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2021 Spring Turkey Hunting
Regulations and Information, Missouri
Department of ConservationA
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
Table of Contents
Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What’s New for 2021?
Hunter-Education Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ◾ Turkey hunting regulations have changed for several
conservation areas. See pages 8–15.
How Turkey Season is Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ◾ New managed hunts have been added and others
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 have been removed or modified. See Page 16.
Permit Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sunrise Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Landowner Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Note: According to rule 3 CSR 10-5.216 of the Wildlife
Apprentice Hunter Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Code of Missouri, if you have been convicted of multiple
Turkey Hunting Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 or major violations of the Code in the past five years, the
Conservation Commission may consider suspending
Turkey Hunting Regulations on Department Areas . . . . . . . . . . 8
or revoking your hunting, trapping, and/or fishing
Managed Hunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 privileges regardless of any previous court action.
How to Tell a Gobbler from a Hen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The point system the Commission uses to assess Code
violations is explained at short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkV.
Rules for Safe Turkey Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Feral Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tagging and Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to use Telecheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Support
Wildlife Code of Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Missouri’s
conservation
heritage
Getting a daily dose of
nature nurtures our bodies
and minds. The Missouri
Conservation Heritage
Foundation is a nonprofit
founded to preserve and
conserve our state’s
beautiful places — for us
Director, Department of Conservation and for future generations.
Sara Parker Pauley From supporting youth
and veteran hunting and fishing events to wildlife
The Conservation Commission
habitat improvements, we need your help to do more.
Don C. Bedell
Learn more and donate today at mochf.org or
Steven D. Harrison
call 800-227-1488. Thanks for helping us keep
Mark L. McHenry
Missouri’s natural resources special!
Wm. L. (Barry) Orscheln
Missouri Department of Conservation
PO Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
573-751-4115 Sharpen Your Shooting Skills
mdc.mo.gov
Regardless of your experience or skill level, you can
Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Missouri become a safer, more accurate shooter by practicing
Department of Conservation is available to all individuals without regard to their race, at a shooting range before hunting season. The Con-
color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, servation Department offers five fully staffed shooting
or disability. Questions should be directed to the Department of Conservation, PO Box ranges and many additional unstaffed ranges. To find
180, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 573-751-4115 (voice) or 800-735-2966 (TTY), or to one nearby, aim your internet browser at mdc.mo.gov/
Chief, Public Civil Rights, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C shootingranges.
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.
2 2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
Turkey Seasons
Youth Spring Turkey Hunting Season
Who May Participate: Youth hunters who are age 6–15 on
Hunter-Education Requirement
opening day All hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1967, and hunting
Season Dates: April 10–11, 2021 with a Resident or Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting
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-
◾ Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit fied mentor. See Page 5.
◾ 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 additional information.
Hunters do not need to show their hunter-education
Youth Season Limit: One male turkey or turkey with a card if certification can be verified online. If this is
visible beard. not possible, some hunters will need to contact the
Note: Youth hunters who take a turkey during youth season Conservation Department to provide proof of hunter-
may not harvest a second bird until April 26. This is because education certification. Once in Missouri’s permit
the bird taken during the youth season counts as the bird for database, hunters won’t have to submit this informa-
the first week of the regular season. tion again.
A person must be at least 11 years old to receive
hunter-education certification in Missouri. Hunters
Regular Spring Turkey using a Resident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting
Hunting Season Permit are exempt from the hunter-education require-
ment unless they were born on or after Jan. 1, 1967,
Season Dates: April 19–May 9, 2021 and are mentoring a firearms hunter who is not hunter-
Shooting Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1 p.m. Central education certified.
Daylight Time For more information or to find a hunter-education
Valid Permits: class in your area, visit mdc.mo.gov/huntereducation.
◾ Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
◾ Resident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
◾ Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit How Turkey Season
◾ Nonresident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting Permit Opening Dates are Set
Season Limit: Two male turkeys or turkeys with a
The formula for setting spring turkey season strikes a bal-
visible beard may be taken during the season, with the
ance between the biology of turkey reproduction and
following restrictions:
hunters’ desires for an early season, especially in southern
◾ You may take only one turkey during the first week from Missouri. As a result, the regular season begins on the third
April 19–25. Monday in April.
◾ If you do not take a turkey during the first week, then The youth season opens nine days before the regular
you may take two during the second or third week from season, except when that would make it fall over the Easter
April 26–May 9, but you may not take them both on the weekend. In those cases, the youth season begins the week-
same day. end before Easter.
Note: If you harvest a turkey during a managed hunt, it
counts toward your two-bird season limit. See pages 16–17.
Notch your permit immediately OPERATION GAME THIEF
and Telecheck your turkey by Remain Anonymous; Reward Possible
10 p.m. on the day it is taken. Dial toll free 800-392-1111
2021 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 Makes
this booklet. For complete hunting regulations, Permits Easy
refer to the Wildlife Code of Missouri, available at
The Conservation Department’s free MO
sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/3csr/3csr.asp.
Hunting app offers a quick, easy, and
The following methods are allowed: convenient option for carrying your
◾ Shotguns with shot not larger than No. 4 permits afield, voiding a permit after
◾ Longbows, recurve bows, or compound bows. Hand-held harvesting a turkey, and Telechecking
string-releasing devices, illuminated sights, scopes, and your harvest.
quickpoint sights are allowed. The app, which is available for Apple and Android
◾ Crossbows devices, allows you to:
◾ Atlatls ◾ Purchase permits.
◾ See all the hunting, fishing, and trapping permits you
The following methods are prohibited:
have purchased — even if they were purchased from
◾ Shotguns capable of holding more than 3 shells in
a traditional vendor, online, or by telephone.
magazine and chamber combined
◾ Carry valid, electronic permits afield.
◾ Shot larger than No. 4 (in use or in possession)
◾ Electronically “notch” (void) your turkey permits
◾ Rifles and handguns
directly from the app.
◾ Firearms that propel a single projectile at one discharge
◾ Telecheck your turkey, using an easy-to-fill form.
◾ Any sighting device that casts a beam of light on the game
Telecheck will upload a confirmation number to the
◾ Thermal imagery equipment or night vision equipment (in
app. You can also see turkeys and deer you have Tel-
use or in possession)
echecked in the past. Note: Wildlife labeling require-
◾ Recorded calls (in use or in possession)
ments still apply. See Page 20.
◾ Use of dogs or live decoys
◾ Flood-prone areas in southeast Missouri are closed to all To log in to MO Hunting, you’ll need your Conservation
hunting during spring turkey season when river levels Number. This nine-digit number can be found on your
exceed certain limits on local river gauges. To see if an area Heritage Card, Conservation Permit Card, or any current
is closed for hunting, visit mdc.mo.gov/semofloods. or previous permit. For help locating your Conservation
◾ Use of bait, which includes grain or other feed placed or Number, call 573-522-0107 during regular business
scattered so as to attract turkeys. An area is considered hours or go to short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkH.
baited for 10 days after complete removal of the bait. A MO Hunting is available for free in the Google Play
hunter can be in violation if they take or attempt to take a and Apple App stores. You can also get MO Hunting
turkey by aid of bait where the hunter knows or reasonably and learn more about the app at mdc.mo.gov/mobile/
should know the area is or was baited. It is illegal to place mobile-apps.
bait in a way that causes others to be in violation of the Note: Make sure you update MO Hunting before
baiting rule. each hunting season to ensure you are using the most
Voiding the Permit: If you harvest a turkey, you must notch recent version of the app and that all of your permits
your permit immediately. See Page 20. are visible while hunting.
Tagging and Checking: See pages 20–21 for tagging and
checking requirements.
Coyotes may not be
Additional Information: chased, pursued,
◾ If you kill or injure a turkey, you must make a reasonable or taken during
effort to retrieve and include it in your season limit, but this daylight hours from
does not authorize trespass. April 1–18, 2021.
◾ It is a violation to wantonly leave, abandon, or waste com- During the regular
monly edible portions of game. spring turkey season,
◾ During the regular spring turkey season, anyone assisting coyotes may be
another hunter must be properly licensed with either a taken using legal
filled or unfilled spring turkey hunting permit. spring turkey hunting methods by hunters holding an
◾ During youth turkey season, you do not need a permit to unfilled spring turkey hunting permit and a Resident
assist a properly licensed youth hunter. You must, how- Small Game Hunting Permit or a Nonresident Furbearer
ever, be 18 or older and hunter-education certified or born Hunting and Trapping Permit.
before Jan. 1, 1967.
4 2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
Spring Turkey Permits SUNRISE AT JEFFERSON 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 10 . . . . . 6:40 . . . . . . 7:41 29 . . . . . 6:14
Resident Landowner 11 . . . . . 6:38 . . . . . . 7:42 30 . . . . . 6:12
Spring Turkey Hunting Permit . . . . . . . No cost; see Page 6 19 . . . . . 6:27 MAY
20 . . . . . 6:25 1 . . . . . 6:11
Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit 21 . . . . . 6:24 2 . . . . . 6:10
Age 16 or older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $224 22 . . . . . 6:23 3 . . . . . 6:09
Age 6–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50 23 . . . . . 6:21 4 . . . . . 6:08
24 . . . . . 6:20 5 . . . . . 6:07
Nonresident Landowner Spring Turkey 25 . . . . . 6:19 6 . . . . . 6:06
Hunting Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $165 26 . . . . . 6:17 7 . . . . . 6:04
Available to nonresidents who own at least 75 acres in one 27 . . . . . 6:16 8 . . . . . 6:03
contiguous tract in Missouri and members of the landowner’s 28 . . . . . 6:15 9 . . . . . 6:02
immediate household. See Page 6 for details. This table is for Jefferson City and points on the same longitude
north or south. For locations east, subtract one minute from the
Note: Youth age 6–15 are not required to be hunter- table for each 13 1/2 miles (airline) of distance. For locations west,
education certified. If the youth is hunter-education certi- add one minute for each 13 1/2 miles.
fied and hunting on a resident or nonresident spring turkey
permit, he or she may hunt alone. If the youth is not hunter- ◾ Any member of the U.S. military currently assigned as a
education certified, he or she must be in the immediate pres- patient to a Warrior Transition Brigade, Warrior Transition
ence of a mentor, age 18 or older, who is hunter-education Unit, or a military medical center; must carry orders show-
certified or born before Jan. 1, 1967. The mentor does not ing such assignment while hunting and purchasing permits.
need a permit during the youth turkey season but must pos- ◾ Nonresidents who are registered students attending a
sess a spring turkey hunting permit (filled or unfilled) during public or private secondary, postsecondary, or vocational
the regular season. Mentors may not hunt turkeys during the school in Missouri and who live in Missouri while attending
youth season. school; must carry evidence of a Missouri residence and
Regardless of age, the youth must be capable of holding, student status, such as a student ID, while hunting.
aiming, and shooting the firearm by himself or herself. Note: Nonresident students who qualify for resident
Resident landowners born after Jan. 1, 1967, permits must purchase them in person, over the phone, or
accompanying youths on the landowner’s property must be through the mail from Conservation Department offices.
hunter-education certified. ◾ Immigrants who possess an I-551 Resident Alien Card from
the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and who
Who may purchase resident permits? do not claim resident privileges in another state or country,
◾ Any person who does not claim resident privileges in and whose actual residence and legal permanent home
another state or country, and whose actual residence and address are both in Missouri, and have been for at least 30
legal permanent home address are both in Missouri, and days before purchasing a permit.
have been for at least 30 days before applying for the per-
mit. Owning real estate or attending a Missouri school does Purchasing Permits
not in itself make you a legal resident. You may purchase turkey hunting permits:
◾ Missouri residents employed by the United States in the ◾ Over the counter from any permit vendor. No surcharges
District of Columbia or serving in the U.S. armed forces. will be assessed.
(Immediate family members who reside with them also ◾ Online at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits. Use your credit card
may purchase resident permits.) to pay. No surcharges will be assessed. Print your permit at
◾ All members of the U.S. armed forces stationed and resid- home and have it in hand immediately.
ing in Missouri on permanent change-of-station status and ◾ From your smartphone using the free MO Hunting app (see
immediate family members residing with them. Page 4). Use your credit card to pay. No surcharges will be
◾ Any honorably discharged military veteran having a assessed. Your permit will appear on the app immediately
service-related disability of 60 percent or greater, or who after purchase.
was a prisoner of war during military service; must carry ◾ By telephone at 800-392-4115. Use your credit card and pay
certified statement of eligibility from the U.S. Department a $1 surcharge. Allow 10 days for delivery.
of Veterans Affairs while hunting and purchasing permits. Note: No-cost resident landowner permits also are available.
See Page 6 for additional information.
2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 5
Landowner Permits
All turkey hunters, including landowners, must have a valid
turkey hunting permit. Resident landowners may quailfy for Know the Rules
no-cost resident landowner permits. Nonresident landowners Each hunter may harvest only two turkeys during the
may quailfy for reduced-cost nonresident landowner permits. spring season. You may not harvest additional turkeys
No-Cost Resident Landowner Permits using landowner permits (either no-cost resident or
To qualify for no-cost resident landowner permits, you must reduced-cost nonresident). All landowner permits are
be a Missouri resident. A Missouri resident is a person who valid only on the land for which they are issued. You
does not claim any resident privileges (for example, hunt- must purchase permits to hunt on land you do not own.
ing, fishing, trapping, driver’s license, or registered voter) in
another state or country and whose legal residence or domi- Where to Get Landowner Permits
cile has been in the state of Missouri for at least 30 days prior
to obtaining a landowner permit. Once your Landowner Permit Application has been accepted,
you may get landowner permits using any of the following
In addition to being a Missouri resident, you methods:
also must meet one of the following criteria: ◾ Over the counter from any permit vendor. No surcharges
◾ You must own at least 20 acres in one contiguous tract. will be assessed.
◾ You must be a member of the landowner’s immediate ◾ Online at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits. Print your permit at
household and have the same legal residence as the land- home and have it in hand immediately.
owner for at least the last 30 days. ◾ From your smartphone using the free MO Hunting app (see
◾ You must be a general partner of a resident limited liability Page 4). Your permit will appear on the app immediately
partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability limited after purchase.
partnership, or a general partner of a general partnership ◾ By telephone at 800-392-4115. Use your credit card and pay
formed by written agreement and the partnership must a $1 surcharge. Allow 10 days for delivery.
own at least 20 contiguous acres. Whichever method you choose, please be ready to provide
◾ You must be an officer of a resident or foreign corporation your Conservation Number, Social Security number, or driver’s
and the corporation must own at least 20 contiguous acres. license number.
◾ You must be a managing member of a resident limited
liability company and the company must own at least 20
contiguous acres.
◾ You must be an officer of a benevolent association organized Apprentice Hunter Authorization
pursuant to Chapter 352 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri To help introduce adults to hunting, the Conservation
and the association must own at least 20 contiguous acres. Department allows hunters age 16 or older who are
◾ You must be a settlor of a revocable trust and own at least not hunter-education certified to hunt with firearms, as
20 contiguous acres. long as they:
◾ You must be a permissible distributee of an irrevocable ◾ First purchase the Apprentice Hunter Authorization
trust and own at least 20 contiguous acres. for $10;
◾ Then purchase a firearms hunting permit for the sea-
Reduced-Cost Nonresident Landowner Permits son they want to hunt, for example, a Resident Spring
The Conservation Department offers reduced-cost nonresi- Turkey Hunting Permit; and
dent landowner permits. To qualify, you must own at least 75 ◾ Hunt in the immediate presence of a properly
acres in one contiguous tract in Missouri. You also qualify if licensed mentor 18 years old or older who is hunter-
you are a member of the landowner’s immediate household education certified or was born before Jan. 1, 1967.
whose legal residence and domicile is the same as the land- The mentor must have a filled or unfilled permit for
owner’s for at least the last 30 days. the prescribed season. “Immediate presence” means
close enough for normal conversation, without
Submit Property Information to Get shouting.
Landowner Permits Note: The Apprentice Hunter Authorization can be
To get no-cost resident landowner permits or reduced- purchased twice, and it allows the holder to obtain
cost nonresident landowner permits, you must submit firearms permits throughout the permit year. After the
information about your property to the Conservation second purchase, the apprentice hunter will be required
Department by filling out a Landowner Permit Applica- to become hunter-education certified if he or she wants
tion at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits. to continue purchasing firearms permits.
6 2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
Habitat Management is Key to Increase Turkey Numbers
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
A
lthough Missouri still boasts one of the largest wild Missouri’s wild turkeys were no exception. Although an
turkey populations in the nation, turkey numbers in increase in turkey numbers above current population levels
the Show-Me State have declined since their peak is possible when good production occurs, it is unlikely turkey
in the early-to-mid 2000s. Based on recent research, poor numbers will ever increase to the peak populations observed
production — not poor survival or overharvest — appears following restoration. Wild turkey populations are dynamic,
to be the greatest contributor to turkey population declines. and turkey reproductive success is rarely constant from year
Unfortunately, turkey production in Missouri and neighboring to year. In the future, hunters should expect to see consider-
states has exhibited a long-term downward trend and has able fluctuations in turkey numbers. There will be periods
been especially poor the past few years. when poor production reduces turkey numbers for several
Multiple factors influence turkey production, including years and periods when improved production will result in
weather, habitat, predators, and food availability. Although more turkeys on the landscape.
land managers cannot control the weather, they can create
and improve turkey nesting and brood-rearing habitat. In A Comprehensive Approach to Wild
general, this type of cover consists of a knee-high mixture Turkey Management
of grasses and other herbaceous vegetation. Planting native The mission of the Conservation Department’s Wild Turkey
warm-season grasses in open areas and thinning woodlands Management Program is to use science-based methods,
are great ways to establish this type of cover. If you have spe- including public engagement, to manage wild turkey
cific questions about how to improve turkey habitat on your populations throughout Missouri that provide quality hunting
property, contact your local MDC private land conservationist. and other recreational opportunities. A range of biological
information is collected annually to monitor trends in turkey
Transitional Times production, abundance, and population age-structure. The
Missouri’s turkey population has undergone a transition Department has conducted a number of wild turkey research
during the past several decades. In the 1970s and 1980s, projects, and data from these studies provide important
when the recently restored population was expanding rapidly, information used to make management decisions. The
people often reported seeing flocks of turkeys during winter Department also surveys thousands of hunters each year to
that numbered well into the hundreds. During that time, learn about their opinions, success, and satisfaction.
production was extremely high as turkeys took advantage of
vacant, highly suitable habitat. But a basic ecological principle Looking Ahead to the 2021 Season
eventually caught up with Missouri’s turkeys. As wildlife The Show-Me State still offers great turkey hunting even
populations grow, factors that limit their size exert ever- when numbers are down. Each year, the spring turkey harvest
greater influence. Habitats become crowded, predators find continues to be among the highest in the nation, and despite
easy prey, and disease spreads more quickly. By increasing poor production the past several years, the 2021 season
mortality, decreasing production, or doing both, each limiting should be no exception.
factor puts the brakes on an expanding population.
2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 7
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. Dupree Memorial Buchanan ✓
Turkey hunting is only allowed on Department areas Elam Bend Gentry ✓
that are listed in the table. If an area that is owned or man- Elrod Mill Access Andrew ✓
aged by the Conservation Department is not listed, turkey
Floyd Memorial Chariton ✓
hunting is not allowed. For hunting opportunities on public
land that is not owned or managed by the Conservation Fountain Grove Linn, Livingston ✓ ✓
Department, contact the appropriate agency. Gallatin Daviess ✓
For maps and more details of areas listed on the following
Grand Pass Saline ✓ ✓
pages, contact the regional office or visit mdc.mo.gov/atlas.
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 ✓ O’Keefe Buchanan ✓
Davis Memorial Andrew ✓ Pawnee Prairie Harrison ✓
Denton Access Gentry ✓ Pigeon Hill Buchanan ✓
Deroin Bend Atchison, Holt ✓ ✓ Pony Express Lake Dekalb ✓
This area is landlocked. You must get permission from
1
Poosey Livingston ✓
landowner to gain access.
8 2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
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 ✓
C
ommunity 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 ✓
C
ommunity 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 ✓
R
andolph 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 ✓ S ullivan
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
2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 9Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Upper Mississippi — Granny’s Acres Benton ✓
Marion ✓
Bay Island Grove Memorial Lafayette ✓
Upper Mississippi — Harmony Mission Lake Bates ✓
Lewis ✓
Cottonwood Island
Hartwell Pettis ✓
Upper Mississippi —
Fabius, Orton, Poage, Marion ✓ Hazel Hill Lake Johnson ✓
Whitney, Ziegler Islands Hi Lonesome Prairie Benton ✓
White Oak Bend Access Knox ✓ Ionia Ridge Benton ✓
Willingham Memorial Monroe ✓ Kahrs-Boger Park Pettis ✓
Woodlawn Access Monroe ✓ J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
Pettis, Johnson ✓
Wyaconda Crossing Lewis ✓ Memorial Units 1, 2
J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
Pettis, Johnson ✓
Memorial Unit 3
KANSAS CITY 816-622-0900 W.R. Kearn Pettis ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Kendzora Buchanan, Platte ✓
Amarugia Highland Cass ✓ Kings Prairie Access St. Clair ✓
Balltown Access Vernon ✓ La Due Bottoms Henry ✓
Baltimore Bend Lafayette ✓ Liberty Bend Clay ✓
Berrier (Dr. Harry and Linscomb St. Clair ✓
Cass ✓ Little Bean Marsh Platte
Mrs. Lina) Memorial ✓ ✓
Big Buffalo Creek Benton, Morgan ✓ Lone Jack Lake Jackson ✓
Big Drywood Creek Vernon ✓ Lost Valley Fish
Benton ✓
Birdsong St. Clair ✓ 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 &
Training Center — North Platte ✓
Dave Rock St. Clair ✓ of Powerlines Only
Dorsett Hill Prairie Cass ✓ Peabody Bates ✓
Douglas Branch Vernon ✓ Saline, Pettis,
Perry Memorial ✓ ✓
Drovers Prairie Pettis ✓ Johnson
Edmonson Access Benton ✓ Platte Falls Platte ✓ ✓
Ferguson-Herold Lafayette ✓ Poague Henry ✓
Fewel Henry ✓ Ripgut Prairie Bates ✓
Flight Lake Vernon ✓ Schell-Osage Vernon, St. Clair ✓ ✓
Four Rivers Vernon, Bates ✓ ✓ Settle’s Ford Bates, Cass ✓ ✓
Friendly Prairie Pettis ✓ Sni-A-Bar Lafayette ✓
Gama Grass Prairie Vernon ✓ Taberville Prairie St. Clair ✓
Grandfather Prairie Pettis ✓
10 2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Truman Reservoir — Burnt Mill Cave Camden ✓
Henry ✓ ✓
Bethlehem Canaan Gasconade ✓
Truman Reservoir — Carpenter Memorial Morgan ✓
Henry ✓
Brownington
Charles W. Green Boone ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Church Farm Cole ✓ ✓
Brush Creek
Truman Reservoir — Clifty Creek Maries ✓
Henry ✓ Cooper Hill Osage
Cedar Creek ✓
Truman Reservoir — Danville Montgomery ✓
Henry ✓
Deepwater Creek Danville —
Montgomery ✓
Truman Reservoir — Baldwin Annex
St. Clair ✓
Gallinipper Creek Danville — Thornhill &
Montgomery ✓
Truman Reservoir — Schulze Annex
Henry ✓
Gouge Eye Davisdale Howard ✓
Truman Reservoir — Diana Bend Howard ✓ ✓
Henry ✓
Grand River Bottoms
Diggs Audrain ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓ Eagle Bluffs Boone ✓ ✓
Leesville
Earthquake Hollow Callaway ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Fiery Fork Camden ✓
Little Pomme de Terre
Truman Reservoir — Franklin Island Howard ✓ ✓
Benton ✓
Little Tebo Creek Gale Access Camden ✓
Truman Reservoir — Grand Bluffs Montgomery ✓
St. Clair ✓
Sac-Osage
Hart Creek Boone ✓
Truman Reservoir —
St. Clair ✓ Hinkson Woods Boone ✓
Salt Creek
Hite Prairie Morgan ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Honey Creek Access Cole ✓
Tebo Islands
Truman Reservoir — Hungry Mother Howard ✓
Henry ✓
Upper Tebo Creek Lamine River Cooper, Morgan ✓
Truman Reservoir — Lick Creek Boone ✓
St. Clair ✓
Valhalia Little Dixie Lake Callaway ✓
Truman Reservoir — Loutre Lick Access Montgomery
St. Clair ✓ ✓
Weaubleau Creek
Lowe Audrain ✓
Urich Henry ✓
Madden Ford Access Miller ✓
Wah-Kon-Tah Prairie —
St. Clair ✓ Morgan,
North of Highway 82 Manito Lake ✓
Moniteau
Mansfield Camden ✓
CENTRAL 573-815-7900 Marion Bottoms Cole, Moniteau ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Marshall Junction Saline ✓
Ben Branch Lake Osage ✓ Moniteau Creek Howard ✓
Boone, Howard, Moores Mill Access Callaway ✓
Bennitt, Rudolf ✓
Randolph Northcutt Memorial Audrain ✓
Blind Pony Lake Saline ✓ Painted Rock Osage ✓
Blue Lick Saline ✓ Pikes Camp Access Cole ✓
Branch Towersite Camden ✓ Plowboy Bend Moniteau ✓ ✓
Bruns Access Osage ✓
2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 11Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Moniteau, Cuivre Island — Lincoln,
Prairie Home ✓ ✓
C
ooper Island Portion Only St. Charles
Proctor Towersite Morgan ✓ Cuivre Island — Lincoln,
✓
Reform Callaway ✓ Mainland Portion St. Charles
Rinquelin Trail Daniel Boone Warren ✓
Maries ✓
C
ommunity Lake Forest 44 — Jay Henges
St. Louis ✓
Rocky Fork Lakes Boone ✓ Range Restricted Portion
Rocky Mount Towersite Miller ✓ Howell Island St. Charles ✓
Runge Conservation Hughes Mountain Washington ✓
Cole ✓ ✓
Nature Center Huzzah Crawford ✓
Saline Valley Miller ✓ Kessler Memorial Lincoln ✓
Scrivner Road Cole ✓ Keysville Towersite Crawford ✓
Smith Moniteau, Cole ✓ Kingston Access Washington ✓
Smoky Waters Osage, Cole ✓ LaBarque Creek Jefferson ✓
Spring Creek Gap Maries ✓ Franklin,
Little Indian Creek ✓
Stringtown Bridge Access Cole ✓ Washington
Tate Island Callaway ✓ Little Lost Creek Warren ✓
Three Creeks Boone ✓ Logan Lincoln ✓
Toronto Springs Camden ✓ Long Ridge Franklin ✓
Tri-City Community Lake Boone ✓ Marais Temps Clair St. Charles ✓ ✓
Vandalia Community Meramec — All of Area
Audrain ✓ Franklin ✓
Lake Except Wildlife Refuge3
Waters & Moss Merrill Horse Access Jefferson ✓
Boone ✓
Memorial Myron and Sonya
Jefferson ✓
Wellsville Lake Montgomery ✓ Glassberg Family
Whetstone Creek Callaway ✓ Noser Mill Franklin ✓
White Audrain ✓ Pacific Palisades Jefferson ✓
Wigwam School Access Morgan ✓ Pea Ridge Washington ✓
Wilson Camp Access Miller ✓ Prairie Slough Pike, Lincoln ✓
Redhorse Access Franklin ✓
ST. LOUIS 636-441-4554 Reifsnider Warren ✓
River ‘Round Franklin ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Saint Stanislaus St. Louis ✓
Anderson Memorial Crawford ✓ Sandy Island Lincoln ✓
August A. Busch St. Charles ✓ Sizemore Memorial Crawford ✓
August A. Busch Upper Mississippi —
St. Charles ✓
Shooting Range and Dresser Island
St. Charles ✓
Outdoor Education Upper Mississippi —
Center St. Charles ✓
Pool 26 Tracts
B.K. Leach Memorial Lincoln ✓ ✓ Upper Mississippi —
Blue Springs Creek Crawford ✓ Stag, Sterling, Lincoln ✓
Bootleg Access Washington ✓ Westport Islands
Catawissa Franklin ✓ Valley View Glades Jefferson ✓
Columbia Bottom St. Louis ✓ ✓ Victoria Glades Jefferson ✓
Crooked Creek Crawford ✓ Vonaventure Memorial Lincoln ✓
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Hunting is not allowed in the wildlife refuge. Weldon Spring St. Charles ✓
12 2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
White Memorial Lincoln ✓ Huckleberry Ridge McDonald ✓
Young Jefferson ✓ Indigo Prairie Dade ✓
Jessie Hollow Stone ✓
SOUTHWEST 417-895-6880 Kickapoo Prairie Lawrence ✓
Lanagan Towersite McDonald ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Lead Mine Dallas ✓
Alfred Newton Gossett Dallas ✓ Lewis Family, Dean,
Barclay Dallas ✓ Anna Mae, and Taney ✓
Bear Creek Laclede ✓ David D. Memorial
Bennett Spring Access Dallas ✓ Little Sac Woods Greene ✓
Bethel Prairie Barton ✓ Mary Lawson Laclede ✓
Bluff Springs Cedar ✓ Monegaw Prairie Cedar ✓
Bois D’Arc Greene ✓ Mo-No-I Prairie Barton ✓
Boston Ferry Taney ✓ Mon-Shon Prairie Barton ✓
Brush Creek Polk ✓ Mule Shoe Camden, Hickory ✓
Buffalo Hills McDonald ✓ Murphy Memorial Hickory ✓
Buffalo Wallow Prairie Barton ✓ Neosho Towersite Newton ✓
Bushwhacker Lake Barton, Vernon ✓ Niangua Webster ✓
Busiek Christian ✓ Osage Fork Laclede ✓
Capps Creek Newton ✓ Pa Sole Prairie Barton ✓
Charity Access Dallas ✓ Paris Springs Access Lawrence ✓
Clear Creek Vernon, Barton ✓ Phenix Access Greene ✓
Coffin Cave Laclede ✓ Pilot Knob Stone ✓
Compton Hollow Webster ✓ Pleasant Hope Polk ✓
Comstock Prairie Barton ✓ Pomme de Terre Lake
Hickory, Polk ✓
Management Lands
Corry Flatrocks Dade ✓
Powell Towersite McDonald ✓
Cowskin Access McDonald ✓
Providence Prairie Lawrence ✓
Cross Timbers Access Hickory ✓
Rader Access Webster ✓
Dale Sare Greene ✓
Redwing Prairie Barton ✓
Davis Memorial Barton ✓
Risch Barton ✓
Deep Ford Access McDonald ✓
Roaring River Barry ✓
Diamond Grove Prairie Newton ✓
Rocky Barrens Greene ✓
Dorris Creek Prairie Barton ✓
Sentinel Polk ✓
Drury-Mincy Taney ✓
Shawnee Trail Barton ✓
Drywood Barton ✓
Sky Prairie Cedar ✓
Fiddlers Ford Access Dade ✓
Sloan Dade ✓
Flag Spring McDonald, Barry ✓
Stockton Lake —
Fort Crowder Newton ✓ Dade, Polk ✓
Big Sac Unit
Goodman Towersite Newton ✓ Stockton Lake —
Goose Creek Laclede Dade, Polk ✓
✓ Little Sac Unit
Hayes Spring Stone ✓ Stony Point Prairie Dade ✓
Holland Stone ✓ Stubblefield Access Barry ✓
Hollister Towersite Taney ✓ Talbot Lawrence ✓
Horse Creek Prairie Dade ✓ Tipton Ford Access Newton ✓
2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 13Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Treaty Line Prairie Barton ✓ Grandin Towersite Ripley ✓
Truman Reservoir — Hemenway Ripley ✓
Hickory ✓
Cross Timbers Horseshoe Bend Texas ✓
Turkey Creek Cedar ✓ Houston Towersite Texas ✓
Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Polk ✓ Hunter Towersite Carter ✓
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 ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Montauk Towersite Dent ✓
Allen Memorial Wright Mountain View
✓ 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
Bohigian Phelps ✓ Shannon, Carter ✓
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
Dent ✓ Sunklands Shannon ✓
Forest
Cover Memorial Oregon ✓ Tecumseh Towersite Ozark ✓
Cover Prairie Howell ✓ Thomasville Towersite Shannon ✓
Davidson-Paris Howell ✓ Timber Knob Towersite Ozark ✓
Davis Howell ✓ Tingler Prairie Howell ✓
Dixon Towersite Pulaski ✓ Twin Knobs Towersite Douglas ✓
Eck Texas ✓ Vanderhoef Memorial Howell ✓
Fort Leonard Wood Vera Cruz Access Douglas ✓
Pulaski ✓ Warm Fork Oregon
Towersite ✓
Fourche Creek Ripley ✓ White State Forest
Texas ✓
Fuson Wright ✓ Nursery
Gasconade Hills Pulaski ✓ White Ranch Howell ✓
Gist Ranch Texas ✓ White River Trace Dent ✓
Woods Memorial Phelps, Crawford ✓
14 2021 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 ✓ ✓
Sand Prairie Scott ✓
Corkwood Butler ✓
Sank Bollinger ✓
Crowleys Ridge Stoddard ✓
Seven Island Mississippi ✓
Shannon,
Current River ✓ Seventy-Six Perry ✓
R
eynolds, Carter
Donaldson Point New Madrid Sun Butler ✓
✓
Duck Creek Bollinger Sweetgum Access Bollinger ✓
✓ ✓
Duck Creek, Swift Ditch Access New Madrid ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓ Thompson Ford Access Madison
Greenbrier Unit ✓
Duck Creek, Dark Tywappity Towersite Scott ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓
Cypress Swamp Unit University Forest Wayne, Butler ✓
Flatwoods Wayne ✓ Wappapello Reservoir Wayne ✓
Frisbee Cutoff Access Dunklin ✓ Warbler Woods Dunklin ✓
Funk Memorial Iron ✓ Wilhelmina Butler ✓
General Watkins Scott ✓ Windy Bar Island Cape Girardeau ✓
Gipsy Towersite Bollinger ✓ Yokum School Wayne ✓
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This area is landlocked. You must get permission from landowner to gain access.
2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 15Managed Spring Turkey Hunts
Hunt No. Area Name County Date Quota Odds1
Archery (2 hunts — longbow, recurve bow, compound bow, crossbow, or atlatl only)
1 Caney Mountain CA 2,3 Ozark April 19–25 30 48%
Runge Conservation Nature Center 4,5
2 Cole May 1–2 6 N/A
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., April 30
Firearms (17 hunts — shotgun only)
3 August A. Busch CA 3 St. Charles April 19–22 40 15%
4 August A. Busch CA 3
St. Charles April 24–27 40 15%
5 August A. Busch CA 3 St. Charles April 30–May 3 40 22%
6 August A. Busch CA 3 St. Charles May 6–9 40 52%
August A. Busch Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center 5,6
7 St. Charles May 3–4 2 40%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., April 12
Burr Oak Woods CA 5,7
8 Jackson May 8–9 10 N/A
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 9 a.m., April 17
9 Caney Mountain CA 2,3 Ozark April 26–May 2 30 36%
10 Caney Mountain CA 2,3 Ozark May 3–9 30 42%
11 Coldwater CA (Managed Hunt Area) 2,8 Wayne April 19–May 9 5 N/A
Forest 44 CA (Jay Henges Range Restricted Portion) 5,6
12 St. Louis April 26–27 5 26%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 5:30 p.m., April 5
13 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon April 19–25 40 22%
14 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon April 26–May 2 40 35%
15 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon May 3–9 40 50%
16 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 19–22 40 19%
17 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 24–27 40 23%
18 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 30–May 3 40 29%
19 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles May 6–9 40 35%
Youth-Only Firearms for Ages 11–15 (13 hunts — shotgun only) Note: Hunter-education certification is required, see Page 17.
20 August A. Busch CA St. Charles April 10–11 15 50%
21 Caney Mountain CA 2,3 Ozark April 10–11 10 100% 9
Charles W. Green CA 5,10
22 Mandatory pre-hunt orientation date and time will be announced before the Boone April 10–11 6 N/A
hunt.
23 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 10–11 2 67%
24 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 19–28 3 100% 9
25 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 29–May 9 3 100% 9
Fellows Lake 5
26 Springfield April 10–11 4 40%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6:30 p.m., March 31
Fellows Lake 5
27 Springfield April 19–May 2 4 50%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6:30 p.m., March 31
28 Marais Temps Clair CA St. Charles April 19–May 9 2 100% 9
29 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon April 10–11 10 40%
30 Saint Stanislaus CA St. Louis April 10–11 3 100% 9
31 Saint Stanislaus CA St. Louis April 19–May 2 3 38%
32 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 10–11 15 68%
16 2021 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 26, 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 your Heritage Card, Conservation Permit Card, or any
hunters who will be drawn to participate in each hunt. current or 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
youth-only managed hunt. You may apply individually or To apply, complete the following steps.
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. Note: A Social Security number is
hunt, you must be at least 11 years old. not the same as a Conservation Number. Your Conservation
◾ You must attend a mandatory pre-hunt orientation for Number is located on your Heritage Card, Conservation
some managed hunts. If you cannot attend the orientation, Permit Card, or 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 15 through May 9, go online. Be prepared
exempt. The mentor does not need a permit if the man- to enter your nine-digit Conservation Number (the same
aged hunt occurs during youth turkey season but must number you used when you applied).
possess a filled or unfilled spring turkey hunting permit if All successful applicants will receive by mail an area map
the managed hunt occurs during the regular season. Men- and information regarding the hunt. We must have your correct
tors must attend the pre-hunt orientation if one is required address to send the information. If your address changes, call
and may not hunt during the managed hunt. the Department during business hours at 573-522-0107.
Key
CA = Conservation Area 6
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nly first-time turkey hunters 18 and older who have never
1
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dds of being selected are based on last year’s drawings. Telechecked a turkey are eligible. Hunters will be accompanied by a
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anaged hunt occurs in a designated area; statewide regulations mentor during the hunt.
apply outside the designated area. 7
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ll hunters age 11 and older who have never telechecked a turkey
3
H
unters permanently needing to use a wheelchair may bypass the are eligible. Hunters will be accompanied by a mentor during the
random drawing but do not displace others in the drawing. Send hunt.
a request with a statement from a licensed physician to: Managed 8
H
unters must permanently need to use a wheelchair to participate
Turkey Hunts, Missouri Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, in this hunt. Call 573-223-4525 to apply.
Jefferson City, MO 64102-0180. Requests must be received by Feb. 28. 9
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ecause odds are for the previous year, 100 percent odds do not
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nly turkey hunters 11 and older who have never Telechecked a guarantee you will be drawn.
turkey are elegible. Hunters will be accompanied by a mentor during 10
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nly first-time turkey hunters ages 11–15 at the time of the hunt
the hunt. To apply, call 573-522-4115 ext. 3407 by 5 p.m. on March 1. who have never Telechecked a turkey are eligible. To apply, call
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D
o not apply for this hunt if you cannot attend the mandatory pre- 573-815-7900, ext. 2866 by 5 p.m. on March 1.
hunt orientation.
2021 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 they are smaller, brown,
and have blue heads. 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 turkey’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 2021 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationFeral Hogs
F
eral hogs are highly destructive and prolific pests. They cause
significant damage to wildlife habitat, compete with native
wildlife for food, prey upon native wildlife, destroy nests
of birds such as turkeys, degrade natural areas and agricultural
fields, pollute ponds and streams, and spread diseases to livestock,
people, and pets. Feral hogs are a menace that must be eliminated
in Missouri.
Report Feral Hogs
◾ Report feral hog sightings and damage to 573-522-4115,
ext. 3296.
◾ Releasing hogs into the wild is illegal. If you see someone releas-
ing hogs, report violators to your local conservation agent.
◾ During deer and turkey seasons, opportunistic take of feral hogs
by hunters with an unfilled deer or turkey hunting permit is
allowed on lands owned, leased, or managed by the Conserva-
tion Department. Outside of deer and turkey seasons, the taking
of feral hogs is prohibited on lands owned, leased, or managed
by the Conservation Department.
The Conservation Department and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, along with
private landowners and other partners, 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
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
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.
DAVID BESENGER ILLUSTRATION
The presence of dew claw marks with feral hog or white-tailed deer 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 turkey brood survey.
The Conservation Department needs volunteers to partici- Note: If you have previously signed up for the survey,
pate in its wild turkey brood survey. Using cards provided, you do not need to do so again.
participants record observations of hens and poults We’ll send you three observation cards on which to
throughout the summer. The information gathered is used record your turkey sightings during June, July, and August.
to gauge the hatch of Missouri’s wild turkey population. At the end of each month, just drop the postage-paid card
It’s easy to participate. Just visit short.mdc.mo.gov/ in the mail, and we’ll take care of the rest.
ZqK. The deadline to apply is April 15.
2021 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.
◾ 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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