[BC-Buck]

Curious if MDC publishes tags issued every year. Would like to know if fewer hunters with population so low.

 

[20']

I believe they will share the total number of hunters when they share their detailed review of the 2022 season.

 

[BC-Buck]

I was able to see 2015-2020 turkey harvest #s but not 2021. Am I overlooking because wanting to get Lincoln and Pike #s. Looks like Pike down 13%,Lincoln down 5%,and Iron down 22% from 2020.

 

[rcg]

Rather convenient they didn’t include the most recent year which was the lowest kill on record in their 5 year summary?!?!?!? It goes back 6 years less the most recent past season. Standard fuzzy math.

 

[callaojoe]

I hunted. Thats 1.

 

[Beards-n-Spurs]

I was able to see 2015-2020 turkey harvest #s but not 2021. Am I overlooking because wanting to get Lincoln and Pike #s. Looks like Pike down 13%,Lincoln down 5%,and Iron down 22% from 2020.

The 2022 brochure Turkey Season should have last year's numbers

 

[Beards-n-Spurs]

I was able to see 2015-2020 turkey harvest #s but not 2021. Am I overlooking because wanting to get Lincoln and Pike #s. Looks like Pike down 13%,Lincoln down 5%,and Iron down 22% from 2020.

You're right I couldn't find it on mdc website or in the brochure but here's last year's county by county stats That I posted last year
Detailed Harvest Summary
Spring Turkey Firearms Total in 2021

County	Adult Gobblers	Juvenille Gobblers	Bearded Hens	County Total
Adair	298	67	5	370
Andrew	89	18	2	109
Atchison	103	8	1	112
Audrain	122	32	3	157
Barry	85	23	0	108
Barton	132	43	4	179
Bates	168	66	4	238
Benton	307	65	1	373
Bollinger	315	74	3	392
Boone	339	80	6	425
Buchanan	62	24	0	86
Butler	68	15	0	83
Caldwell	143	47	0	190
Callaway	494	136	9	639
Camden	422	68	9	499
Cape Girardeau	302	70	4	376
Carroll	216	45	3	264
Carter	97	28	4	129
Cass	233	82	3	318
Cedar	244	52	3	299
Chariton	243	55	2	300
Christian	222	50	6	278
Clark	183	48	2	233
Clay	77	32	2	111
Clinton	90	23	0	113
Cole	212	60	4	276
Cooper	170	45	1	216
Crawford	388	61	3	452
Dade	175	42	0	217
Dallas	263	53	7	323
Daviess	294	63	2	359
Dekalb	126	31	0	157
Dent	482	38	6	526
Douglas	256	61	4	321
Dunklin	15	3	0	18
Franklin	559	136	15	710
Gasconade	442	114	4	560
Gentry	146	27	5	178
Greene	335	75	5	415
Grundy	255	46	3	304
Harrison	447	83	4	534
Henry	234	73	4	311
Hickory	221	61	3	285
Holt	143	27	3	173
Howard	247	46	3	296
Howell	227	43	5	275
Iron	106	18	1	125
Jackson	108	38	3	149
Jasper	147	38	4	189
Jefferson	329	61	2	392
Johnson	248	82	4	334
Knox	178	32	2	212
Laclede	439	61	10	510
Lafayette	150	44	3	197
Lawrence	235	40	9	284
Lewis	132	46	1	179
Lincoln	190	57	3	250
Linn	325	65	4	394
Livingston	247	58	4	309
Macon	380	91	1	472
Madison	161	34	0	195
Maries	407	74	7	488
Marion	118	54	1	173
Mcdonald	44	13	0	57
Mercer	325	40	5	370
Miller	433	97	4	534
Mississippi	74	10	2	86
Moniteau	205	65	2	272
Monroe	273	73	3	349
Montgomery	219	50	6	275
Morgan	249	58	2	309
New Madrid	33	12	0	45
Newton	65	26	1	92
Nodaway	160	31	0	191
Oregon	163	38	0	201
Osage	456	102	5	563
Ozark	148	21	3	172
Pemiscot	36	5	0	41
Perry	245	79	4	328
Pettis	172	64	1	237
Phelps	526	66	6	598
Pike	226	53	5	284
Platte	121	40	0	161
Polk	289	54	2	345
Pulaski	369	43	5	417
Putnam	373	63	3	439
Ralls	139	42	1	182
Randolph	221	59	1	281
Ray	94	49	0	143
Reynolds	136	26	3	165
Ripley	102	28	0	130
Saint Charles	138	38	2	178
Saint Clair	286	80	5	371
Saint Francois	238	49	3	290
Saint Louis	64	7	0	71
Sainte Genevieve	402	89	2	493
Saline	186	53	4	243
Schuyler	172	36	2	210
Scotland	175	56	2	233
Scott	119	19	1	139
Shannon	268	20	1	289
Shelby	139	43	3	185
Stoddard	141	62	0	203
Stone	145	29	3	177
Sullivan	441	47	9	497
Taney	171	29	2	202
Texas	592	71	3	666
Vernon	250	71	8	329
Warren	220	41	3	264
Washington	305	46	2	353
Wayne	163	58	0	221
Webster	257	47	3	307
Worth	90	17	2	109
Wright	309	41	11	361
Totals	25758	5688	351	31797

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[Beerman]

What I like is they brag about small increase from last year total and acknowledge a 7 percent drop from 5 year average (don't sound that bad). They never mention the 30 to 40 percent drop from 20 year average. In very early 2000s kill was close to 60000 including youth and even in the 2010 time frame was 44000 to 48000. I don't see any decrease (probably increase) in hunter numbers in area I'm familiar with (gasconade, osage, Franklin counties). I say increase because of increasing amount of people who bought their "35 acre farm" and note they have started turkey hunting, or "the older boys gonna try turkey hunting this year". Just as many trucks parked at gates, public land lots with numerous vehicles, etc. That later part is all just my observation, I would like to see historical data on hunter numbers but doubt they have anything by county (though when one gets a survey it does ask which county hunted most).

 

[BC-Buck]

Rather convenient they didn’t include the most recent year which was the lowest kill on record in their 5 year summary?!?!?!? It goes back 6 years less the most recent past season. Standard fuzzy math.

Hard to recruit hunters when you crunch numbers. Wish they where more interested in helping turkey population than drawing out of state $. Also Pike down 2% from 2021.

 

[Beards-n-Spurs]

Here's an article about the 2006 season I found



2006 Season Wrap Up)



Spring turkey harvest remains above 50,000

Missouri hunters checked 51,018 turkeys during the season April 24 through May 14. That is a 5 percent decrease from last year's harvest of 53,798 but still the seventh-largest in the 47-year history of Missouri's modern turkey season. Unfavorable weather for hunting and below-average reproduction for the past three years held down this year's harvest. (Missouri Dept. of Conservation photo)
Missouri's spring turkey harvest was strong, despite poor weather for hunting and the past three years' below-average turkey nesting success.

JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri's 2006 spring turkey harvest topped 50,000 for the eighth consecutive year, guaranteeing the Show-Me State's reputation as a turkey hunting Mecca.

Hunters checked 51,018 turkeys during the season April 24 through May 14. That is a 5 percent decrease from last year's harvest of 53,798 but still the seventh-largest in the 47-year history of Missouri's modern turkey season.

Top harvest counties were Texas, where hunters bagged 946 turkeys, Franklin with 902 and Macon with 873. Regional totals were: Northeast, 8,436; Central, 7,577; Northeast, 7,308; Southwest, 6,504; Kansas City, 6,336; Ozark, 6,120; Southeast, 4,771; and St. Louis, 3,966.

The spring turkey harvest is in line with predictions from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Resource Scientist Jeff Beringer said before the season he expected the statewide harvest total to top 50,000, but that below-average reproduction over the past three years made it unlikely the 2006 harvest would equal last year's. In an interview the day after the season ended, he said unfavorable weather also probably helped hold down this year's harvest.

 

[20']

Here's an article about the 2006 season I found



2006 Season Wrap Up)



Spring turkey harvest remains above 50,000

Missouri hunters checked 51,018 turkeys during the season April 24 through May 14. That is a 5 percent decrease from last year's harvest of 53,798 but still the seventh-largest in the 47-year history of Missouri's modern turkey season. Unfavorable weather for hunting and below-average reproduction for the past three years held down this year's harvest. (Missouri Dept. of Conservation photo)
Missouri's spring turkey harvest was strong, despite poor weather for hunting and the past three years' below-average turkey nesting success.

JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri's 2006 spring turkey harvest topped 50,000 for the eighth consecutive year, guaranteeing the Show-Me State's reputation as a turkey hunting Mecca.

Hunters checked 51,018 turkeys during the season April 24 through May 14. That is a 5 percent decrease from last year's harvest of 53,798 but still the seventh-largest in the 47-year history of Missouri's modern turkey season.

Top harvest counties were Texas, where hunters bagged 946 turkeys, Franklin with 902 and Macon with 873. Regional totals were: Northeast, 8,436; Central, 7,577; Northeast, 7,308; Southwest, 6,504; Kansas City, 6,336; Ozark, 6,120; Southeast, 4,771; and St. Louis, 3,966.

The spring turkey harvest is in line with predictions from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Resource Scientist Jeff Beringer said before the season he expected the statewide harvest total to top 50,000, but that below-average reproduction over the past three years made it unlikely the 2006 harvest would equal last year's. In an interview the day after the season ended, he said unfavorable weather also probably helped hold down this year's harvest.

we are only down 33% these days

 

[20']

 

[Maddog3355]

Here's an article about the 2006 season I found



2006 Season Wrap Up)



Spring turkey harvest remains above 50,000

Missouri hunters checked 51,018 turkeys during the season April 24 through May 14. That is a 5 percent decrease from last year's harvest of 53,798 but still the seventh-largest in the 47-year history of Missouri's modern turkey season. Unfavorable weather for hunting and below-average reproduction for the past three years held down this year's harvest. (Missouri Dept. of Conservation photo)
Missouri's spring turkey harvest was strong, despite poor weather for hunting and the past three years' below-average turkey nesting success.

JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri's 2006 spring turkey harvest topped 50,000 for the eighth consecutive year, guaranteeing the Show-Me State's reputation as a turkey hunting Mecca.

Hunters checked 51,018 turkeys during the season April 24 through May 14. That is a 5 percent decrease from last year's harvest of 53,798 but still the seventh-largest in the 47-year history of Missouri's modern turkey season.

Top harvest counties were Texas, where hunters bagged 946 turkeys, Franklin with 902 and Macon with 873. Regional totals were: Northeast, 8,436; Central, 7,577; Northeast, 7,308; Southwest, 6,504; Kansas City, 6,336; Ozark, 6,120; Southeast, 4,771; and St. Louis, 3,966.

The spring turkey harvest is in line with predictions from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Resource Scientist Jeff Beringer said before the season he expected the statewide harvest total to top 50,000, but that below-average reproduction over the past three years made it unlikely the 2006 harvest would equal last year's. In an interview the day after the season ended, he said unfavorable weather also probably helped hold down this year's harvest.

Some of us still remember the good ole days of turkey hunting, heck I can remember a gobbler gobbling in every patch of woods.

 

[Beards-n-Spurs]

we are only down 33% these days

The Mean "Golden"

 

[bverboy]

most turkeys ive seen in 5 yrs. great season

 

[rat]

View attachment 230640

Looks like permit sales started tanking when the population did overall.

 

[BC-Buck]

I find it hard to believe they sold 100k+ tags.That means less than 30% killed birds.

 

[421sd]

I haven’t bought a tag since 2019. I took one bird that year. Couple more years I get an extra week of vacation, I might spend that week on Turkey season. I hunt public mostly for the strutters….

 

[BC-Buck]

most turkeys ive seen in 5 yrs. great season

What's your population compared to 10 years ago? Also what county you talking about?

 

[bverboy]

lincoln co. our population is horrible to say the lest