It was a successful weekend for Missouri youth hunters.
Hunters harvested 2,771 turkeys over April 10 and 11, according to preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation.
Top harvest counties were Miller with 73 birds, Texas with 71 and Callaway with 68.
Young hunters harvested 2,712 turkeys during the 2020 spring youth weekend.
The regular turkey season runs from April 19 through May 9.
Suspending river gauge requirements
Earlier this month, MDC announced that it would suspend enforcement of the existing Thebes, Ill., and Cairo, Ill., river gauge requirements located within Zones 1 and 2 in Scott and Mississippi counties for both youth and regular spring turkey hunting seasons in 2021.