Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 4,428 birds over the past youth weekend, April 12-13. The top harvest counties were Osage with 107 birds harvested, Gasconade with 105 and Texas, 94.Young hunters checked 3,721 birds during the 2024 spring youth weekend.“Excellent turkey hunting weather and a large number of two-year-old gobblers on the landscape likely led to the 18% increase in youth harvest this year,” said MDC. “This bodes well for another strong regular season next week.”This spring’s harvest of 4,428 birds is the secondhighest harvest since the youth season began in 2001, behind only 2015 at 4,449 birds.For more harvest information by county visit extra. mdc.mo.gov/widgets/ harvest_table/.The regular spring turkey season runs from April 21 through May 11. For more information on spring turkey hunting in Missouri, visit mdc. mo.gov/hunting-trappin...