Missouri’s 2022-2023 deer-hunting season ended January 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reporting a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 299,721. Of the deer harvested, 140,736 were antlered bucks, 27,029 were button bucks, and 131,956 were does.
Hunters harvested 295,143 deer during the 2021-2022 deer hunting season with 143,815 being antlered bucks, 26,750 being button bucks, and 124,578 being does.

In the KMMO listening area, hunters harvested the following number of deer:
Carroll: 2,674
Chariton: 2,266
Cooper: 2,464
Howard: 2,671
Johnson: 3,443
Lafayette: 1,696
Pettis: 3,082
Saline: 2,292

To view the turkey and deer harvest numbers by season and county, visit extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.