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2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations
and Information
Missouri Department of Conservation
NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
Table of Contents
What’s New for 2019?
Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
◾◾ You do not need a permit to assist a properly licensed
Hunter-Education Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 youth hunter during the youth spring turkey season.
How Turkey Season is Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 See Page 4 for important details.
◾◾ Lessees are no longer eligible for no-cost resident land-
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
owner permits. See Page 6.
Permit Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ◾◾ Due to federal and state regulations, you are now
Sunrise Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 required to provide a Social Security number to obtain
hunting, fishing, and trapping permits. See Page 6.
Resident Landowner Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ◾◾ Turkey hunting regulations have changed for several
Apprentice Hunter Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 conservation areas. See pages 8–15.
◾◾ Nontoxic shot is now required on several conserva-
Turkey Hunting Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
tion areas that did not require it in the past. Check the
Turkey Hunting Regulations on Department Areas . . . . . . . . . . 8 table on pages 8–15 to see if the area you’re hunting
Managed Hunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 requires nontoxic shot.
◾◾ New managed hunts have been added and others
How to Tell a Gobbler from a Hen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 have been removed or modified. See Page 16.
Rules for Safe Turkey Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Feral Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NOTE: According to rule 3 CSR 10-5.216 of the Wildlife
Tagging and Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Code of Missouri, if you have been convicted of multiple
How to use Telecheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 or major violations of the Code in the past five years, the
Wildlife Code of Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Conservation Commission may consider suspending
or revoking your hunting, trapping, and/or fishing
privileges regardless of any previous court action.
The point system the Commission uses to assess Code
violations is explained at short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkV.
MCHF Helps You Invest in
Your Love for Nature
Director, Department of Conservation
Sara Parker Pauley
The Conservation Commission O ver the past 20 years, thanks to donations
from hunters like you, the Missouri
Conservation Heritage Foundation has
Don C. Bedell
Marilynn J. Bradford supported youth and veteran hunting events,
David W. Murphy blinds for hunters with disabilities, wildlife
habitat improvements, and conservation
Missouri Department of Conservation education. With your help, we can do even
PO Box 180
more! Consider making a planned gift or
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
other donation, or purchasing a Conservation
573-751-4115
mdc.mo.gov
Heritage License Plate today. You may direct
your contributions to the area of conservation
Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Missouri
you care most about. For more information,
Department of Conservation is available to all individuals without regard to their race,
color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, visit mochf.org or call 800-227-1488.
or disability. Questions should be directed to the Department of Conservation, PO Box
180, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 573-751-4115 (voice) or 800-735-2966 (TTY), or to
Chief, Public Civil Rights, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.
2 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
Turkey Seasons
Youth Spring Turkey Hunting Season
Who May Participate:
Hunter-Education Requirement
◾◾ Youth hunters who are age 6–15 on opening day All hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1967, and hunting
with a Resident or Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting
Season Dates: April 6–7, 2019
Permit must complete an approved hunter-education
Shooting Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset Central program and display their certification card before they
Daylight Time can purchase a firearms turkey hunting permit unless:
Valid Permits: ◾◾ They first purchase an Apprentice Hunter Authoriza-
◾◾ Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit tion. See Page 6 for requirements.
◾◾ Resident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting Permit ◾◾ They are ages 6–15 and will be hunting with a quali-
fied mentor. See Page 5.
◾◾ Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
◾◾ They have a developmental disability. See rule 3 CSR
Note: Landowner permits are valid only on the land for which 10-5.205 of the Wildlife Code of Missouri.
they are issued. See Page 6 for qualifications. Hunters do not need to show their hunter-education
Youth Season Limit: One male turkey or turkey with a card if certification can be verified online. If this is
visible beard. not possible, some hunters will need to contact the
Note: Youths who take a turkey during the youth season may Conservation Department to provide proof of hunter-
not harvest a second bird until April 22. This is because the education certification. Once in Missouri’s permit
bird taken during the youth season counts as the first bird for database, hunters won’t have to submit this information
the first week of the regular season. 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 15–May 5, 2019 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
class in your area, visit mdc.mo.gov/huntereducation.
Valid Permits:
◾◾ Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
◾◾ Resident Landowner Spring Turkey Hunting Permit
◾◾ Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit How Turkey Season
Season Limit: Two male turkeys or turkeys with a Opening Dates are Set
visible beard may be taken during the season, with the
The current formula for setting spring turkey season strikes
following restrictions:
a balance between the biology of turkey reproduction and
◾◾ You may take only one turkey during the first week from hunters’ desires for an earlier season, especially in southern
April 15–21. Missouri. As a result, the regular season begins on the third
◾◾ If you do not take a turkey during the first week, then Monday in April, which during most years produces an earlier
you may take two during the second or third week from season than what was set using the previous formula.
April 22–May 5, but you may not take them both on the The youth season opens nine days before the regular
same day. season, except when that would make it fall over the Easter
Note: If you harvest a turkey during a managed hunt, it weekend. In those cases, the youth season begins the week-
counts toward your two-bird season limit. See pages 16–17. end before Easter.
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
mdc.mo.gov 2019 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 during convenient option for carrying your
spring turkey hunting seasons: permits afield, voiding a permit after
◾◾ Shotguns with shot not larger than No. 4 harvesting a turkey, and Telechecking
◾◾ Longbows, recurve bows, or compound bows. Hand-held your harvest.
string-releasing devices, illuminated sights, scopes, and The app, which is available for Apple and Android
quickpoint sights are allowed. devices, allows you to:
◾◾ Crossbows ◾◾ Purchase permits.
◾◾ Atlatls ◾◾ See all the hunting, fishing, and trapping permits you
have purchased — even if they were purchased from
The following methods are prohibited: a traditional vendor, online, or by telephone.
◾◾ Shotguns capable of holding more than 3 shells in ◾◾ Carry valid, electronic permits afield.
magazine and chamber combined ◾◾ Electronically “notch” (void) your turkey permits
◾◾ Shot larger than No. 4 (in use or in possession) directly from the app.
◾◾ Rifles and pistols ◾◾ Telecheck your turkey, using an easy-to-fill form.
◾◾ Firearms that propel a single projectile at one discharge Telecheck will upload a confirmation number to the
◾◾ Any sighting device that casts a beam of light on the game app. You can also see turkeys and deer you have Tel-
◾◾ Thermal imagery equipment or night vision equipment (in echecked in the past. Note: Wildlife labeling require-
use or in possession) ments still apply. See Page 20.
◾◾ Recorded calls (in use or in possession)
◾◾ Use of dogs or live decoys To log in to MO Hunting, you’ll need your Conservation
◾◾ Use of bait, which includes grain or other feed placed or scat- Number. This nine-digit number can be found on your
tered so as to attract turkeys. An area is considered baited Heritage Card, Conservation Permit Card, or any current
for 10 days after complete removal of the bait. A hunter can or previous permit. For help locating your Conservation
be in violation if they take or attempt to take a turkey by aid Number, call 573-522-0107 during regular business
of bait where the hunter knows or reasonably should know hours or go to short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkH.
the area is or was baited. It is illegal to place bait in a way MO Hunting is available for free in the Google Play
that causes others to be in violation of the baiting rule. and iTunes stores. You can also get MO Hunting and
learn more about the app at mdc.mo.gov/mobile/
Voiding the Permit: If you harvest a turkey, you must notch mobile-apps.
your permit immediately. See Page 20. Note: Make sure you update MO Hunting before
Tagging and Checking: As long as you stay with your har- each hunting season to ensure you are using the most
vested turkey, you don’t need to tag it, but you must keep recent version of the app and that all of your permits
your notched permit on hand. If you leave your turkey, you are visible while hunting.
must attach a tag. Turkeys must be checked by 10 p.m. on the
day taken using the Telecheck system. See pages 20–21.
Note: Coyotes may not be
◾◾ If you kill or injure a turkey, you must make a reasonable chased, pursued,
effort to retrieve and include it in your season limit, but this or taken during
does not authorize trespass. daylight hours from
◾◾ It is a violation to wantonly leave, abandon, or waste com- April 1–14, 2019.
monly edible portions of game. During the regular
◾◾ During the regular spring turkey season, anyone helping to spring turkey season,
call in a turkey or assisting another hunter must be prop- coyotes may be
erly licensed with either a filled or unfilled spring turkey taken using legal
hunting permit. spring turkey hunting methods by hunters holding an
◾◾ New! During youth turkey season, you do not need a unfilled spring turkey hunting permit and a Resident
permit to assist a properly licensed youth hunter. You must, Small Game Hunting Permit or a Nonresident Furbearer
however, be 18 or older and hunter-education certified or Hunting and Trapping Permit.
born before Jan. 1, 1967.
4 2019 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 6 . . . . . 6:46 . . . . . . 7:37 25 . . . . . 6:19
Resident Landowner 7 . . . . . 6:45 . . . . . . 7:38 26 . . . . . 6:18
Spring Turkey Hunting Permit . . . . . . . No cost; see Page 6 15 . . . . . 6:33 27 . . . . . 6:17
16 . . . . . 6:32 28 . . . . . 6:15
Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Permit 17 . . . . . 6:30 29 . . . . . 6:14
Age 16 or older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190 18 . . . . . 6:29 30 . . . . . 6:13
Age 6–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.50 19 . . . . . 6:27 MAY
20 . . . . . 6:26 1 . . . . . 6:12
Note: Youth age 6–15 are not required to be hunter-education 21 . . . . . 6:25 2 . . . . . 6:11
certified. If the youth is hunter-education certified and hunt- 22 . . . . . 6:23 3 . . . . . 6:09
ing on a resident or nonresident spring turkey permit, he or 23 . . . . . 6:22 4 . . . . . 6:08
she may hunt alone. If the youth is not hunter-education certi- 24 . . . . . 6:21 5 . . . . . 6:07
fied, he or she must be in the immediate presence of a men-
This table is for Jefferson City and points on the same longitude
tor, age 18 or older, who is hunter-education certified or born north or south. For locations east, subtract one minute from the
before Jan. 1, 1967. The mentor does not need a permit dur- table for each 13 1/2 miles (airline) of distance. For locations west,
ing the youth turkey season but must possess a spring turkey add one minute for each 13 1/2 miles. Or, for the sunrise and sunset
hunting permit (filled or unfilled) during the regular season. times anywhere in the United States, see the U.S. Naval Observatory
Mentors may not hunt turkeys during the youth season. website: www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications.
Regardless of age, the youth must be capable of holding,
aiming, and shooting the firearm by himself or herself.
Resident landowners born after Jan. 1, 1967, Note: Nonresident students who qualify for resident
accompanying youths on the landowner’s property must be permits must purchase them in person, over the phone, or
hunter-education certified. through the mail from Conservation Department offices.
◾◾ Immigrants who possess an I-551 Resident Alien Card from
Who may purchase resident permits? the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and who
◾◾ Any person who does not claim resident privileges in do not claim resident privileges in another state or country,
another state or country, and whose actual residence and and whose actual residence and legal permanent home
legal permanent home address are both in Missouri, and address are both in Missouri, and have been for at least 30
have been for at least 30 days before applying for the per- days before purchasing a permit.
mit. Owning real estate or attending a Missouri school does
not in itself make you a legal resident. Purchasing Permits
◾◾ Missouri residents employed by the United States in the You may purchase turkey hunting permits:
District of Columbia or serving in the U.S. armed forces.
◾◾ Over the counter from any permit vendor. No surcharges
(Immediate family members who reside with them also
will be assessed.
may purchase resident permits.)
◾◾ Online at mdc.mo.gov/permits. Use your credit card to
◾◾ All members of the U.S. armed forces stationed and resid-
pay. No surcharges will be assessed. Print your permit at
ing in Missouri on permanent change-of-station status and
home and have it in hand immediately.
immediate family members residing with them.
◾◾ From your smartphone using the free MO Hunting app (see
◾◾ Any honorably discharged military veteran having a
Page 4). Use your credit card to pay. No surcharges will be
service-related disability of 60 percent or greater, or who
assessed. Your permit will appear on the app immediately
was a prisoner of war during military service; must carry
after purchase.
certified statement of eligibility from the U.S. Department
◾◾ By telephone at 800-392-4115. Use your credit card and pay
of Veterans Affairs while hunting and purchasing permits.
a $1 surcharge. Allow 10 days for delivery.
◾◾ Any member of the U.S. military currently assigned as a
Note: No-cost resident landowner permits also are available.
patient to a Warrior Transition Brigade, Warrior Transition
See Page 6 for details.
Unit, or a military medical center; must carry orders show-
ing such assignment while hunting and purchasing permits.
◾◾ Nonresidents who are registered students attending a
public or private secondary, postsecondary, or vocational
school in Missouri and who live in Missouri while attending
school; must carry evidence of a Missouri residence and
student status, such as a student ID, while hunting.
mdc.mo.gov 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 5Resident Landowner Permits
No-Cost Resident Qualifications for
Landowner Permits Landowner Permits
All turkey hunters, including landowners, must have a valid To qualify for landowner permits, you must be a Missouri
turkey hunting permit. Resident landowners who meet resident. A Missouri resident is a person who does not claim
the qualifications (see below) may get no-cost resident any resident privileges (for example, hunting, fishing, trap-
landowner permits using any of the following methods: ping, driver’s license, or registered voter) in another state or
◾◾ Over the counter from any permit vendor. No surcharges country and whose legal residence or domicile has been in
will be assessed. the state of Missouri for at least 30 days prior to obtaining a
◾◾ Online at mdc.mo.gov/permits. Print your permit at home landowner permit.
and have it in hand immediately. In addition to being a Missouri resident, you also must meet
◾◾ From your smartphone using the free MO Hunting app (see one of the following criteria:
Page 4). Your permit will appear on the app immediately ◾◾ You must own at least five acres of land in one contiguous
after purchase. tract.
◾◾ By telephone at 800-392-4115. Use your credit card and pay ◾◾ You must be a member of the landowner’s immediate
a $1 surcharge. Allow 10 days for delivery. household and have the same legal residence as the land-
Please have on hand the following information: owner for at least the last 30 days.
◾◾ Your Conservation Number, Social Security number, or ◾◾ You must be a general partner of a resident limited liability
driver’s license number partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability limited
◾◾ The county where your land is located partnership, or a general partner of a general partnership
◾◾ The number of acres you own formed by written agreement and the partnership must
Note: Each hunter may harvest only two turkeys during the own at least five contiguous acres of land.
spring season. You may not harvest additional turkeys using ◾◾ You must be an officer of a resident or foreign corporation
no-cost landowner permits. All landowner hunting permits and the corporation must own at least five contiguous
are valid only on the land for which they are issued. You must acres of land.
purchase permits to hunt on land you do not own. ◾◾ You must be a managing member of a resident limited
liability company and the company must own at least five
Apprentice Hunter Authorization contiguous acres of land.
◾◾ You must be an officer of a benevolent association orga-
To help introduce adults to hunting, the Conservation Depart- nized pursuant to Chapter 352 of the Revised Statutes of
ment allows hunters age 16 or older who are not hunter- Missouri and the association must own at least five con-
education certified to hunt with firearms, as long as they: tiguous acres of land.
◾◾ First purchase the Apprentice Hunter Authorization for $10; To see if you qualify for landowner permits, visit short.mdc.
◾◾ Then purchase a firearms hunting permit for the season mo.gov/ZkU.
they want to hunt, for example, a Resident Spring Turkey
Hunting Permit; and
◾◾ Hunt in the immediate presence of a properly licensed
mentor 18 years old or older who is hunter-education
certified or was born before Jan. 1, 1967. The mentor must
have a filled or unfilled permit for the prescribed season.
“Immediate presence” means close enough for normal
conversation, without shouting. New! Federal Statute 42 U.S.C. § 666 and Missouri
Note: The Apprentice Hunter Authorization can be purchased Revised Statute 454.403 require buyers of Missouri
twice, and it allows the holder to obtain firearms permits hunting, fishing, and trapping permits to provide their
throughout the permit year. After the second purchase, Social Security number. This requirement also applies
the apprentice hunter will be required to become hunter- to no-cost landowner permits. Individuals who do not
education certified if he or she wants to continue purchasing have Social Security numbers will be required to affirm
firearms permits. that information. Falsifying a Social Security number
may result in revocation of privileges or criminal
charges. Social Security numbers are securely stored
and used in support of the Missouri Department of
Social Service’s child support enforcement.
6 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationPoor Production Could Make for a Challenging 2019 Season
JIM RATHERT
O
f particular significance to spring turkey hunters is when poor production reduces turkey numbers for several
the hatch that occurred two years ago because it years and periods when improved production will result in
determines the number of 2-year-old gobblers on more turkeys on the landscape.
the landscape. During the breeding season, these young
subordinate birds are not associated with hens as often as A Comprehensive Approach to
older dominant birds. As a result, they tend to gobble often Wild Turkey Management
and are more likely to respond to hunters’ calls. To many The Conservation Department’s Wild Turkey Management
hunters, 2-year-old gobblers make for the most exciting Program takes a comprehensive, science-based approach to
spring turkey hunting. Unfortunately, a poor hatch in managing the state’s turkey population. A range of biological
2017 will result in fewer 2-year-old gobblers on Missouri’s information is collected annually to monitor trends in turkey
landscape during the 2019 season. Coupled with the impact production, abundance, and population age-structure. The
of poor production in 2016, hunters should prepare for a Department has conducted a number of wild turkey research
more challenging season than in years past. projects, including an ongoing study in northern Missouri.
Data from these studies provide important information
Transitional Times used to make management decisions. The Department
Missouri’s turkey population has undergone a transition also surveys thousands of hunters each year to learn about
during the past several decades. In the 1970s and 1980s, their opinions, success, and satisfaction. The Department’s
when the recently restored population was expanding approach to turkey management is guided by its Wild
rapidly, people often reported seeing flocks of turkeys Turkey Harvest Management Plan. Along with management
during winter that numbered well into the hundreds. During objectives — such as ensuring the long-term well-being of
that time, production was extremely high as turkeys took the population, allowing harvest within sustainable limits,
advantage of vacant, highly suitable habitat. But a basic and providing opportunity to enjoy the resource — the plan
ecological principle eventually caught up with Missouri’s outlines several decision criteria that are evaluated each year
turkeys. As wildlife populations grow, factors that limit their to establish hunting regulations.
size exert ever-greater influence. Habitats become crowded,
predators find easy prey, and disease spreads more quickly. Looking Ahead to the 2019 Season
By increasing mortality, decreasing production, or doing Throughout Missouri, turkey numbers are not as high as
both, each limiting factor puts the brakes on an expanding they were a few years ago following several years of good
population. production. The effects of poor production in recent years
Missouri’s wild turkeys were no exception. Although an will likely be evident during this year’s spring season,
increase in turkey numbers above current population levels and hunters will probably have to put in more time to
is possible when good production occurs, it is unlikely turkey be successful. Missouri’s habitat, however, is capable of
numbers will ever increase to the peak populations observed supporting high turkey densities, and the Show-Me State still
following restoration. Wild turkey populations are dynamic, offers great turkey hunting even when numbers are down.
and turkey reproductive success is rarely constant from year Each year the spring turkey harvest continues to be among
to year. In the future, hunters should expect to see consider- the highest in the nation, and despite poor production the
able fluctuations in turkey numbers. There will be periods last several years, the 2019 season should be no exception.
mdc.mo.gov 2019 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. 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 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea 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
mdc.mo.gov 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 9Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Upper Mississippi — Grove Memorial Lafayette ✓
Marion ✓
Bay Island Harmony Mission Lake Bates ✓
Upper Mississippi — Hartwell Pettis ✓
Lewis ✓
Cottonwood Island
Hazel Hill Lake Johnson ✓
Upper Mississippi —
Fabius, Orton, Poage, Marion ✓ Hi Lonesome Prairie Benton ✓
Whitney, Ziegler Islands Ionia Ridge Benton ✓
White Oak Bend Access Knox ✓ Kahrs-Boger Park Pettis ✓
Willingham Memorial Monroe ✓ J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
Pettis, Johnson ✓
Woodlawn Access Monroe ✓ Memorial Units 1, 2
Wyaconda Crossing Lewis J.N. “Turkey” Kearn
✓ Pettis, Johnson ✓
Memorial Unit 3
W.R. Kearn Pettis ✓
KANSAS CITY 816-622-0900 Kendzora Buchanan, Platte ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Kings Prairie Access St. Clair ✓
Amarugia Highland Cass ✓ La Due Bottoms Henry ✓
Balltown Access Vernon ✓ Liberty Bend Clay ✓
Baltimore Bend Lafayette ✓ Linscomb St. Clair ✓
Big Buffalo Creek Benton, Morgan ✓ Little Bean Marsh Platte ✓ ✓
Big Drywood Creek Vernon ✓ Lone Jack Lake Jackson ✓
Birdsong St. Clair Lost Valley Fish
✓ Benton ✓
Hatchery
Blackjack Access St. Clair ✓
Maple Leaf Lake Lafayette ✓
Brickley Hollow Benton ✓
Marshall Platte ✓
Bridger Urban Jackson ✓
Montrose Henry ✓ ✓
Bristow Vernon ✓
Mora Benton ✓
Bruns Tract Pettis ✓
Mount Hulda Towersite Benton ✓
Bryson’s Hope Pettis ✓
Old Town Access Bates ✓
Burr Oak Woods Jackson ✓
Osage Prairie Vernon ✓
Cephas Ford Access Vernon ✓
Paint Brush Prairie Pettis ✓
Chapel View Prairie Henry ✓
Park, Guy B. Platte ✓
Cooley Lake Clay ✓ ✓
Parma Woods Range &
Dave Rock St. Clair ✓ Training Center — North Platte ✓
Dorsett Hill Prairie Cass ✓ of Powerlines Only
Douglas Branch Vernon ✓ Peabody Bates ✓
Drovers Prairie Pettis ✓ Saline, Pettis,
Perry Memorial ✓ ✓
Edmonson Access Benton ✓ Johnson
Ferguson-Herold Lafayette ✓ Platte Falls Platte ✓ ✓
Fewel Henry ✓ Poague Henry ✓
Flight Lake Vernon ✓ Ripgut Prairie Bates ✓
Four Rivers Vernon, Bates ✓ ✓ Schell-Osage Vernon, St. Clair ✓ ✓
Friendly Prairie Pettis ✓ Settle’s Ford Bates, Cass ✓ ✓
Gama Grass Prairie Vernon ✓ Sni-A-Bar Lafayette ✓
Grandfather Prairie Pettis ✓ Taberville Prairie St. Clair ✓
Granny’s Acres Benton ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓ ✓
Bethlehem
10 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Truman Reservoir — Carpenter Memorial Morgan ✓
Henry ✓
Brownington Charles W. Green Boone ✓
Truman Reservoir — Church Farm Cole ✓ ✓
Benton ✓
Brush Creek
Clifty Creek Maries ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓ Cooper Hill Osage ✓
Cedar Creek
Truman Reservoir — Danville Montgomery ✓
Henry ✓ Danville —
Deepwater Creek Montgomery ✓
Truman Reservoir — Baldwin Annex
St. Clair ✓ Danville — Thornhill &
Gallinipper Creek Montgomery ✓
Truman Reservoir — Schulze Annex
Henry ✓ Davisdale Howard
Gouge Eye ✓
Truman Reservoir — Diana Bend Howard ✓ ✓
Henry ✓
Grand River Bottoms Diggs Audrain ✓
Truman Reservoir — Eagle Bluffs Boone ✓ ✓
Henry ✓
Leesville
Earthquake Hollow Callaway ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Fiery Fork Camden ✓
Little Pomme de Terre
Franklin Island Howard ✓ ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Gale Access Camden ✓
Little Tebo Creek
Truman Reservoir — Grand Bluffs Montgomery ✓
St. Clair ✓
Sac-Osage Hart Creek Boone ✓
Truman Reservoir — Hinkson Woods Boone ✓
St. Clair ✓
Salt Creek
Hite Prairie Morgan ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Benton ✓ Honey Creek Access Cole ✓
Tebo Islands
Hungry Mother Howard ✓
Truman Reservoir —
Henry ✓ Lamine River Cooper, Morgan ✓
Upper Tebo Creek
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 — Morgan,
St. Clair ✓ Manito Lake
North of Highway 82 Moniteau
✓
Mansfield Camden ✓
CENTRAL 573-815-7900 Marion Bottoms Cole, Moniteau ✓
Marshall Junction Saline ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Moniteau Creek Howard ✓
Ben Branch Lake Osage ✓
Moores Mill Access Callaway ✓
Boone, Howard,
Bennitt, Rudolf ✓ Northcutt Memorial Audrain ✓
Randolph
Blind Pony Lake Saline ✓ Painted Rock Osage ✓
Blue Lick Saline ✓ Pikes Camp Access Cole ✓
Branch Towersite Camden ✓ Plowboy Bend Moniteau ✓ ✓
Bruns Access Osage Moniteau,
✓ Prairie Home ✓
C
ooper
Burnt Mill Cave Camden ✓
Proctor Towersite Morgan ✓
Canaan Gasconade ✓
mdc.mo.gov 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 11Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Reform Callaway ✓ Howell Island St. Charles ✓
Rinquelin Trail Hughes Mountain Washington ✓
Maries ✓
C
ommunity Lake Huzzah Crawford ✓
Rocky Fork Lakes Boone ✓ Kessler Memorial Lincoln ✓
Rocky Mount Towersite Miller ✓ Keysville Towersite Crawford ✓
Saline Valley Miller ✓ Kingston Access Washington ✓
Scrivner Road Cole ✓ LaBarque Creek Jefferson ✓
Smith Moniteau, Cole ✓ Franklin,
Little Indian Creek ✓
Smoky Waters Osage, Cole ✓ Washington
Spring Creek Gap Maries ✓ Little Lost Creek Warren ✓
Stringtown Bridge Access Cole ✓ Logan Lincoln ✓
Tate Island Callaway ✓ Long Ridge Franklin ✓
Three Creeks Boone ✓ Marais Temps Clair St. Charles ✓ ✓
Toronto Springs Camden ✓ Meramec — All of Area
Franklin ✓
Tri-City Community Except Wildlife Refuge3
Boone ✓
Lake Merrill Horse Access Jefferson ✓
Vandalia Community Myron and Sonya
Audrain ✓ Jefferson ✓
Lake Glassberg Family
Waters & Moss Pacific Palisades Jefferson ✓
Boone ✓
Memorial Pea Ridge Washington ✓
Wellsville Lake Montgomery ✓ Prairie Slough Pike, Lincoln ✓
Whetstone Creek Callaway ✓ Redhorse Access Franklin ✓
White Audrain ✓ Reifsnider Warren ✓
Wigwam School Access Morgan ✓ River ‘Round Franklin ✓
Wilson Camp Access Miller ✓ Saint Stanislaus St. Louis ✓
Sandy Island Lincoln ✓
ST. LOUIS 636-441-4554 Sizemore Memorial Crawford ✓
Upper Mississippi —
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 St. Charles ✓
Dresser Island
Anderson Memorial Crawford ✓ Upper Mississippi —
St. Charles ✓
August A. Busch St. Charles ✓ Pool 26 Tracts
B.K. Leach Memorial Lincoln ✓ ✓ Upper Mississippi —
Blue Springs Creek Crawford ✓ Stag, Sterling, Lincoln ✓
Westport Islands
Bootleg Access Washington ✓
Valley View Glades Jefferson ✓
Catawissa Franklin ✓
Victoria Glades Jefferson ✓
Columbia Bottom St. Louis ✓ ✓
Vonaventure Memorial Lincoln ✓
Crooked Creek Crawford ✓
Weldon Spring St. Charles ✓
Cuivre Island — Lincoln,
✓ White Memorial Lincoln ✓
Island Portion Only St. Charles
Cuivre Island — Lincoln, Young Jefferson ✓
✓
Mainland Portion St. Charles
Daniel Boone Warren ✓ SOUTHWEST 417-895-6880
Forest 44 — Jay Henges
St. Louis ✓
Range Restricted Portion Area Name County 1 2 3 4
3
Hunting is not allowed in the wildlife refuge. Alfred Newton Gossett Dallas ✓
12 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Barclay Dallas ✓ Lewis Family, Dean,
Bear Creek Laclede ✓ Anna Mae, and Taney ✓
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
Corry Flatrocks Dade ✓ Hickory, Polk ✓
Management Lands
Cowskin Access McDonald ✓ Powell Towersite McDonald ✓
Cross Timbers Access Hickory ✓ Providence Prairie Lawrence ✓
Dale Sare Greene ✓ Rader Access Webster ✓
Davis Memorial Barton ✓ Redwing Prairie Barton ✓
Deep Ford Access McDonald ✓ Risch Barton ✓
Diamond Grove Prairie Newton ✓ Roaring River Barry ✓
Dorris Creek Prairie Barton ✓ Rocky Barrens Greene ✓
Drury-Mincy Taney ✓ 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 —
Goodman Towersite Newton Dade, Polk ✓
✓ Big Sac Unit
Goose Creek Laclede ✓ Stockton Lake —
Dade, Polk ✓
Hayes Spring Stone ✓ Little Sac Unit
Holland Stone ✓ Stony Point Prairie Dade ✓
Hollister Towersite Taney ✓ Stubblefield Access Barry ✓
Horse Creek Prairie Dade ✓ Talbot Lawrence ✓
Huckleberry Ridge McDonald ✓ Tipton Ford Access Newton ✓
Indigo Prairie Dade ✓ Treaty Line Prairie Barton ✓
Jessie Hollow Stone ✓ Truman Reservoir —
Hickory ✓
Cross Timbers
Kickapoo Prairie Lawrence ✓
Turkey Creek Cedar ✓
Lanagan Towersite McDonald ✓
Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Polk ✓
Lead Mine Dallas ✓
mdc.mo.gov 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 13Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Wade and June Shelton Hyer Woods Dent ✓
Dade ✓
Memorial Indian Trail Dent ✓
Williams Ford Access Dallas ✓ Little Black Ripley ✓
Wire Road Stone ✓ Little Prairie Phelps ✓
Massengill Douglas ✓
OZARK 417-256-7161 Midvale Texas ✓
Montauk Towersite Dent ✓
Area Name County 1 2 3 4
Mountain View
Allen Memorial Wright ✓ Howell ✓
Towersite
Angeline Shannon ✓ Mudpuppy Ripley ✓
Barn Hollow Howell, Texas ✓ Norfork Lake Ozark ✓
Barnes Texas ✓ Odin Access Wright ✓
Beaver Creek Phelps ✓ Patrick Bridge Access Ozark ✓
Birch Creek Shannon ✓ Peck Ranch — Inside
Shannon, Carter ✓
Bohigian Phelps ✓ Fenced Portion
Brown Dent ✓ Peck Ranch — Outside
Shannon, Carter ✓
Bull Shoals Lake Ozark ✓ Fenced Portion
Buzzard Bluff Access Wright ✓ Piney River Narrows Texas ✓
Cabool Towersite Texas ✓ Rippee Douglas ✓
Caney Mountain — Rocky Creek Shannon ✓
Ozark ✓
Outside Fenced Area Rosati Towersite Phelps ✓
Caney Mountain — Rose Hill Towersite Oregon ✓
Ozark ✓
Inside Fenced Area Roubidoux Creek Pulaski ✓
Carter Creek Carter ✓ Sand Pond Ripley ✓
Cedar Gap Wright ✓ Shannon Ranch Douglas ✓
Cedar Grove Dent ✓ Short Bend Access Dent ✓
Clement Memorial Sunklands Shannon ✓
Dent ✓
Forest
Tecumseh Towersite Ozark ✓
Cover Memorial Oregon ✓
Thomasville Towersite Shannon ✓
Cover Prairie Howell ✓
Timber Knob Towersite Ozark ✓
Davidson-Paris Howell ✓
Tingler Prairie Howell ✓
Davis Howell ✓
Twin Knobs Towersite Douglas ✓
Dixon Towersite Pulaski ✓
Vanderhoef Memorial Howell ✓
Eck Texas ✓
Vera Cruz Access Douglas ✓
Fort Leonard Wood
Pulaski ✓ Warm Fork Oregon ✓
Towersite
Fourche Creek Ripley White State Forest
✓ Texas ✓
Nursery
Fuson Wright ✓
White Ranch Howell ✓
Gasconade Hills Pulaski ✓
White River Trace Dent ✓
Gist Ranch Texas ✓
Woods Memorial Phelps, Crawford ✓
Grandin Towersite Ripley ✓
Hemenway Ripley ✓
Horseshoe Bend Texas ✓
Houston Towersite Texas ✓
Hunter Towersite Carter ✓
14 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationArea Name County 1 2 3 4
SOUTHEAST 573-290-5730 Girvin
New Madrid,
✓
Pemiscot
Area Name County 1 2 3 4 Grassy Towersite Bollinger ✓
Amidon Memorial Bollinger ✓ Graves Mountain Wayne, Iron ✓
Apple Creek Cape Girardeau ✓ Hammer Memorial Wayne ✓
Aquilla Access Stoddard ✓ Hawn Access Bollinger ✓
Big Cane Butler ✓ Holly Ridge Stoddard ✓
Bismarck St. Francois, ✓ Hornersville Swamp Dunklin ✓
Black Island — Horton Farm Ste. Genevieve ✓
Stephen C. Bradford, Iron Bridge Access Wayne ✓
Pemiscot ✓ ✓
Gayoso Bend, Desoto,
Ketcherside Mountain Iron, Reynolds ✓
Wolf Bayou Units Only
Blue Spring Branch Perry Knob Lick Towersite St. Francois ✓
✓
Buck Mountain4 St. Francois Lake Girardeau Cape Girardeau ✓
✓
Buford Mountain Iron, Washington ✓ Little Whitewater Bollinger ✓
Shannon,
Cape LaCroix Bluffs Scott ✓ Logan Creek ✓
Reynolds
Cash Memorial Dunklin ✓
Lon Sanders Canyon Wayne ✓
Castor River Bollinger ✓
Mac and Zelma
Cedar Mountain4 Iron ✓ Butler ✓
Carmichael State Forest4
Chalk Bluff Trail Access Dunklin ✓ Magnolia Hollow Ste. Genevieve ✓
Champion Springs 4
Reynolds ✓ Maintz Wildlife Preserve Cape Girardeau ✓
Clearwater Reynolds ✓ Marquand Access Madison ✓
Clearwater Lake Reynolds ✓ Millstream Gardens Madison ✓
Clubb Creek Bollinger ✓ Oak Ridge Stoddard ✓
Coldwater Access Wayne ✓ Old Plantation Access Cape Girardeau ✓
Coldwater — Inside Poplar Bluff Butler ✓
Wayne ✓
Disabled Hunt Area
Red Rock Landing Perry ✓
Coldwater — Outside
Wayne ✓ Reynolds, Iron,
Disabled Hunt Area Riverside ✓
Wayne
Coon Island Butler ✓ ✓
Sank Bollinger ✓
Corkwood Butler ✓
Seven Island Mississippi ✓
Crowleys Ridge Stoddard ✓
Seventy-Six Perry ✓
Shannon,
Current River ✓ Sun Butler ✓
R
eynolds, Carter
Donaldson Point New Madrid Sweetgum Access Bollinger ✓
✓
Duck Creek Bollinger Swift Ditch Access New Madrid ✓
✓ ✓
Duck Creek, Thompson Ford Access Madison ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓ Tywappity Towersite Scott
Greenbrier Unit ✓
Duck Creek, Dark University Forest Wayne, Butler ✓
Bollinger ✓ ✓
Cypress Swamp Unit Wappapello Reservoir Wayne ✓
Flatwoods Wayne ✓ Warbler Woods Dunklin ✓
Frisbee Cutoff Access Dunklin ✓ Wilhelmina Butler ✓
Funk Memorial Iron ✓ Windy Bar Island Cape Girardeau ✓
General Watkins Scott ✓ Yokum School Wayne ✓
Gipsy Towersite Bollinger ✓ 4
This area is landlocked. You must get permission from land-
owner to gain access.
mdc.mo.gov 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 15Managed Spring Turkey Hunts
Hunt No. Area Name County Date Quota Odds1
Archery (1 hunt — longbow, recurve bow, compound bow, crossbow, or atlatl only)
1 Caney Mountain CA2,3 Ozark April 15–21 30 55%
Firearms (15 hunts — shotgun only)
2 August A. Busch CA3 St. Charles April 15–18 40 12%
3 August A. Busch CA 3
St. Charles April 20–23 40 18%
4 August A. Busch CA3 St. Charles April 26–29 40 20%
5 August A. Busch CA3 St. Charles May 2–5 40 45%
6 Caney Mountain CA 2,3
Ozark April 22–28 30 34%
7 Caney Mountain CA 2,3
Ozark April 29–May 5 30 60%
8 Coldwater CA — Disabled Hunt Area2,4 Wayne April 15–May 5 6 NA
9 Forest 44 CA — Jay Henges Range Restricted Portion5,6 St. Louis April 29–30 5 17%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 5:30 p.m., March 28.
10 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion2 Shannon, Carter April 15–21 40 40%
11 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion 2
Shannon, Carter April 22–28 40 58%
12 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion 2
Shannon, Carter April 29–May 5 40 100%7
13 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 15–18 40 22%
14 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 20–23 40 30%
15 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles April 26–29 40 25%
16 Weldon Spring CA St. Charles May 2–5 40 28%
Youth-Only Firearms for Ages 11–15 (16 hunts — shotgun only) Note: Hunter-education certification is required, see Page 17.
17 August A. Busch CA5 St. Charles April 6–7 15 48%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 8 a.m., March 30.
18 Burr Oak Woods CA5 Jackson April 6–7 10 57%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., April 5.
19 Caney Mountain2,3 Ozark April 6–7 10 100%7
20 Charles W. Green CA5,8 Boone April 6–7 and 6 NA
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6 p.m., April 4. April 15–May 5
21 Columbia Bottom CA5 St. Louis April 6–7 4 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 8 a.m., March 30.
22 Columbia Bottom CA5 St. Louis April 15–28 4 80%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 8 a.m., March 30.
23 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 6–7 2 100%7
24 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 15–24 3 100%7
25 Corry Flatrocks CA Dade April 25–May 5 3 100%7
26 Fellows Lake (Springfield City Utilities)5 Greene April 6–7 4 50%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6:30 p.m., March 27.
27 Fellows Lake (Springfield City Utilities)5 Greene April 20–28 4 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 6:30 p.m., March 27.
28 Marais Temps Clair CA5 St. Charles April 15–May 5 2 67%
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 8 a.m., March 30.
29 Peck Ranch CA — Inside Fenced Portion2 Shannon, Carter April 6–7 10 50%
30 Saint Stanislaus CA 5
St. Louis April 6–7 3 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 8 a.m., March 30.
31 Saint Stanislaus CA5 St. Louis April 15–28 3 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 8 a.m., March 30.
32 Weldon Spring CA5 St. Charles April 6–7 15 100%7
Mandatory pre-hunt orientation begins at 8 a.m., March 30.
16 2019 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
a managed hunt before April 22, you may not harvest Date:
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 5, 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 5
D
o not apply for this hunt if you can’t attend the mandatory pre-
1
O
dds of being selected are based on last year’s drawings. hunt orientation.
2
M
anaged hunt occurs in a designated area; statewide regulations 6
O
nly first-time hunters 18 or older who have never acquired a
apply outside the designated area. turkey permit are eligible. Hunters will be accompanied by a
3
H
unters permanently confined to a wheelchair may bypass the mentor during the hunt.
random draw process, but do not displace others in the random 7
B
ecause odds are for the previous year, 100 percent odds do not
drawing. Send a request with a statement from a licensed physician guarantee you will be drawn.
to: Managed Turkey Hunts, Missouri Department of Conservation, 8
Only first-time hunters ages 11–15 at the time of the hunt who have
PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180. Requests must be never Telechecked a turkey may apply. Call 573-815-7900, ext. 2866
received by Feb. 28. by March 1 to apply.
4
H
unters must be permanently confined to a wheelchair to
participate. Call 573-223-4525 to apply.
mdc.mo.gov 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 17How to Tell a Gobbler from a Hen
G
obblers are large birds with a black body and long beard. Hens sometimes have beards, but color and size
distinguish them from gobblers. Hens are brown birds with blue heads. They are smaller than gobblers. Bearded hens
produce young and help increase the turkey population. They should not be killed, but any turkey with a visible beard
is legal. Hens without beards are illegal to shoot during the spring turkey seasons.
Female Male
Breast Breast
HEN f eathers feathers GOBBLER
buff-tipped black-tipped
Mainly blue HEAD Mainly red
Usually no beard BEARD Long tassel-like
Appears rusty BREAST Appears black
No spurs SPURS Usually 3/4 inch
or more
JUVENILE GOBBLERS have spurs less than 1/2 inch long and a beard less than 6 inches long.
Basic Rules for Safe Turkey Hunting
◾◾ Identify a 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 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and InformationFeral Hogs
F
eral hogs are highly destructive and prolific pests. They cause signifi-
cant damage to wildlife habitat, compete for food with native species
such as deer, prey upon native wildlife such as quail, destroy natural
areas and agricultural lands, pollute ponds and streams, and spread dis-
eases to livestock and people. Feral hogs are a menace that must be elimi-
nated in Missouri.
Report Feral Hogs. Don’t Shoot Them.
◾◾ Report feral hog sightings and damage to 573-522-4115, ext. 3296.
◾◾ Releasing hogs into the wild is illegal anywhere in the state. If you see
someone releasing hogs, report violators to your local conservation agent.
◾◾ Taking feral hogs is prohibited on conservation areas and other lands
owned, leased, or managed by the Conservation Department. Shooting
hogs on other lands is strongly discouraged.
The Conservation Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, along with other partners and hundreds
of private landowners, are working to eliminate feral hogs in Missouri. Hogs
are social animals that travel in groups called sounders. Shooting one or two
hogs scatters the sounder and makes trapping efforts aimed at catching
the entire group at once more difficult. With their high reproductive rate,
removing only one or two hogs does not help to reduce populations. Anyone
who observes a feral hog or damage caused by feral hogs should report it to
the Conservation Department rather than shooting the animal.
Feral hog tracks are distinguished from deer tracks by the rounded or blunt tips of the toes. The toes
of a hog track on a firm surface tend to be more splayed than a deer track. A hog track also appears
rounded or square; deer tracks appear heart-shaped and have more sharply pointed toes. The
DAVID BESENGER ILLUSTRATION
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 participate in its
wild turkey brood survey. Using cards provided, participants record
observations of hens and poults throughout the summer. The infor-
mation gathered is used to gauge the hatch of Missouri’s wild turkey
population.
It’s easy to participate. Just visit short.mdc.mo.gov/ZqK. The dead-
line to apply is April 15.
Note: If you have previously signed up for the survey, you do not
need to do so again.
We’ll send you three observation cards on which to record your
turkey sightings during June, July, and August. At the end of each
month, just drop the postage-paid card in the mail, and we’ll take care
of the rest.
mdc.mo.gov 2019 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information 19After the Harvest
Whether you’re using a traditional paper permit or the MO Hunting app, after harvesting
a turkey, you must notch your permit and Telecheck your bird. Here’s how.
Notch It
Immediately after harvesting a turkey, you must notch
your permit.
◾◾ To notch a paper permit, tear a small notch in the
month and day of harvest on the permit.
◾◾ To notch a permit using the MO Hunting app, simply
select the permit you wish to use from the list in the
app, and follow the short, easy prompts on the screen.
Once you notch your permit, you may transport your
turkey within Missouri.
Tag It If You Leave It
As long as you stay with your turkey, you don’t need to
tag it. But if you leave your turkey, you must attach a tag.
◾◾ If you have a paper permit, you can simply attach your
notched permit to the turkey’s leg. We recommend
sealing the permit in a zip-top bag and attaching the
bag with string, wire, or tape.
◾◾ If you’re using the MO Hunting app, you must attach a
label with your full name and address, or Conservation
Number to the turkey’s leg.
Check It
You must Telecheck your turkey by 10 p.m. on the day
of harvest.
◾◾ If you’re using a paper permit, follow the Telecheck
instructions on Page 21. Write the confirmation num-
ber provided by Telecheck on your permit.
◾◾ If you’re using the MO Hunting app, select your
notched permit from the list on the screen, tap
“Telecheck,” and follow the prompts. Telecheck will
upload a confirmation number directly to your mobile
device.
After you’ve reported to Telecheck, you may process your
turkey and transport it out of state.
Additional Information
◾◾ Until checked, turkeys must have the head and plumage intact.
◾◾ Notching voids the permit. Do not notch your permit until you harvest a turkey.
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◾◾ All turkeys must be checked before they are removed from Missouri.
◾◾ Only the person who harvested the turkey may possess and transport the turkey before checking.
◾◾ After checking, turkeys may be possessed and transported by anyone, but must be labeled with the taker’s full name
and address, or Conservation Number; date taken; and Telecheck confirmation number.
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