Posts Tagged ‘Spring turkey season’
Illinois spring turkey hunters harvest record number of wild turkeys; Pike ranked third among counties
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total is nearly 1,000 more than the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024. The top five counties for harvest in 2025 were Jo Daviess, 628; Jefferson, 518; Pike, 468;…
Read MoreShot of the day: Spring turkey season approaches
The Illinois spring turkey opens April 11 in the North Zone, which includes Adams, Brown, Hancock and Pike counties, and runs through May 12. The Missouri spring turkey season opens April 18 and runs through May 8. Do you have a Shot of the Day you would like to submit? Send it to Muddy River…
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