When is mo turkey season

Coyotes, except as otherwise provided in this section, may be taken by hunting, and pelts and carcasses may be possessed, transported, and sold in any numbers throughout the year.

Special method restrictions apply during spring turkey season. Special Provision for Firearms Deer Season: During the November portion and Antlerless portion in open counties, furbearer hunters must also possess an unfilled firearms deer hunting permit if hunting during daylight hours. During spring turkey season, coyote hunters must also possess an unfilled spring turkey hunting permit. Shotguns not larger than 10 gauge with magazine cut off or plugged to reduce the capacity to not more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined.

Dogs may be used Dogs may not be used during daylight hours from Nov. During spring turkey season, coyotes may be taken using only methods allowed for spring turkey hunting, and hunters must have an unfilled spring turkey hunting permit and either a Resident Small Game Hunting Permit or a Nonresident Furbearer Hunting and Trapping Permit.

During this time the below equipment is allowed in conjunction with other legal hunting methods to pursue and take coyotes. Artificial lights to search for, harass, or disturb wildlife see special allowed methods for coyote.

You may not possess night vision or thermal imagery equipment while carrying a firearm, bow, or other implement used to take wildlife. See special allowed methods for coyote. One male turkey or turkey with visible beard Youths who take a turkey during the youth season may not harvest a second bird until April This is because the bird taken during the youth season counts as the first bird for the first week of the regular season.

Longbows, recurve bows, or compound bows. Hand-held string releasing devices, illuminated sights, scopes, and quick point sights are allowed. Use of bait, which includes grain or other feed placed or scattered so as to attract turkeys. An area is considered baited for 10 days even after complete removal of the bait. A hunter can be in violation even if he or she did not know an area was or is baited.

It is illegal to place bait in a way that causes others to be in violation of the baiting rule. Two male turkeys or turkeys with visible beard may be taken during the season, with the following restrictions:. Atlatls, which are defined as a rod or narrow board-like device used to launch, through a throwing motion of the arm, a dart 5 to 8 feet long.

You may take groundhogs with a cage-type trap at any hour during the open hunting season if you possess a hunting permit. The cage-type trap must be labeled with your full name and address, or Conservation ID number; must be attended daily; and have an opening of square inches or smaller. Shotguns with the magazine cut off or plugged to reduce the capacity to not more than 3 shells in the magazine and chamber combined. This restriction does not apply during the Conservation Order for light geese.

Shotguns are the only firearm allowed for hunting game birds except crow. Pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns may be used to hunt crow. Bows, which include longbows, compound bows, and recurve bows, illuminated sights, scopes, quickpoint sights and hand-held string releasing mechanisms may be used. Special Provision During the Firearms Deer Season: During the November portion statewide and antlerless portion in open counties, other wildlife may be hunted only with a shotgun and shot not larger than No.

According to MDC, turkey production in Missouri steadily increased during the s before declining during the s. While production began to increase throughout much of the state from about to , Missouri has had poor production over the last several years. This will be especially true in areas where we have good acorn production, which tends to shift turkeys out of open fields and into the timber and reduces their movements.

Tyl added that weather conditions during the nesting season and through much of the brood-rearing period were favorable across most of the state. Tyl added that the overall effect of weather on production is less clear. In , unfavorable conditions during the nesting season suggested that production would be poor. Despite this great variability in weather conditions from year to year, production has been consistently low. Tyl acknowledges there is still much to be learned about the factors that affect turkey production, something she and her colleagues are working on.

Tyl noted that relatively few people hunt turkeys during the fall season, which results in low hunting pressure and little competition among hunters. Unlike the spring season, when about , turkey hunting permits are purchased in Missouri, typically only about 10, hunters purchase fall firearms turkey permits.

Buy hunting permits from vendors around the state, online at mdc. These observations are then tallied to determine the success of the hatch, which is most often reported as a poult-to-hen ratio, or simply the average number of poults per hen observed during the survey.

Include complete name and mailing address. September 15, to November 12, November 24, to January 15, Hours One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

Limits Two turkeys of either sex, both may be taken on the same day. Valid Permits Archer's Hunting Permit. Longbows, compound bows, and recurve bows of any draw weight. Any sighting device that casts a beam of light on the game. Use of electronic calls, electronically activated calls, bait, dogs, or night vision equipment. Turkey: Fall Firearms.

October 1, to October 31, Shotguns including. Shotguns capable of holding more than three shells in magazine and chamber combined. Rifles, pistols, and other firearms that propel a single projectile at one discharge. Use of electronic calls, electronically activated calls, live decoys, bait, or dogs. In addition to that permit, you can buy as many antlerless deer permits as you want. However, some counties do limit the number available. Wearing hunter orange is required when you are hunting any species of game during firearms deer season.

Some limited exceptions are allowed. One of the very best parts of deer hunting in Missouri is eating what you harvest. But with the generous limits, some hunters can end up with an embarrassment of riches. That's where the Share the Harvest program to feed the hungry comes in.