Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support this mission by purchasing a digital subscription. The spring turkey hunt will begin on time this year — despite web rumors, officials said Wednesday. Citing misinformation that has been spreading on the internet, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife issued a press release on Wednesday to assure hunters that the scheduled spring wild turkey season will begin as originally planned, with Youth Turkey Day on May 2 and the opener for all others on May 4. [Our COVID-19 tracker contains the most recent information on Maine cases by county] “We received calls and emails that ranged from the season was going to start early to being canceled altogether,” said Mark Latti, communications director for the department.