ShareArchery deer, turkey harvests up from last year
Counties bordering urban areas had the biggest totals.
JEFFERSON CITY–Bowhunters posted increases in both deer and turkey harvests during Missouri’s 2011-12 archery deer and turkey hunting seasons, topping the previous year’s figures by more than one-third
Hunters checked 52,671 deer during the four-month archery season. That is an increase of [...]

ShareAmong the most difficult realities of hunting we grapple with is wounded game. Ethical hunters strive for perfect, clean shots that kill animals instantly. But there are times when things don’t work out as planned, no matter how much practice and patience we exercise.
I was reminded of that on two occasions recently on a weekend [...]

ShareWho would have guessed that 60,000-year-old technology could pry kids’
hands off video game controllers and improve their grades? Perhaps no one, but Kevin
Lohraff at least had a clue.
When Lohraff took on the job of coordinating the Missouri National Archery in the Schools
Program (MoNASP), he heard stories of how the program changed children’s lives and
grew [...]

ShareHunters are already no doubt aware that fall archery deer/turkey season runs Sept. 15 to Nov. 13 and Nov. 25 to Jan. 15, 2010 and of the many rules and regulations pertaining thereto.
It’s also time for other woods users, whether they be birders, hikers, photographers, sightseers or just plain tourists to break out [...]