Predictions on this year's turkey harvest had been pretty dire. Of course the season is not over and this weekend's weather won't help, but the season did start off okay.
According to a news release from Jim Low of MDC, the opening day this year saw a harvest of 6759 turkeys. This is only about 2/3 of what the opening say saw in 2005 when they started the telecheck system, but it is up about 750 from last year's opening day. Now, as all who turkey hunt know, harvest numbers are dependent on much more than the number of turkeys out there, but on weather and other things. Now the weather seems to be turning a little less favorable this weekend and for the upcoming week.
The press release I quoted earlier also provides some information from MDC Biologist Tom Dailey that seems pretty hopeful for the future. A combination of slightly higher jake harvest percentages as well as favorable Spring weather seems to point to a better reproduction rate for this year. Let's hope.
Turkey Hunting Information
Missouri Public Lands Resources
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