Hunters shot 42,220 turkeys during Missouri’s regular spring turkey season. That is an increase of 1,773, or 4 percent, from 2012.
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Despite rainy weather, state’s turkey kill up
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Houston resident Jason Martin and his daughter Taylor squat next to a 27-pound turkey killed during week two of the recently completed spring turkey hunting season. The bird had a 10 1/2-inch beard.