Elk at Peck Ranch Conservation Area in south-central Missouri. (File photo)

The Missouri Department of Conservation will close the refuge portion of Peck Ranch Conservation Area in south-central Missouri to turkey hunting to permit the third stage of the department’s elk restoration project. Hunters who normally hunt on the area’s wildlife refuge portion will need to make alternate plans for the 2013 spring turkey season. The refuge will be closed from April 1 until July 1.

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