Thursday 28th March 2024

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Missouri’s 2020-21 deer-hunting season ended January 15, with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reporting a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 296,516.

MDC says of the deer harvested, 140,468 were antlered bucks, 28,587 were button bucks and 127,461 were does.

Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 5,786 deer harvested, Howell with 5,367 and Callaway with 4,989.

The top counties in the KMMO listening area were Pettis with 2,857 deer checked, Carroll with 2,367 and Howard with 2,355. Next was Cooper with 2,263 deer harvested, followed by Saline with 2,165, Chariton with 2,062 and Lafayette with 1,434.

Hunters harvested 285,873 deer during the 2019-20 deer hunting season.

ARCHERY DEER RESULTS
Deer hunting ended with the close of the archery season. Preliminary data from MDC showed that hunters checked 67,180 deer during the 2020-2021 archery deer season.

Top counties for the archery deer season were Jefferson with 1,630, Saint Louis with 1,384 and Franklin with 1,315.

Hunters checked 61,407 deer during the 2019-20 archery deer season.

For preliminary deer harvest totals by season, county, and type of deer, visit the MDC website at extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.

ARCHERY TURKEY RESULTS
Fall archery turkey hunting also ended January 15. Preliminary data from MDC showed 2,905 turkeys harvested.

Top counties for the fall archery turkey season were Greene with 84, Franklin with 78 and Texas with 61.

Hunters harvested 2,406 turkeys during the 2019-2020 fall archery turkey season.

For more turkey harvest information for the current season, go online to extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.

HUNTING INCIDENTS
MDC reported four firearms-related hunting incidents during the 2020-2021 fall deer and turkey hunting seasons. The incidents were all self-inflicted and nonfatal.