Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters- ages 6 through 15- harvested 18,158 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2019 deer hunting season, November 2 and 3.
A news release says the top counties were Osage with 381 deer harvested, Howell with 355 and Franklin with 351.
In the KMMO listening area, Howard was the top county with 179 deer harvested; followed by Pettis with 177; Cooper with 175; Saline with 161; Chariton with 142; Carroll with 110; and Lafayette with 89.
Get more information on early youth portion harvest results at extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.
Last year’s harvest total for the early youth portion was 13,645.
Archery deer hunting continues through November 15 and resumes November 27 through January 15, 2020.
The November portion of firearms deer season runs November 16-26, followed by the late youth portion November 29 through December 1. The antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs December 6-8; followed by the alternative-methods portion December 28- January 7, 2020.