According to a news release from the Missouri Department of Conservation, from December 28, 2019 through January 7, 2020 hunters in the state harvested 12,002 deer during the alternative-methods portion of the fall firearms deer season, compared to 12,109 last season.
The top three harvest counties are Callaway with 315, Franklin County had 297 and Pike had 261.
For current ongoing preliminary harvest totals by season, county, and type of deer, visit the MDC website at extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/
For harvest summaries from past years, visit huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer/deer-harvest-reports/deer-harvest-summaries
Archery deer hunting continues statewide through Jan. 15.
For more information on deer hunting in Missouri, see MDC’s 2019 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available where permits are sold and online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/downloads/2019FDT.pdf