The gobble you've been waiting for is almost here. Missouri's 2026 spring turkey season kicks off April 20 and runs through May 10, and this year carries some real momentum. The Show-Me State holds one of the largest wild turkey populations in the country at over 400,000 birds, and last spring, hunters checked in more than 51,000 turkeys, topping every other state in the nation. Add in strong poult production from 2024, and the math lines up for a solid class of two-year-old gobblers hitting the woods this season. Those birds gobble more, commit faster, and make up the bulk of the annual harvest.

Missouri spring turkey season opens April 20, 2026. New regulations, harvest data, and a 121-acre hunting lease in Livingston County along the Grand River with heavy timber and trail camera proof.