June 13, 2025 Update
2025 Spring Turkey Overview
Another Spring Turkey season is behind us, and the summer months are just around the corner. The weather was typical of April and May in the Midwest. Some days were rainy, gloomy, and windy while others were sunny with temps between 50 and 80 degrees.

This year we had a total of 190 turkey hunters travel from 22 states to hunt MAHA leased land. Missouri residents led with 89 hunters, Arkansas with 20, Kansas 14, and Louisiana 12.
Reservations went smoothly with members able to choose from 815 turkey spots in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. From the feedback we accumulated MAHA members harvested over 200 toms during the 2025 Spring Turkey Season.


The heaviest bird reported was 26 pounds, the largest spurs were 1 5/8th”, the longest beard 12”, and most beards were 4.


The 2025 Missouri statewide spring turkey harvest was up for the fourth year in a row. In 2025 the total harvest was 51,011 which was an 8% increase from 2024, and the largest harvest in Missouri since 2006. MDC credits this increase to great production in 2023. Extending shooting hours from 1 pm to sunset on private land has really enhanced the Missouri Spring turkey season.
Kansas turkey tags were more difficult to acquire this season by draw, so more hunters were denied tags. Hopefully, KDWP’s efforts to rebuild its turkey population will pay off soon. Despite a decrease in Kansas turkey numbers, MAHA has some exceptional turkey land spread across the state of Kansas in 35 counties. The success ratio in Kansas was just as high or higher than Missouri on MAHA land during the 2025 season.
Every spring turkey season we have casual hunters and die-hard hunters. The casual hunters hunt for a day or two just to get out. The die-hard turkey members start at the beginning and don’t finish until all tags are filled or die trying.
Many casual MAHA turkey hunters were successful and harvested some nice toms. On the die-hard side we had 34 members hunt two states and 8 hunt all three states. Two of the 8 that hunted all three states completed the MAHA Slam, which is harvesting 4 mature toms and several harvested 3. A group of two traveled together and came home with 7 mature toms. Another group of three members took 3 mature toms opening morning by 7:30 am. That’s a hunt to remember.

The Youth numbers slipped a little this spring, but several youth hunters were successful. We have
always taken great pride in helping create father son/daughter memories on MAHA land that will last forever.
Thanks to all that responded to the feedback request. Feedback is very important in our lease evaluation process. Some landowners mandate feedback in our lease agreement to help manage the wildlife on their land.
Thanks to all for another safe and enjoyable 2025 Spring Turkey Season. Enjoy the summer, MAHA Staff!