Texas County finished the first week of the spring firearms turkey season in fifth place in Missouri.
On Tuesday, hunters in the county had killed 509 birds. The breakdown is: 466 adult gobblers, 41 juvenile gobblers and two bearded hens. The season opened Monday, April 21.
Top counties in the state were: Callaway (574), Franklin (574), Osage (560), Gasconade (526), Texas (509), Sainte Genevieve (487) and Phelps (486).
