The spring turkey season opened in the south zone Monday and
early reports indicate that the gobbling is light. North zone
hunters open their first week on April 12.
Meanwhile, numbers from the Youth Turkey Hunt have been
released. North zone youth hunters took 440 birds April 3-4, which
is up from 363 last spring. South zone youth hunters harvested 297
turkeys March 27-28. They shot 254 last year.