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Youth Turkey Harvest Way Down, But Spirits Up
Bruce Sassmann and Callen Taylor pose with the turkey Callen took at Bruce's Prairie Star Restoration Farm
Youth turkey season was pretty tough this year. Cold weather and a late spring made for a challenging two-day hunt. It was all the way down to 19 degrees on Saturday morning where we were hunting in central Missouri. Kids were bundled up like it was a late season deer hunt. But youth hunting isn't about just killing turkeys. Primarily, it's designed as a time to learn. For both the youths and adults.
According to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), youth turkey hunters killed 1,723 turkeys during the two-day 2018 spring youth season, April 7-8. This number is way down from previous years, including last year when youth hunters killed a little over 4,000 turkeys.
Hunting conditions were tough and numbers were down but a few youth were successful during their mentored hunts during the Youth weekend.
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Five different Charles W. Schwartz prints are now available for purchase on the CFM website.
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Explore the Outdoors: Kansas City
Join us May 31st at Boulevard Brewing Company for our fourth annual Explore the Outdoors: Kansas City event. Visit
here to learn more.
Conservation Leadership Corps
accepting applications until May 1st
If you know of a student who is a junior or senior in high school, or a freshman or sophomore in college that is interested in our natural resources, tell them about the Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC). Applications are being accepted through May 1st. Learn more at www.confedmo.org/clc.
Pull for Conservation: Northwest
Attendees shooting during our Pull for Conservation: Northwest event
The 3rd Annual Pull for Conservation: Northwest was presented by Northwest Missouri's Electrical Cooperatives on April 14th. Although it was a chilly and windy day, we had close to 90 shooters. It was a successful event and we look forward to next spring.
The Tramp and the Roughrider will be presented on May 18 & 19, 2018 a
t the Prairie Star Farm near Bland, Missouri. The Tramp and the Roughrider is a two man play with Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir during their historic 1903 camping trip in Yosemite. Lee Stetson and Joe Wiegand, America's best Muir and Roosevelt re-enactors, will present their historic conversation on stage.
Learn more and get tickets here.
CLC Prairie Fork Work Day
CLC students taking a break for a picture at our Prairie Fork Work Day
CLC students attended a Prairie Fork Work Day on April 7th. Students mulched outdoor classrooms, removed invasive plants and did trail work. This is a great volunteer event for our students.
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