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2022 Spring Turkey Hunting
Regulations and Information, Missouri
Department of Conservation
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
Table of Contents
Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What’s New for 2022?
Hunter-Education Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ◾ Turkey hunting regulations have changed for several
conservation areas. See pages 8–15.
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ◾ New managed hunts have been added and others
Permit Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 have been removed or modified. See Page 16.
Sunrise Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Landowner Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Apprentice Hunter Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Note: According to rule 3 CSR 10-5.216 of the Wildlife
Turkey Hunting Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Code of Missouri, if you have been convicted of multiple
Turkey Hunting Regulations on Department Areas . . . . . . . . . . 8 or major violations of the Code in the past five years, the
Conservation Commission may consider suspending
Managed Hunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
or revoking your hunting, trapping, and/or fishing
How to Tell a Gobbler from a Hen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 privileges regardless of any previous court action.
Rules for Safe Turkey Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The point system the Commission uses to assess Code
violations is explained at short.mdc.mo.gov/Zg5.
Feral Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tagging and Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to use Telecheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Wildlife Code of Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Support
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.
Margaret F. Eckelkamp
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
mdc.mo.gov Sharpen Your Shooting Skills
Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Missouri Regardless of your skill level, you can become a safer,
Department of Conservation is available to all individuals without regard to their race, more accurate shooter by practicing at a shooting range
color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, before hunting season. The Conservation Department
or disability. Questions should be directed to the Department of Conservation, PO Box offers five fully staffed shooting ranges and many addi-
180, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 573-751-4115 (voice) or 800-735-2966 (TTY), or to tional unstaffed ranges. To find one, aim your browser at
Chief, Public Civil Rights, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C mdc.mo.gov/shootingranges.
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.
2 2022 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 9–10, 2022 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 25. 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 18–May 8, 2022 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
◾ Nonresident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
Season Limit: Two male turkeys or turkeys with a
visible beard may be taken during the season, with the
following restrictions:
◾ You may take only one turkey during the first week from
April 18–24.
◾ If you do not take a turkey during the first week, then
you may take two during the second or third week from
April 25–May 8, but you may not take them both on the
same day.
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
2022 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
use or in possession)
Telechecked in the past. Note: Wildlife labeling
◾ Recorded calls (in use or in possession)
requirements 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 and
turkey by aid of bait where the hunter knows or reasonably learn more about the app at short.mdc.mo.gov/Zi2.
should know the area is or was baited. It is illegal to place Note: Make sure you update MO Hunting before
bait in a way that causes others to be in violation of the each hunting season to ensure you are using the most
baiting rule. recent version of the app and that all of your permits
Voiding the Permit: If you harvest a turkey, you must notch are visible while hunting.
your permit immediately. See Page 20.
Tagging and Checking: See pages 20–21 for tagging and
checking requirements.
Coyotes may not be
Additional Information: chased, pursued, or
◾ If you kill or injure a turkey, you must make a reasonable taken during daylight
effort to retrieve and include it in your season limit, but this hours from April 1–17,
does not authorize trespass. 2022. During the regular
◾ It is a violation to wantonly leave, abandon, or waste com- spring turkey season,
monly edible portions of game. coyotes may be taken
◾ During the regular spring turkey season, anyone assisting only from one-half hour
another hunter must be properly licensed with either a before sunrise to 1 p.m.
filled or unfilled spring turkey hunting permit. and using only legal spring turkey hunting methods
◾ During youth turkey season, you do not need a permit to by hunters holding an unfilled spring turkey hunting
assist a properly licensed youth hunter. You must, how- permit and a Resident Small Game Hunting Permit or a
ever, be 18 or older and hunter-education certified or born Nonresident Furbearer Hunting and Trapping Permit.
before Jan. 1, 1967.
4 2022 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 9 . . . . . 6:41 . . . . . . 7:40 28 . . . . . 6:15
Resident Landowner 10 . . . . . 6:40 . . . . . . 7:41 29 . . . . . 6:14
Spring Turkey Hunting Permit . . . . . . . No cost; see Page 6 18 . . . . . 6:28 30 . . . . . 6:13
19 . . . . . 6:27 MAY
Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit 20 . . . . . 6:26 1 . . . . . 6:11
Age 16 or older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $224 21 . . . . . 6:24 2 . . . . . 6:10
Age 6–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50 22 . . . . . 6:23 3 . . . . . 6:09
23 . . . . . 6:21 4 . . . . . 6:08
Nonresident Landowner Spring Turkey 24 . . . . . 6:20 5 . . . . . 6:07
Hunting Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $165 25 . . . . . 6:19 6 . . . . . 6:06
Available to nonresidents who own at least 75 acres in one 26 . . . . . 6:18 7 . . . . . 6:05
contiguous tract in Missouri and members of the landowner’s 27 . . . . . 6:16 8 . . . . . 6:04
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.
2022 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 2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationHabitat Management is Key to Increase Turkey Numbers
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
A
lthough wild turkeys can be found throughout Missouri’s wild turkeys were no exception. Although an
Missouri’s diverse landscapes, 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 2022 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 relatively poor production the past few years, the 2022 season
mortality, decreasing production, or doing both, each limiting should be no exception.
factor puts the brakes on an expanding population.
2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 7Turkey 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. Elam Bend Gentry ✓
Turkey hunting is only allowed on Department areas Elrod Mill Access Andrew ✓
that are listed in the table. If an area that is owned or man- Floyd Memorial Chariton ✓
aged by the Conservation Department is not listed, turkey
Fountain Grove Linn, Livingston ✓ ✓
hunting is not allowed. For hunting opportunities on public
land that is not owned or managed by the Conservation Gallatin Daviess ✓
Department, contact the appropriate agency. Grand Pass Saline ✓ ✓
For maps and more details of areas listed on the following
Grand Trace Harrison ✓
pages, contact the regional office or visit mdc.mo.gov/atlas.
Hadorn Bridge Access Andrew ✓
Regulation key for table Happy Holler Lake Andrew ✓
Hardin Ray ✓
1. Statewide turkey seasons and limits apply.
2. Longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, atlatls, and Helton Memorial Harrison ✓
crossbows may be used. Turkey hunting with firearms Holmes Bend Access Daviess ✓
is prohibited. All other statewide turkey seasons and Honey Creek Andrew ✓
limits apply.
3. Only nontoxic shot may be used. Jamesport
Daviess ✓
4. Managed hunt. See pages 16–17 for details. Community Lake
King Lake DeKalb, Gentry ✓
Northwest 816-271-3100 Kneib Memorial Buchanan ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Lake Paho Mercer ✓
Agency Buchanan ✓ Little Compton Lake Carroll ✓
Aspinwall Bend Atchison ✓ ✓ Little Tarkio Prairie Holt ✓
Bagley Woods1 Mercer ✓ Logan Memorial Buchanan ✓
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 ✓
Dupree Memorial Buchanan ✓ Poosey Livingston ✓
Price Bridge Access Chariton ✓
This area is landlocked. You must get permission from
1
Punkin Center Access Livingston ✓
landowner to gain access.
8 2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Riverbreaks Holt ✓ Griffiths Memorial Macon ✓
Rush Bottoms Holt ✓ ✓ Heath Memorial Clark ✓
Schifferdecker Memorial Carroll ✓ Henry Sever Lake Knox ✓
Seat Memorial Gentry, Worth ✓ Hidden Hollow Macon ✓
Sowards Ford Access Worth ✓ Hunnewell Access Shelby ✓
Star School Hill Prairie Atchison ✓ Hunnewell Lake Shelby ✓
Sterling Price Indian Hills Scotland ✓
Chariton ✓
C
ommunity Lake Julian Steyermark Woods Marion ✓
Sunbridge Hills Buchanan ✓ LaBelle Lake Lewis ✓
Tarkio Prairie Atchison ✓ Locust Creek Sullivan ✓
Thurnau Holt ✓ ✓ McPike Access Marion ✓
VanDyke Mercer ✓ Mineral Hills Putnam ✓
Wagner Ray ✓ Montgomery Woods Adair, Macon ✓
Wiese2 Chariton ✓ Morris Prairie Sullivan ✓
Wolf Creek Bend Holt ✓ ✓ Mound View Access Shelby ✓
Worth County Neeper Clark ✓
Worth ✓
C
ommunity Lake
Pin Oak Shelby ✓
Worthwine Island Andrew ✓
Ranacker Pike ✓
Yellow Creek Chariton ✓
Ray Memorial Marion ✓
Northeast 660-785-2420
Rebel’s Cove Putnam, Schuyler ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Redman Macon ✓
Anderson Ralls, Pike ✓
Rocky Hollow Monroe ✓
Arrow-Wood Shelby ✓
Rose Pond Clark ✓ ✓
Atlanta —
Macon ✓ Sears Community Lake Sullivan ✓
Long Branch Lake
Macon, Shanks Pike ✓ ✓
Bee Hollow ✓ Shoemaker Adair
R
andolph ✓
Big Creek Adair ✓ Soulard Access Marion ✓
Black Hawk Access Marion ✓ Sugar Creek Adair ✓
Bollow Shelby ✓ Sunnyside School
Lewis ✓
Callahan Mound Access Marion Access
✓
Thomas Hill Reservoir Macon ✓
Cedar Bluff Access Monroe ✓
Tolona Access Lewis ✓
Clark Clark ✓
Adair, Putnam,
Dark Hollow Sullivan ✓ Union Ridge ✓
S ullivan
Deer Ridge Lewis ✓
Upper Mississippi —
Dodd Access Macon ✓ Angle, Blackbird, Black-
Dunn Ford Access Marion ✓ burn, Ducher, Gilbert, Pike ✓
Dupont Reservation Pike ✓ Mozier, North, Pharrs
and South Fritz Islands
Elmslie Memorial Marion ✓
Upper Mississippi —
Ewing Lake Scotland ✓ Marion ✓
Bay Island
Fabius Chute Access Marion ✓ Upper Mississippi —
Lewis ✓
Fox Valley Lake Clark ✓ Cottonwood Island
Frost Island Clark ✓ ✓ Upper Mississippi —
Area is accessible by boat via Grand River or with permission
2 Fabius, Orton, Poage, Marion ✓
from surrounding landowners. Whitney, Ziegler Islands
2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 9Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
White Oak Bend Access Knox ✓ J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
Pettis, Johnson ✓
Willingham Memorial Monroe ✓ Memorial Units 1, 2
Woodlawn Access Monroe ✓ J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
Pettis, Johnson ✓
Memorial Unit 3
Wyaconda Crossing Lewis ✓
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 ✓
Berrier (Dr. Harry and
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 ✓
Hatchery
Birdsong St. Clair ✓
Maple Leaf Lake Lafayette ✓
Blackjack Access St. Clair ✓
Marshall Platte ✓
Brickley Hollow Benton ✓
Montrose Henry ✓ ✓
Bridger Urban Jackson ✓
Mora Benton ✓
Bristow Vernon ✓
Mount Hulda Towersite Benton ✓
Bruns Tract Pettis ✓
Old Town Access Bates ✓
Bryson’s Hope Pettis ✓
Osage Prairie Vernon ✓
Burr Oak Woods Jackson ✓
Paint Brush Prairie Pettis ✓
Cephas Ford Access Vernon ✓
Park, Guy B. Platte ✓
Chapel View Prairie Henry ✓
Parma Woods Range &
Cooley Lake Clay ✓ ✓ 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 ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓
Bethlehem
Granny’s Acres Benton ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Harmony Mission Lake Bates ✓ Henry ✓
Brownington
Hartwell Pettis ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Hazel Hill Lake Johnson ✓ Benton ✓
Brush Creek
Hi Lonesome Prairie Benton ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓
Ionia Ridge Benton ✓ Cedar Creek
Kahrs-Boger Park Pettis ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓
Deepwater Creek
10 2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Truman Reservoir — Danville —
St. Clair ✓ Montgomery ✓
Gallinipper Creek Baldwin Annex
Truman Reservoir — Danville — Thornhill &
Henry ✓ Montgomery ✓
Gouge Eye Schulze Annex
Truman Reservoir — Davisdale Howard ✓
Henry ✓
Grand River Bottoms Diana Bend Howard ✓ ✓
Truman Reservoir — Diggs Audrain ✓
Henry ✓
Leesville
Eagle Bluffs Boone ✓ ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Earthquake Hollow Callaway ✓
Little Pomme de Terre
Truman Reservoir — Fiery Fork Camden ✓
Benton ✓ Franklin Island Howard
Little Tebo Creek ✓ ✓
Truman Reservoir — Gale Access Camden ✓
St. Clair ✓
Sac-Osage Grand Bluffs Montgomery ✓
Truman Reservoir — Hart Creek Boone ✓
St. Clair ✓
Salt Creek
Hinkson Woods Boone ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Hite Prairie Morgan ✓
Tebo Islands
Honey Creek Access Cole ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓ Hungry Mother Howard ✓
Upper Tebo Creek
Truman Reservoir — Lamine River Cooper, Morgan ✓
St. Clair ✓
Valhalla Lick Creek Boone ✓
Truman Reservoir — Little Dixie Lake Callaway ✓
St. Clair ✓
Weaubleau Creek
Loutre Lick Access Montgomery ✓
Urich Henry ✓
Lowe Audrain ✓
Wah-Kon-Tah Prairie —
St. Clair ✓ Madden Ford Access Miller ✓
North of Highway 82
Morgan,
Central 573-815-7900 Manito Lake ✓
Moniteau
Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Mansfield Camden ✓
Ben Branch Lake Osage ✓
Marion Bottoms Cole, Moniteau ✓
Boone, Howard,
Bennitt, Rudolf ✓ Marshall Junction Saline ✓
Randolph
Moniteau Creek Howard ✓
Blind Pony Lake Saline ✓
Moores Mill Access Callaway ✓
Blue Lick Saline ✓
Northcutt Memorial Audrain ✓
Boeckman Bridge
Miller ✓ Painted Rock Osage ✓
Access
Branch Towersite Camden ✓ Pikes Camp Access Cole ✓
Bruns Access Osage ✓ Plowboy Bend Moniteau ✓ ✓
Burnt Mill Cave Camden ✓ Moniteau,
Prairie Home ✓
C
ooper
Canaan Gasconade ✓
Proctor Towersite Morgan ✓
Carpenter Memorial Morgan ✓
Reform Callaway ✓
Charles W. Green Boone ✓
Rinquelin Trail
Church Farm Cole ✓ ✓ Maries ✓
C
ommunity Lake
Clifty Creek Maries ✓
Rocky Fork Lakes Boone ✓
Cooper Hill Osage ✓
Rocky Mount Towersite Miller ✓
Danville Montgomery ✓
Saline Valley Miller ✓
2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 11Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Scrivner Road Cole ✓ Kingston Access Washington ✓
Smith Moniteau, Cole ✓ LaBarque Creek Jefferson ✓
Smoky Waters Osage, Cole ✓ Franklin,
Little Indian Creek ✓
Spring Creek Gap Maries ✓ Washington
Stringtown Bridge Access Cole ✓ Little Lost Creek Warren ✓
Tate Island Callaway ✓ Logan Lincoln ✓
Three Creeks Boone ✓ Long Ridge Franklin ✓
Toronto Springs Camden ✓ Marais Temps Clair St. Charles ✓ ✓
Tri-City Community Lake Boone ✓ Meramec — All of Area
Franklin ✓
Except Wildlife Refuge3
Vandalia Community
Audrain ✓ Merrill Horse Access Jefferson ✓
Lake
Waters & Moss Myron and Sonya
Boone ✓ Jefferson ✓
Memorial Glassberg Family
Wellsville Lake Montgomery ✓ Noser Mill Franklin ✓
Whetstone Creek Callaway ✓ Pacific Palisades Jefferson ✓
White Audrain ✓ Pea Ridge Washington ✓
Wigwam School Access Morgan ✓ Prairie Slough Pike, Lincoln ✓
Wilson Camp Access Miller ✓ Redhorse Access Franklin ✓
St. Louis 636-441-4554 Reifsnider Warren ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 River ‘Round Franklin ✓
Anderson Memorial Crawford ✓ Saint Stanislaus St. Louis ✓
August A. Busch St. Charles ✓ Sandy Island Lincoln ✓
August A. Busch Sizemore Memorial Crawford ✓
Shooting Range and Upper Mississippi —
St. Charles ✓ St. Charles ✓
Outdoor Education Dresser Island
Center Upper Mississippi —
St. Charles ✓
B.K. Leach Memorial Lincoln ✓ ✓ Pool 26 Tracts
Blue Springs Creek Crawford ✓ Upper Mississippi —
Bootleg Access Washington ✓ Stag, Sterling, Lincoln ✓
Westport Islands
Catawissa Franklin ✓
Valley View Glades Jefferson ✓
Columbia Bottom St. Louis ✓ ✓
Victoria Glades Jefferson ✓
Crooked Creek Crawford ✓
Vonaventure Memorial Lincoln ✓
Cuivre Island — Lincoln,
✓ Weldon Spring St. Charles ✓
Island Portion Only St. Charles
Cuivre Island — Lincoln, White Memorial Lincoln ✓
✓
Mainland Portion St. Charles Young Jefferson ✓
Daniel Boone Warren ✓ Southwest 417-895-6880
Forest 44 — Jay Henges Area Name County 1 2 3 4
St. Louis ✓
Range Restricted Portion Alfred Newton Gossett Dallas ✓
Howell Island St. Charles ✓ Barclay Dallas ✓
Hughes Mountain Washington ✓ Bear Creek Laclede ✓
Huzzah Crawford ✓ Bennett Spring Access Dallas ✓
Kessler Memorial Lincoln ✓ Bethel Prairie Barton ✓
Keysville Towersite Crawford ✓ Bluff Springs Cedar ✓
Bois D’Arc Greene ✓
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Hunting is not allowed in the wildlife refuge.
12 2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
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
Hickory, Polk ✓
Cowskin Access McDonald ✓ 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 ✓
Drynob Access Laclede ✓ Sentinel Polk ✓
Drywood Barton ✓ Shawnee Trail Barton ✓
Fiddlers Ford Access Dade ✓ Sky Prairie Cedar ✓
Flag Spring McDonald, Barry ✓ Sloan Dade ✓
Fort Crowder Newton ✓ Stockton Lake —
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 ✓
Huckleberry Ridge McDonald ✓ Treaty Line Prairie Barton ✓
Indigo Prairie Dade ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Jessie Hollow Stone Hickory ✓
✓ Cross Timbers
Kickapoo Prairie Lawrence ✓ Turkey Creek Cedar ✓
Lanagan Towersite McDonald ✓ Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Polk ✓
Lead Mine Dallas ✓ Wade and June Shelton
Dade ✓
Lewis Family, Dean, Memorial
Anna Mae, and Taney ✓ Williams Ford Access Dallas ✓
David D. Memorial Wire Road Stone ✓
Little Sac Woods Greene ✓ Ozark 417-256-7161
Mary Lawson Laclede ✓ Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Monegaw Prairie Cedar ✓ Allen Memorial Wright ✓
2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 13Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
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 ✓
Fenced Portion
Bull Shoals Lake Ozark ✓
Piney River Narrows Texas ✓
Buzzard Bluff Access Wright ✓
Rippee Douglas ✓
Cabool Towersite Texas ✓
Rocky Creek Shannon ✓
Caney Mountain —
Ozark ✓ Rosati Towersite Phelps ✓
Outside Fenced Area
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 Warm Fork Oregon ✓
Pulaski ✓
Towersite
White State Forest
Fourche Creek Ripley ✓ Texas ✓
Nursery
Fuson Wright ✓ White Ranch Howell ✓
Gasconade Hills Pulaski ✓ White River Trace Dent ✓
Gist Ranch Texas ✓ Woods Memorial Phelps, Crawford ✓
Grandin Towersite Ripley ✓ Southeast 573-290-5730
Hemenway Ripley ✓ Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Horseshoe Bend Texas ✓ Amidon Memorial Bollinger ✓
Houston Towersite Texas ✓ Apple Creek Cape Girardeau ✓
Hunter Towersite Carter ✓ Aquilla Access Stoddard ✓
Hyer Woods Dent ✓ Big Cane Butler ✓
Indian Trail Dent ✓ Bismarck St. Francois, ✓
Little Black Ripley ✓ Black Island —
Little Prairie Phelps ✓ Stephen C. Bradford,
Pemiscot ✓ ✓
Massengill Douglas ✓ Gayoso Bend, Desoto,
Wolf Bayou Units Only
Midvale Texas ✓
Blue Spring Branch Perry ✓
Montauk Towersite Dent ✓
Buck Mountain 4
St. Francois ✓
Mountain View
Howell ✓ Buford Mountain Iron, Washington ✓
Towersite
14 2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Cape LaCroix Bluffs Scott ✓ Little Whitewater Bollinger ✓
Cash Memorial Dunklin ✓ Shannon,
Logan Creek ✓
Castor River Bollinger ✓ Reynolds
Cedar Mountain4 Iron ✓ Lon Sanders Canyon Wayne ✓
Chalk Bluff Trail Access Dunklin ✓ Mac and Zelma
Butler ✓
Carmichael State Forest4
Champion Springs 4
Reynolds ✓
Magnolia Hollow Ste. Genevieve ✓
Clearwater Reynolds ✓
Maintz Wildlife Preserve Cape Girardeau ✓
Clearwater Lake Reynolds ✓
Marquand Access Madison ✓
Clubb Creek Bollinger ✓
Millstream Gardens Madison ✓
Coldwater Access Wayne ✓
Oak Ridge Stoddard ✓
Coldwater — Inside
Wayne ✓ Old Plantation Access Cape Girardeau ✓
Disabled Hunt Area
Coldwater — Outside Poplar Bluff Butler ✓
Wayne ✓
Disabled Hunt Area Red Rock Landing Perry ✓
Coon Island Butler ✓ ✓ Reynolds, Iron,
Riverside ✓
Corkwood Butler ✓ Wayne
Crowleys Ridge Stoddard ✓ Sand Prairie Scott ✓
Shannon, Sank Bollinger ✓
Current River ✓
R
eynolds, Carter Seven Island Mississippi ✓
Donaldson Point New Madrid ✓ Seventy-Six Perry ✓
Duck Creek Bollinger ✓ ✓ Stephen J. Sun Butler ✓
Duck Creek, Sweetgum Access Bollinger ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓
Greenbrier Unit Swift Ditch Access New Madrid ✓
Duck Creek, Dark Ten Mile Pond Mississippi ✓ ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓
Cypress Swamp Unit
Thompson Ford Access Madison ✓
Flatwoods Wayne ✓
Tywappity Towersite Scott ✓
Frisbee Cutoff Access Dunklin ✓
University Forest Wayne, Butler ✓
Funk Memorial Iron ✓
Wappapello Reservoir Wayne ✓
General Watkins Scott ✓
Warbler Woods Dunklin ✓
Gipsy Towersite Bollinger ✓
Wilhelmina Butler ✓
New Madrid,
Girvin ✓ Windy Bar Island Cape Girardeau ✓
Pemiscot
Grassy Towersite Bollinger ✓ Yokum School Wayne ✓
Graves Mountain Wayne, Iron ✓
Hammer Memorial Wayne ✓
Hawn Access Bollinger ✓
Holly Ridge Stoddard ✓
Hornersville Swamp Dunklin ✓
Horton Farm Ste. Genevieve ✓
Iron Bridge Access Wayne ✓
Ketcherside Mountain Iron, Reynolds ✓
Knob Lick Towersite St. Francois ✓
Lake Girardeau Cape Girardeau ✓
4
T his area is landlocked. You must get permission from
landowner to gain access.
2022 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 CA 2,3 Ozark April 18–24 30 31%
Firearms (16 hunts — shotgun only)
2 August A. Busch CA 3 St. Charles April 18–21 40 9%
3 August A. Busch CA 3 St. Charles April 23–26 40 13%
4 August A. Busch CA 3 St. Charles April 29–May 2 40 19%
5 August A. Busch CA 3 St. Charles May 5–8 40 16%
August A. Busch Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center 4,5
6 St. Charles May 2–3 2 9%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 5 p.m., April 12
7 Caney Mountain CA 2,3 Ozark April 25–May 1 30 21%
8 Caney Mountain CA 2,3 Ozark May 2–8 30 55%
9 Coldwater CA (Managed Hunt Area) 2,6 Wayne April 18–May 8 5 N/A
Forest 44 CA (Jay Henges Range Restricted Portion) 4,5
10 St. Louis April 25–26 5 14%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 5:30 p.m., April 5
11 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon April 18–24 40 13%
12 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon April 25–May 1 40 20%
13 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon May 2–8 40 35%
14 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 18–21 40 13%
15 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 23–26 40 17%
16 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 29–May 2 40 25%
17 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles May 5–8 40 44%
Youth-Only Firearms for Ages 11–15 (12 hunts — shotgun only) Note: Hunter-education certification is required, see Page 17.
18 August A. Busch CA St. Charles April 9–10 15 25%
19 Caney Mountain CA 2,3 Ozark April 9–10 10 77%
Charles W. Green CA 4,8
20 Mandatory pre-hunt orientation date and time will be announced before Boone April 9–10 6 N/A
the hunt.
21 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 9–10 2 100% 7
22 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 18–27 3 100% 7
23 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 28–May 8 3 100% 7
Fellows Lake 4
24 Springfield April 9–10 4 38%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6:30 p.m., March 30
25 Marais Temps Clair CA St. Charles April 18–May 8 2 100% 7
26 Peck Ranch CA (Inside Refuge Fence) 2 Carter/Shannon April 9–10 10 30%
27 Saint Stanislaus CA St. Louis April 9–10 3 50%
28 Saint Stanislaus CA St. Louis April 18–May 1 3 38%
29 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 9–10 15 34%
16 2022 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 25, 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 Step 1: Designate one member of your group to go online.
hunt. That person must have ready the following information:
◾ Only hunters who are drawn for a managed hunt may ◾ The number for the preferred hunt
attend that managed hunt. If you cannot attend, another ◾ The nine-digit Conservation Number of each hunter in the
hunter can’t take your place. group. If you need a number, call 573-522-0107 during
◾ To participate in a youth-only managed hunt, you must be regular business hours. Note: A Social Security number is
11–15 years old. To participate in a non-youth managed not the same as a Conservation Number. Your Conservation
hunt, you must be at least 11 years old. Number is located on your Heritage Card, Conservation
◾ You must attend a mandatory pre-hunt orientation for Permit Card, or any current or previous permit.
some managed hunts. If you cannot attend the orientation, Step 2: Complete the worksheet on this page before applying
do not apply. so you will have all the information ready.
◾ You must be hunter-education certified or exempt to Step 3: Go online at short.mdc.mo.gov/Z3d. If you correctly
participate in a managed hunt. Note: You may apply for a enter all the required information, you will receive a message
managed hunt if you are not hunter-education certified, confirming your application. To change or delete your
but you must achieve certification before the pre-hunt application, visit the same website and click “Change or
orientation or, for those hunts without an orientation, the Delete Your Hunt.”
actual hunt. You must be 11 or older to enroll in a Missouri
hunter-education course. To find out if you’ve been selected
◾ All youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult men- From March 15 through May 8, go online. Be prepared
tor (age 18 or older) who is hunter-education certified or to enter your nine-digit Conservation Number (the same
exempt. The mentor does not need a permit if the man- number you used when you applied).
aged hunt occurs during youth turkey season but must All successful applicants will receive by mail an area map
possess a filled or unfilled spring turkey hunting permit if and information regarding the hunt. We must have your
the managed hunt occurs during the regular season. Men- correct address to send the information. If your address
tors must attend the pre-hunt orientation if one is required changes, call the Department during business hours at
and may not hunt during the managed hunt. 573-522-0107.
Key
CA = Conservation Area 5
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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
2
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anaged hunt occurs in a designated area; statewide regulations mentor during the hunt.
apply outside the designated area. 6
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unters must permanently need to use a wheelchair to participate
3
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unters permanently needing to use a wheelchair may bypass the in this hunt. Call 573-223-4525 to apply.
random drawing but do not displace others in the drawing. Send 7
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ecause odds are for the previous year, 100 percent odds do not
a request with a statement from a licensed physician to: Managed guarantee you will be drawn.
Turkey Hunts, Missouri Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, 8
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nly first-time turkey hunters ages 11–15 at the time of the hunt
Jefferson City, MO 64102-0180. Requests must be received by Feb. 28. who have never Telechecked a turkey are eligible. To apply, call 573-
4
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o not apply for this hunt if you cannot attend the mandatory pre- 815-7900, ext. 2866 by 5 p.m. on March 1.
hunt orientation.
2022 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 feathers
feathers GOBBLER
buff-tipped black-tipped
Mainly blue HEAD Mainly red
BEARD Long tassel-like
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 2022 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 Conservation Department’s wild turkey brood survey.
The Department has conducted a wild turkey brood survey To learn how you can participate in the wild turkey brood
annually since 1959. The survey relies on volunteers to survey, please contact the Department’s Wild Turkey Man-
submit observations of all wild turkeys — hens, poults, and agement Program at WildTurkeyMgmt@mdc.mo.gov.
gobblers — they see during June, July, and August. The
information is used to gauge the hatch of Missouri’s wild
turkey population.
2022 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. Note: Notching is not the same
as Telechecking. You must still Telecheck your turkey by
10 p.m. on the day of harvest.
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
number 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 Telechecked before they are removed from Missouri.
◾ Only the person who harvested the turkey may possess and transport the turkey before Telechecking.
◾ After Telechecking, 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.
20 2022 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationHow to Use Telecheck
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ll turkeys must be Telechecked online, by using the
MO Hunting app, or by telephone. If you are calling
Telecheck on your cellphone, be sure you have a clear
How to
signal. If the signal is spotty, move closer to a major highway,
go to higher ground, or wait until you get to a land-based line
Measure Spurs
to call. Avoid calling in areas with loud background noise. Spur length measurements help biologists
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You do not need to Telecheck immediately after harvesting keep track of the age structure of the
a turkey. You can transport unchecked game within the state adult turkey
as long as you have notched your permit. You have until 10 population.
p.m. on the day taken to check your turkey. Please
accurately
measure
Telecheck Using the MO Hunting App
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your turkey’s
Step 1: Select your notched permit from the list. spurs before
Step 2: Tap “Telecheck.” checking it.
Step 3: Follow the prompts on the screen. This will ensure
Telecheck will upload a confirmation number to your biologists place your turkey in the correct
mobile device. age class. A difference in spur length of less
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than 1/8 of an inch can be important, so
please take an accurate measurement.
Telecheck Using a Phone or the Internet Start at the outside center from the
Step 1: Before calling the toll-free number or going online, point where the spur protrudes from the
find your Telecheck ID number on your permit. Also get a leg scales, and measure to the tip of the
pen so you will be able to write your Telecheck confirmation spur. Report the length of the longest spur.
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number on your permit.
Step 2: Fill out the orange form to the right, which contains
the information you will be asked when you use Telecheck.
Step 3: Call 800-314-6828 or visit mdc.mo.gov, then follow
the instructions. If you’re using a phone, speak clearly and → Your Telecheck ID number:
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slowly. You can use Telecheck between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. ________________________________
Step 4: After you have provided the required information,
you will be given a confirmation number that verifies you → Turkey type:
have legally checked your turkey. Write this number on the □ Gobbler
permit. You have now completed Telecheck and can process □ J uvenile gobbler (see Page 18 for
your turkey. how to identify a juvenile)
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→ □B
earded hen (see Page 18 for details
on sexing a turkey)
→ Spur length (gobblers only, see
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box above)
□ Less than 1 inch
□ 1 inch or more
→ Beard length
Telecheck □ Less than 6 inches
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□ 6 inches or more
your turkey at:
800-314-6828 → County of harvest
or mdc.mo.gov _______________________________
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