is owned or man- Elam Bend Gentry ✓
aged by the Conservation Department is not listed, turkey
Elrod Mill Access Andrew ✓
hunting is not allowed. For hunting opportunities on public
land that is not owned or managed by the Conservation Floyd Memorial Chariton ✓
Department, contact the appropriate agency. Fountain Grove Linn, Livingston ✓ ✓
For maps and more details of areas listed on the following
Gallatin Daviess ✓
pages, contact the regional office or visit mdc.mo.gov/atlas.
Grand Pass Saline ✓ ✓
Grand Trace Harrison ✓
Regulation key for table Hadorn Bridge Access Andrew ✓
Happy Holler Lake Andrew ✓
1. Statewide turkey seasons and limits apply.
2. Longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, atlatls, and Hardin Ray ✓
crossbows may be used. Turkey hunting with firearms Helton Memorial Harrison ✓
is prohibited. All other statewide turkey seasons and Holmes Bend Access Daviess ✓
limits apply.
3. Only nontoxic shot may be used. Honey Creek Andrew ✓
4. Managed hunt. See pages 16–17 for details. Jamesport
Daviess ✓
Community Lake
King Lake DeKalb, Gentry ✓
NORTHWEST 816-271-3100 Kneib Memorial Buchanan ✓
Lake Paho Mercer ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Little Compton Lake Carroll ✓
Agency Buchanan ✓ Little Tarkio Prairie Holt ✓
Aspinwall Bend Atchison ✓ Logan Memorial Buchanan ✓
Bagley Woods1 Mercer ✓ Lotts Creek Harrison ✓
Bee Creek Buchanan ✓ Lower Hamburg Bend Atchison ✓
Belcher Branch Lake Buchanan ✓ McClure Mercer ✓
Bilby Ranch Lake Nodaway ✓ McCormack Holt ✓
Bluffwoods Buchanan ✓ McGee Family Clinton ✓
Bonanza Caldwell ✓ McKinny Carroll ✓
Brickyard Hill Atchison ✓ Mockingbird Hill Access Grundy ✓
Brown (Bob) Holt ✓ ✓ Monkey Mountain Holt ✓
Bunch Hollow Carroll ✓ Mussel Fork Linn, Macon ✓
Chloe Lowry Marsh Mercer ✓ Nishnabotna Atchison ✓
Christie Andrew ✓ Nodaway County
Nodaway ✓
Corning Atchison, Holt ✓ Community Lake
Crooked River Ray ✓ Nodaway Valley Holt, Andrew ✓ ✓
Dalton Bottoms Access Chariton ✓ Pawnee Prairie Harrison ✓
Davis Memorial Andrew ✓ Pigeon Hill Buchanan ✓
Denton Access Gentry ✓ Pony Express Lake Dekalb ✓
This area is landlocked. You must get permission from
1
Poosey Livingston ✓
landowner to gain access.
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Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Price Bridge Access Chariton ✓ Elmslie Memorial Marion ✓
Punkin Center Access Livingston ✓ Ewing Lake Scotland ✓
Riverbreaks Holt ✓ Fabius Chute Access Marion ✓
Rush Bottoms Holt ✓ Fox Valley Lake Clark ✓
Schifferdecker Memorial Carroll ✓ Frost Island Clark ✓
Seat Memorial Gentry, Worth ✓ Griffiths Memorial Macon ✓
Sowards Ford Access Worth ✓ Heath Memorial Clark ✓
Star School Hill Prairie Atchison ✓ Henry Sever Lake Knox ✓
Sterling Price Hidden Hollow Macon ✓
Chariton ✓
Community Lake Hunnewell Access Shelby ✓
Sunbridge Hills Buchanan ✓ Hunnewell Lake Shelby ✓
Tarkio Prairie Atchison ✓ Indian Hills Scotland ✓
Thurnau Holt ✓ Julian Steyermark Woods Marion ✓
VanDyke Mercer ✓ LaBelle Lake Lewis ✓
Wagner Ray ✓ Locust Creek Sullivan ✓
Wiese2 Chariton ✓ McPike Access Marion ✓
Wolf Creek Bend Holt ✓ Mineral Hills Putnam ✓
Worth County Montgomery Woods Adair, Macon ✓
Worth ✓
Community Lake
Morris Prairie Sullivan ✓
Worthwine Island Andrew ✓
Mound View Access Shelby ✓
Yellow Creek Chariton ✓
Neeper Clark ✓
Pin Oak Shelby ✓
NORTHEAST 660-785-2420 Ranacker Pike ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Ray Memorial Marion ✓
Anderson Ralls, Pike ✓ Rebel’s Cove Putnam, Schuyler ✓
Arrow-Wood Shelby ✓ Redman Macon ✓
Atlanta — Rocky Hollow Monroe ✓
Macon ✓ Rose Pond Clark
Long Branch Lake ✓
Macon, Sears Community Lake Sullivan ✓
Bee Hollow ✓
Randolph Shanks Pike ✓ ✓
Big Creek Adair ✓ Shoemaker Adair ✓
Black Hawk Access Marion ✓ Soulard Access Marion ✓
Bollow Shelby ✓ Sugar Creek Adair ✓
Buck and Doe Run Clark ✓ Sunnyside School
Lewis ✓
Callahan Mound Access Marion ✓ Access
Cedar Bluff Access Monroe ✓ Sunrise Access Marion ✓
Clark Clark ✓ Thomas Hill Reservoir Macon ✓
Dark Hollow Sullivan ✓ Tolona Access Lewis ✓
Deer Ridge Lewis ✓ Adair, Putnam,
Union Ridge ✓
Dodd Access Macon ✓ Sullivan
Dunn Ford Access Marion ✓ Upper Mississippi —
Angle, Blackbird, Black-
Dupont Reservation Pike ✓ burn, Ducher, Gilbert, Pike ✓
Area is accessible by boat via Grand River or with permission
2 Mozier, North, Pharrs
from surrounding landowners. and South Fritz Islands
mdc.mo.gov 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 9
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Upper Mississippi — Grove Memorial Lafayette ✓
Marion ✓
Bay Island Harmony Mission Lake Bates ✓
Upper Mississippi — Hartwell Pettis ✓
Lewis ✓
Cottonwood Island
Hazel Hill Lake Johnson ✓
Upper Mississippi —
Fabius, Orton, Poage, Marion ✓ Hi Lonesome Prairie Benton ✓
Whitney, Ziegler Islands Ionia Ridge Benton ✓
White Oak Bend Access Knox ✓ Kahrs-Boger Park Pettis ✓
Willingham Memorial Monroe ✓ J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
Pettis, Johnson ✓
Woodlawn Access Monroe ✓ Memorial Units 1, 2
Wyaconda Crossing Lewis J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
✓ Pettis, Johnson ✓
Memorial Unit 3
W.R. Kearn Pettis ✓
KANSAS CITY 816-622-0900 Kendzora Buchanan, Platte ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Kings Prairie Access St. Clair ✓
Amarugia Highland Cass ✓ La Due Bottoms Henry ✓
Balltown Access Vernon ✓ Liberty Bend Clay ✓
Baltimore Bend Lafayette ✓ Linscomb St. Clair ✓
Big Buffalo Creek Benton, Morgan ✓ Little Bean Marsh Platte ✓ ✓
Big Drywood Creek Vernon ✓ Lone Jack Lake Jackson ✓
Birdsong St. Clair Lost Valley Fish
✓ Benton ✓
Hatchery
Blackjack Access St. Clair ✓
Maple Leaf Lake Lafayette ✓
Brickley Hollow Benton ✓
Marshall Platte ✓
Bridger Urban Jackson ✓
Montrose Henry ✓ ✓
Bristow Vernon ✓
Mora Benton ✓
Bruns Tract Pettis ✓
Mount Hulda Towersite Benton ✓
Bryson’s Hope Pettis ✓
Old Town Access Bates ✓
Burr Oak Woods Jackson ✓
Osage Prairie Vernon ✓
Cephas Ford Access Vernon ✓
Paint Brush Prairie Pettis ✓
Chapel View Prairie Henry ✓
Park, Guy B. Platte ✓
Cooley Lake Clay ✓ ✓
Parma Woods Range &
Dave Rock St. Clair ✓ Training Center — North Platte ✓
Dorsett Hill Prairie Cass ✓ of Powerlines Only
Douglas Branch Vernon ✓ Peabody Bates ✓
Drovers Prairie Pettis ✓ Saline, Pettis,
Perry Memorial ✓
Edmonson Access Benton ✓ Johnson
Ferguson-Herold Lafayette ✓ Platte Falls Platte ✓
Fewel Henry ✓ Poague Henry ✓
Flight Lake Vernon ✓ Ripgut Prairie Bates ✓
Four Rivers Vernon, Bates ✓ ✓ Schell-Osage Vernon, St. Clair ✓ ✓
Friendly Prairie Pettis ✓ Settle’s Ford Bates, Cass ✓ ✓
Gama Grass Prairie Vernon ✓ Sni-A-Bar Lafayette ✓
Grandfather Prairie Pettis ✓ Taberville Prairie St. Clair ✓
Granny’s Acres Benton ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓
Bethlehem
10 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Truman Reservoir — Carpenter Memorial Morgan ✓
Henry ✓
Brownington Church Farm Cole ✓
Truman Reservoir — Clifty Creek Maries ✓
Benton ✓
Brush Creek
Cooper Hill Osage ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓ Danville Montgomery ✓
Cedar Creek
Truman Reservoir — Danville —
Henry Montgomery ✓
Deepwater Creek
✓ Baldwin Annex
Truman Reservoir — Danville — Thornhill &
St. Clair Montgomery ✓
Gallinipper Creek
✓ Schulze Annex
Truman Reservoir — Davisdale Howard ✓
Henry ✓ Diana Bend Howard
Gouge Eye ✓
Truman Reservoir — Diggs Audrain ✓
Henry ✓
Grand River B
ottoms Eagle Bluffs Boone ✓ ✓
Truman Reservoir — Earthquake Hollow Callaway ✓
Henry ✓
Leesville
Fiery Fork Camden ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Franklin Island Howard ✓
Little Pomme de Terre
Gale Access Camden ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Grand Bluffs Montgomery ✓
Little Tebo Creek
Truman Reservoir — Hart Creek Boone ✓
St. Clair ✓
Sac-Osage Hinkson Woods Boone ✓
Truman Reservoir — Hite Prairie Morgan ✓
St. Clair ✓
Salt Creek
Honey Creek Access Cole ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Hungry Mother Howard ✓
Tebo Islands
Lamine River Cooper, Morgan ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓ Lick Creek Boone ✓
Upper Tebo Creek
Truman Reservoir — Little Dixie Lake Callaway ✓
St. Clair ✓
Valhalia Loutre Lick Access Montgomery ✓
Truman Reservoir — Lowe Audrain ✓
St. Clair ✓
Weaubleau Creek Madden Ford Access Miller ✓
Urich Henry ✓ Morgan,
Manito Lake ✓
Wah-Kon-Tah Prairie — Moniteau
St. Clair ✓
North of Highway 82 Mansfield Camden ✓
Marion Bottoms Cole, Moniteau ✓
CENTRAL 573-815-7900 Marshall Junction Saline ✓
Moniteau Creek Howard ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Moores Mill Access Callaway ✓
Ben Branch Lake Osage ✓
Northcutt Memorial Audrain ✓
Boone, Howard,
Bennitt, Rudolf ✓ Painted Rock Osage ✓
Randolph
Blind Pony Lake Saline ✓ Pikes Camp Access Cole ✓
Blue Lick Saline ✓ Plowboy Bend Moniteau ✓
Branch Towersite Camden Moniteau,
✓ Prairie Home ✓
Cooper
Bruns Access Osage ✓
Proctor Towersite Morgan ✓
Burnt Mill Cave Camden ✓
Reform Callaway ✓
Canaan Gasconade ✓
mdc.mo.gov 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 11Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Rinquelin Trail Hughes Mountain Washington ✓
Maries ✓
Community Lake Huzzah Crawford ✓
Rocky Fork Lakes Boone ✓ Kessler Memorial Lincoln ✓
Rocky Mount Towersite Miller ✓ Keysville Towersite Crawford ✓
Saline Valley Miller ✓ Kingston Access Washington ✓
Scrivner Road Cole ✓ LaBarque Creek Jefferson ✓
Smith Moniteau, Cole ✓ Franklin,
Little Indian Creek ✓
Smoky Waters Osage, Cole ✓ Washington
Spring Creek Gap Maries ✓ Little Lost Creek Warren ✓
Stringtown Bridge Access Cole ✓ Logan Lincoln ✓
Tate Island Callaway ✓ Long Ridge Franklin ✓
Three Creeks Boone ✓ Marais Temps Clair St. Charles ✓ ✓
Toronto Springs Camden ✓ Meramec — All of Area
Franklin ✓
Tri-City Community Except Wildlife Refuge3
Boone ✓
Lake Merrill Horse Access Jefferson ✓
Vandalia Community Myron and Sonya
Audrain ✓ Jefferson ✓
Lake Glassberg Family
Waters & Moss Pacific Palisades Jefferson ✓
Boone ✓
Memorial Pea Ridge Washington ✓
Wellsville Lake Montgomery ✓ Prairie Slough Pike, Lincoln ✓
Whetstone Creek Callaway ✓ Redhorse Access Franklin ✓
White Audrain ✓ Reifsnider Warren ✓
Wigwam School Access Morgan ✓ River ‘Round Franklin ✓
Wilson Camp Access Miller ✓ Saint Stanislaus St. Louis ✓
Sandy Island Lincoln ✓
ST. LOUIS 636-441-4554 Sizemore Memorial Crawford ✓
Upper Mississippi —
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 St. Charles ✓
Dresser Island
Anderson Memorial Crawford ✓ Upper Mississippi —
St. Charles ✓
August A. Busch St. Charles ✓ Pool 26 Tracts
B.K. Leach Memorial Lincoln ✓ ✓ Upper Mississippi —
Blue Springs Creek Crawford ✓ Stag, Sterling, Lincoln ✓
Westport Islands
Bootleg Access Washington ✓
Valley View Glades Jefferson ✓
Catawissa Franklin ✓
Victoria Glades Jefferson ✓
Columbia Bottom St. Louis ✓ ✓
Vonaventure Memorial Lincoln ✓
Crooked Creek Crawford ✓
Weldon Spring St. Charles ✓
Cuivre Island — Lincoln,
✓ White Memorial Lincoln ✓
Island Portion Only St. Charles
Cuivre Island — Lincoln, Young Jefferson ✓
✓
Mainland Portion St. Charles
Daniel Boone Warren ✓ SOUTHWEST 417-895-6880
Forest 44 — Jay Henges
St. Louis ✓
Range Restricted Portion Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Howell Island St. Charles ✓ Alfred Newton Gossett Dallas ✓
3
Hunting is not allowed in the wildlife refuge. Barclay Dallas ✓
12 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Bear Creek Laclede ✓ Lewis Family, Dean,
Bennett Spring Access Dallas ✓ Anna Mae, and Taney ✓
David D. Memorial
Bethel Prairie Barton ✓
Little Sac Woods Greene ✓
Bluff Springs Cedar ✓
Mary Lawson Laclede ✓
Bois D’Arc Greene ✓
Monegaw Prairie Cedar ✓
Boston Ferry Taney ✓
Mo-No-I Prairie Barton ✓
Brush Creek Polk ✓
Mon-Shon Prairie Barton ✓
Buffalo Hills McDonald ✓
Mule Shoe Camden, Hickory ✓
Buffalo Wallow Prairie Barton ✓
Murphy Memorial Hickory ✓
Bushwhacker Lake Barton, Vernon ✓
Neosho Towersite Newton ✓
Busiek Christian ✓
Niangua Webster ✓
Capps Creek Newton ✓
Osage Fork Laclede ✓
Charity Access Dallas ✓
Pa Sole Prairie Barton ✓
Clear Creek Vernon, Barton ✓
Paris Springs Access Lawrence ✓
Coffin Cave Laclede ✓
Phenix Access Greene ✓
Compton Hollow Webster ✓
Pilot Knob Stone ✓
Comstock Prairie Barton ✓
Pleasant Hope Polk ✓
Corry Flatrocks Dade ✓
Pomme de Terre Lake
Cowskin Access McDonald ✓ Hickory, Polk ✓
Management Lands
Cross Timbers Access Hickory ✓ Powell Towersite McDonald ✓
Dale Sare Greene ✓ Providence Prairie Lawrence ✓
Davis Memorial Barton ✓ Rader Access Webster ✓
Deep Ford Access McDonald ✓ Redwing Prairie Barton ✓
Diamond Grove Prairie Newton ✓ Risch Barton ✓
Dorris Creek Prairie Barton ✓ Roaring River Barry ✓
Drury-Mincy Taney ✓ Rocky Barrens Greene ✓
Drywood Barton ✓ Sentinel Polk ✓
Fiddlers Ford Access Dade ✓ Shawnee Trail Barton ✓
Flag Spring McDonald, Barry ✓ Sky Prairie Cedar ✓
Fort Crowder Newton ✓ Sloan Dade ✓
Goodman Towersite Newton ✓ Stockton Lake —
Goose Creek Laclede Dade, Polk ✓
✓ Big Sac Unit
Hayes Spring Stone ✓ Stockton Lake —
Dade, Polk ✓
Holland Stone ✓ Little Sac Unit
Hollister Towersite Taney ✓ Stony Point Prairie Dade ✓
Horse Creek Prairie Dade ✓ Stubblefield Access Barry ✓
Huckleberry Ridge McDonald ✓ Talbot Lawrence ✓
Indigo Prairie Dade ✓ Tipton Ford Access Newton ✓
Jessie Hollow Stone ✓ Treaty Line Prairie Barton ✓
Kickapoo Prairie Lawrence ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Hickory ✓
Cross Timbers
Lanagan Towersite McDonald ✓
Turkey Creek Cedar ✓
Lead Mine Dallas ✓
Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Polk ✓
mdc.mo.gov 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 13Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Wade and June Shelton Hyer Woods Dent ✓
Dade ✓
Memorial Indian Trail Dent ✓
Williams Ford Access Dallas ✓ Little Black Ripley ✓
Wire Road Stone ✓ Little Prairie Phelps ✓
Massengill Douglas ✓
OZARK 417-256-7161 Midvale Texas ✓
Montauk Towersite Dent ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Mountain View
Allen Memorial Wright ✓ Howell ✓
Towersite
Angeline Shannon ✓ Mudpuppy Ripley ✓
Barn Hollow Howell, Texas ✓ Norfork Lake Ozark ✓
Barnes Texas ✓ Odin Access Wright ✓
Beaver Creek Phelps ✓ Patrick Bridge Access Ozark ✓
Birch Creek Shannon ✓ Peck Ranch — Inside
Shannon, Carter ✓
Bohigian Phelps ✓ Fenced Portion
Brown Dent ✓ Peck Ranch — Outside
Shannon, Carter ✓
Bull Shoals Lake Ozark ✓ Fenced Portion
Buzzard Bluff Access Wright ✓ Piney River Narrows Texas ✓
Cabool Towersite Texas ✓ Rippee Douglas ✓
Caney Mountain — Rocky Creek Shannon ✓
Ozark ✓
Outside Fenced Area Rosati Towersite Phelps ✓
Caney Mountain — Rose Hill Towersite Oregon ✓
Ozark ✓
Inside Fenced Area Roubidoux Creek Pulaski ✓
Carter Creek Carter ✓ Sand Pond Ripley ✓
Cedar Gap Wright ✓ Shannon Ranch Douglas ✓
Cedar Grove Dent ✓ Short Bend Access Dent ✓
Clement Memorial Sunklands Shannon ✓
Dent ✓
Forest
Tecumseh Towersite Ozark ✓
Cover Memorial Oregon ✓
Thomasville Towersite Shannon ✓
Cover Prairie Howell ✓
Timber Knob Towersite Ozark ✓
Davidson-Paris Howell ✓
Tingler Prairie Howell ✓
Davis Howell ✓
Twin Knobs Towersite Douglas ✓
Dixon Towersite Pulaski ✓
Vanderhoef Memorial Howell ✓
Eck Texas ✓
Vera Cruz Access Douglas ✓
Fort Leonard Wood
Pulaski ✓ Warm Fork Oregon ✓
Towersite
Fourche Creek Ripley White State Forest
✓ Texas ✓
Nursery
Fuson Wright ✓
White Ranch Howell ✓
Gasconade Hills Pulaski ✓
White River Trace Dent ✓
Gist Ranch Texas ✓
Woods Memorial Phelps, Crawford ✓
Grandin Towersite Ripley ✓
Hemenway Ripley ✓
Horseshoe Bend Texas ✓
Houston Towersite Texas ✓
Hunter Towersite Carter ✓
14 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4
SOUTHEAST 573-290-5730 Girvin
New Madrid,
✓
Pemiscot
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Grassy Towersite Bollinger ✓
Amidon Memorial Bollinger ✓ Graves Mountain Wayne, Iron ✓
Apple Creek Cape Girardeau ✓ Hammer Memorial Wayne ✓
Aquilla Access Stoddard ✓ Hawn Access Bollinger ✓
Big Cane Butler ✓ Holly Ridge Stoddard ✓
Bismarck St. Francois, ✓ Hornersville Swamp Dunklin ✓
Black Island — Horton Farm Ste. Genevieve ✓
Stephen C. Bradford, Iron Bridge Access Wayne ✓
Pemiscot ✓ ✓
Gayoso Bend, Desoto,
Ketcherside Mountain Iron, Reynolds ✓
Wolf Bayou Units Only
Blue Spring Branch Perry Knob Lick Towersite St. Francois ✓
✓
Buck Mountain4 St. Francois Lake Girardeau Cape Girardeau ✓
✓
Buford Mountain Iron, Washington ✓ Little Whitewater Bollinger ✓
Shannon,
Cape LaCroix Bluffs Scott ✓ Logan Creek ✓
Reynolds
Cash Memorial Dunklin ✓
Lon Sanders Canyon Wayne ✓
Castor River Bollinger ✓
Mac and Zelma
Cedar Mountain4 Iron ✓ Butler ✓
Carmichael State Forest4
Chalk Bluff Trail Access Dunklin ✓ Magnolia Hollow Ste. Genevieve ✓
Champion Springs 4
Reynolds ✓ Maintz Wildlife Preserve Cape Girardeau ✓
Clearwater Reynolds ✓ Marquand Access Madison ✓
Clearwater Lake Reynolds ✓ Millstream Gardens Madison ✓
Clubb Creek Bollinger ✓ Oak Ridge Stoddard ✓
Coldwater Access Wayne ✓ Old Plantation Access Cape Girardeau ✓
Coldwater — Inside Poplar Bluff Butler ✓
Wayne ✓
Disabled Hunt Area
Red Rock Landing Perry ✓
Coldwater — Outside
Wayne ✓ Reynolds, Iron,
Disabled Hunt Area Riverside ✓
Wayne
Coon Island Butler ✓ ✓
Sank Bollinger ✓
Corkwood Butler ✓
Seven Island Mississippi ✓
Crowleys Ridge Stoddard ✓
Seventy-Six Perry ✓
Shannon,
Current River ✓ Sun Butler ✓
Reynolds, Carter
Donaldson Point New Madrid Sweetgum Access Bollinger ✓
✓
Duck Creek Bollinger Swift Ditch Access New Madrid ✓
✓ ✓
Duck Creek, Thompson Ford Access Madison ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓ Tywappity Towersite Scott
Greenbrier Unit ✓
Duck Creek, Dark University Forest Wayne, Butler ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓
Cypress Swamp Unit Wappapello Reservoir Wayne ✓
Flatwoods Wayne ✓ Warbler Woods Dunklin ✓
Frisbee Cutoff Access Dunklin ✓ Wilhelmina Butler ✓
Funk Memorial Iron ✓ Windy Bar Island Cape Girardeau ✓
General Watkins Scott ✓ Yokum School Wayne ✓
Gipsy Towersite Bollinger ✓ 4
T his area is landlocked. You must get permission from land-
owner to gain access.
mdc.mo.gov 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 15Managed Spring Turkey Hunts
Hunt No. Area Name County Date Quota Odds1
Archery (1 hunt — longbow, recurve bow, compound bow, crossbow, or atlatl only)
1 Caney Mountain CA2,3 Ozark April 16–22 30 35%
Firearms (15 hunts — shotgun only)
2 August A. Busch CA3 St. Charles April 16–19 40 10%
3 August A. Busch CA3 St. Charles April 21–24 40 13%
4 August A. Busch CA 3
St. Charles April 27–30 40 25%
5 August A. Busch CA3 St. Charles May 3–6 40 21%
6 Caney Mountain CA 2,3
Ozark April 23–29 30 21%
7 Caney Mountain CA2,3 Ozark April 30–May 6 30 46%
8 Coldwater CA — Disabled Hunt Area 2,4
Wayne April 16–May 6 5 NA
9 Forest 44 CA — Jay Henges Range Restricted Portion 5,6
St. Louis April 30–May 1 5 11%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 5:30 p.m., March 29.
10 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion2 Shannon, Carter April 16–22 40 NA
11 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion2 Shannon, Carter April 23–29 40 NA
12 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion 2
Shannon, Carter April 30–May 6 40 NA
13 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 16–19 40 20%
14 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 21–24 40 18%
15 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 27–30 40 35%
16 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles May 3–6 40 56%
Youth-Only Firearms for Ages 11–15 (17 hunts — shotgun only) Note: Hunter-education certification is required, see Page 17.
17 August A. Busch CA5 St. Charles April 7–8 15 32%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., March 29.
18 Burr Oak Woods CA5 Jackson April 7–8 12 38%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., April 6.
19 Caney Mountain2,3 Ozark April 7–8 10 56%
20 Columbia Bottom CA 5
St. Louis April 7–8 4 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., March 29.
21 Columbia Bottom CA5 St. Louis April 16–29 4 80%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., March 29.
22 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 7–8 2 50%
23 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 16–26 3 100%7
24 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 27–May 6 3 100%7
25 Current River SP5
Shannon April 16–20 12 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., April 15.
26 Current River SP5 Shannon April 23–27 12 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., April 22.
27 Fellows Lake (Springfield City Utilities)5 Greene April 7–8 4 NA
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6:30 p.m., March 28.
28 Fellows Lake (Springfield City Utilities)5 Greene April 23–29 4 NA
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6:30 p.m., March 28.
29 Marais Temps Clair CA5 St. Charles April 16–May 6 2 22%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., March 29.
30 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion2 Shannon, Carter April 7–8 10 NA
31 Saint Stanislaus CA 5
St. Louis April 7–8 3 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., March 29.
32 Saint Stanislaus CA5 St. Louis April 16–29 3 75%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., March 29.
33 Weldon Spring CA5 St. Charles April 7–8 15 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., March 29.
16 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationWhen to Apply: Feb. 1–28 Managed Turkey Hunt Application Worksheet
Valid Permits: Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit,
Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit Hunt No.:
Bag Limit: One male turkey or turkey with visible beard. Method:
Note: A turkey taken at a managed hunt counts toward Location:
the two-bird season limit. If you take a turkey during Date:
a managed hunt before April 23, you may not harvest
another during the first week of the regular season. Hunter Conservation Number(s) (nine-digit number
Hunter Quota: See table on Page 16 for the number of on the back of your Heritage Card or on any current or
hunters who will be drawn to participate in each hunt. previous permit):
Odds: See table on Page 16 for the success rate for last 1.
year’s drawings. 2.
Points to remember 3.
◾◾ You may apply for only one managed hunt.
◾◾ You may apply individually or with one other youth for a
To apply, complete the following steps.
youth-only managed hunt. You may apply individually or
with up to two other hunters for a non-youth managed hunt. Step 1: Designate one member of your group to go online.
◾◾ Only hunters who are drawn for a managed hunt may That person must have ready the following information:
attend that managed hunt. If you cannot attend, another ◾◾ The number for the preferred hunt
hunter can’t take your place. ◾◾ The nine-digit Conservation Number of each hunter in the
◾◾ To participate in a youth-only managed hunt, you must be group. If you need a number, call 573-522-0107 during
11–15 years old. To participate in a non-youth managed regular business hours to have one assigned. Note: A Social
hunt, you must be at least 11 years old. Security number is not the same as a Conservation Num-
◾◾ You must attend a mandatory pre-hunt orientation for ber. Your Conservation Number is located on the back of
some managed hunts. If you cannot attend the orientation, your Heritage Card or on any current or previous permit.
do not apply. Step 2: Complete the worksheet on this page before applying
◾◾ You must be hunter-education certified or exempt to so you will have all the information ready.
participate in a managed hunt. Note: You may apply for a Step 3: Go online at short.mdc.mo.gov/Z3d. If you correctly
managed hunt if you are not hunter-education certified, enter all the required information, you will receive a message
but you must achieve certification before the pre-hunt confirming your application. To change or delete your
orientation or, for those hunts without an orientation, the application, visit the same website and click “Change or
actual hunt. You must be 11 or older to enroll in a Missouri Delete Your Hunt.”
hunter-education course.
◾◾ All youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult men- To find out if you’ve been selected
tor (age 18 or older) who is hunter-education certified or From March 12 through May 6, go online. Be prepared
exempt. The mentor must have a filled or unfilled spring to enter your nine-digit Conservation Number (the same
turkey hunting permit but may not hunt during the man- number you used when you applied).
aged hunt. The mentor must attend the pre-hunt orienta- All successful applicants will receive by mail an area map
tion if one is required. and information regarding the hunt. We must have your correct
address to send the information. If your address changes, call
the Department during business hours at 573-522-0107.
Key
CA = conservation area 4
H
unters must be permanently confined to a wheelchair to
SP = state park participate. Call 573-223-4525 to apply.
1
O
dds of being selected are based on last year’s drawings. 5
D
o not apply for this hunt if you can’t attend the mandatory pre-
2
M
anaged hunt occurs in a designated area; statewide regulations hunt orientation.
apply outside the designated area. 6
O
nly first-time turkey hunters 18 or older who have never acquired
3
H
unters permanently confined to a wheelchair may bypass the a turkey permit are eligible. Hunters will be accompanied by a
random draw process, but do not displace others in the random mentor during the hunt.
drawing. Send a request with a statement from a licensed physician 7
Because odds are for the previous year, 100 percent odds do not
to: Managed Turkey Hunts, Missouri Department of Conservation, guarantee you will be drawn.
PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180. Requests must be
received by Feb. 28.
mdc.mo.gov 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 17How to Tell a Gobbler from a Hen
G
obblers are large birds with a black body and long beard. Hens sometimes have beards, but color and size
distinguish them from gobblers. Hens are brown birds with blue heads. They are smaller than gobblers. Bearded hens
produce young and help increase the turkey population. They should not be killed, but any turkey with a visible beard
is legal. Hens without beards are illegal to shoot during the spring turkey seasons.
Female Male
Breast Breast
HEN f eathers feathers GOBBLER
buff-tipped black-tipped
Mainly blue HEAD Mainly red
Usually no beard BEARD Long tassel-like
Appears rusty BREAST Appears black
No spurs SPURS Usually 3/4 inch
or more
JUVENILE GOBBLERS have spurs less than 1/2 inch long and a beard less than 6 inches long.
Basic Rules for Safe Turkey Hunting
◾◾ Identify a t urkey’s head and beard before aiming.
◾◾ Never shoot at sound or movement. Assume it is
another hunter until you can clearly see a turkey’s
head and beard.
◾◾ Wear hunter orange when walking through
the woods.
◾◾ Use hunter orange to identify your hunting location.
◾◾ Wrap a bagged turkey or decoy in hunter orange
when transporting it.
◾◾ Dress defensively. Never wear red, white, blue, or
black while turkey hunting.
◾◾ Be sure of your target and what lies beyond.
◾◾ Never follow the sound of a gobbling turkey or
attempt to sneak up on turkeys. Always call turkeys
to you.
◾◾ Sit against a large tree or other natural barrier to
shield yourself from hunters approaching from
the rear.
◾◾ Shout “STOP” when another hunter approaches.
Don’t move, wave, whistle, or make turkey calls to
get their attention.
18 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationFeral Hogs
F
eral hogs are highly destructive and prolific pests. They cause signifi-
cant damage to wildlife habitat, compete for food with native species
such as deer, prey upon native wildlife such as quail, destroy natural
areas and agricultural lands, pollute ponds and streams, and spread dis-
eases to livestock and people. Feral hogs are a menace that must be elimi-
nated in Missouri.
Report Feral Hogs. Don’t Shoot Them.
◾◾ Report feral hog sightings and damage to 573-522-4115, ext. 3296.
◾◾ Releasing hogs into the wild is illegal anywhere in the state. If you see
someone releasing hogs, report violators to your local conservation agent.
◾◾ Taking feral hogs is prohibited on conservation areas and other lands
owned, leased, or managed by the Conservation Department. Shooting
hogs on other lands is strongly discouraged.
The Conservation Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, along with other partners and hundreds
of private landowners, are working to eliminate feral hogs in Missouri. Hogs
are social animals that travel in groups called sounders. Shooting one or two
hogs scatters the sounder and makes trapping efforts aimed at catching
the entire group at once more difficult. With their high reproductive rate,
removing only one or two hogs does not help to reduce populations. Anyone
who observes a feral hog or damage caused by feral hogs should report it to
the Conservation Department rather than shooting the animal.
Feral hog tracks are distinguished from deer tracks by the rounded or blunt tips of the toes.
The toes of a hog track on a firm surface tend to be more splayed than a deer track. A hog
track also appears rounded or square; deer tracks appear heart-shaped and have more
sharply pointed toes. The presence of dew claw marks with feral hog or white-tailed deer
DAVID BESENGER ILLUSTRATION
tracks is not an indicator of sex as is commonly thought. Dew claw marks simply mean that
the animal was running or stepping on a soft surface.
We Need Your Help!
Please participate in the Department’s wild and mailing address. You can also send your name and
turkey brood survey. address to:
Wild Turkey Brood Survey
The Conservation Department needs volunteers to partici- Missouri Department of Conservation
pate in its wild turkey brood survey. Using cards provided, 3500 East Gans Road
participants record observations of hens and poults Columbia, MO 65201
throughout the summer. The information gathered is used
to gauge the hatch of Missouri’s wild turkey population. We’ll send you three observation cards on which to
It’s easy to participate. Just send an email to Martha. record your turkey sightings during June, July, and August.
McCrary@mdc.mo.gov. Write “Wild Turkey Brood Survey” At the end of each month, just drop the postage-paid card
in the subject line, and don’t forget to include your name in the mail, and we’ll take care of the rest.
mdc.mo.gov 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 19After the Harvest
Whether you’re using a traditional paper permit or the MO Hunting app, after harvesting
a turkey, you must notch your permit and Telecheck your bird. Here’s how.
Notch It
Immediately after harvesting a turkey, you must notch
your permit.
◾◾ To notch a paper permit, tear a small notch in the
month and day of harvest on the permit.
◾◾ To notch a permit using the MO Hunting app, simply
select the permit you wish to use from the list in the
app, and follow the short, easy prompts on the screen.
Once you notch your permit, you may transport your
turkey within Missouri.
Tag It If You Leave It
As long as you stay with your turkey, you don’t need to
tag it. But if you leave your turkey, you must attach a tag.
◾◾ If you have a paper permit, you can simply attach your
notched permit to the turkey’s leg. We recommend
sealing the permit in a zip-top bag and attaching the
bag with string, wire, or tape.
◾◾ If you’re using the MO Hunting app, you must attach a
label with your full name and address, or Conservation
Number to the turkey’s leg.
Check It
You must Telecheck your turkey by 10 p.m. on the day
of harvest.
◾◾ If you’re using a paper permit, follow the Telecheck
instructions on Page 21. Write the confirmation num-
ber provided by Telecheck on your permit.
◾◾ If you’re using the MO Hunting app, select your
notched permit from the list on the screen, tap
“Telecheck,” and follow the prompts. Telecheck will
upload a confirmation number directly to your mobile
device.
After you’ve reported to Telecheck, you may process your
turkey and transport it out of state.
Additional Information
◾◾ Until checked, turkeys must have the head and plumage intact.
◾◾ Notching voids the permit. Do not notch your permit until you harvest a turkey.
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◾◾ All turkeys must be checked before they are removed from Missouri.
◾◾ Only the person who harvested the turkey may possess and transport the turkey before checking.
◾◾ After checking, turkeys may be possessed and transported by anyone, but must be labeled with the taker’s full name
and address, or Conservation Number; date taken; and Telecheck confirmation number.
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