Texas County's harvest numbers for the spring firearms season totaled 700 on Monday morning.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has closed the refuge portion of Peck Ranch Conservation Area in south-central Missouri to turkey hunting for this year to permit a species restoration project. Hunters who normally hunt on the area’s wildlife refuge portion should make alternate plans for the 2011 spring turkey season.

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