And, this just in, a followup from a friend of mine in Pennsylvania:
“An Indiana County man is facing several charges, after wildlife officials say he went deer hunting in a Walmart parking lo
The Pennsylvania Game Commission says 40-year-old Arcangelo Bianco, Jr., fired several rounds from a handgun at a 10-point white-tailed deer from within [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Hunters harvested 14,921 deer during the statewide alternative methods portion of the fall 2012 firearms deer season, which ran Dec. 15 through Dec. 25. Top counties were: Oregon with 320, Franklin with 300, and Howell with 298.
Hunters shot 15,238 deer during this portion in 2011, and the record harvest under this [...]

By Jim Low
JEFFERSON CITY–The Missouri Conservation Commission set the dates for 2013 turkey- and deer-hunting seasons at its December meeting, giving hunters plenty of time to schedule vacation.
The Commission set the following dates for turkey hunting
Ø Youth season, April 6-7
Ø Regular spring season, April 15-May 5
Ø Fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1-31
Bag [...]

JEFFERSON CITY–Hunters checked 15,136 deer during Missouri’s antlerless deer season Nov. 21 through Dec. 2.
This year’s antlerless harvest increased by 697 deer, a gain of approximately 5 percent over last year. Top harvest counties for the 12-day antlerless season were Camden with 553 deer checked, Benton with 518, and Callaway with 491.
Two portions of Missouri’s [...]

The numbers are in.
JEFFERSON CITY–Hunters shot 204,668 deer during the November portion of Missouri’s firearms deer season, topping the past four years’ harvests and confirming predictions by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).
This year’s statewide November deer harvest is 7.7 percent more than last year and only 1.3 percent below the previous 10-year average.
Top harvest [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At its Oct. 19 meeting in Springfield, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved issuing special no-cost “CWD Management Seals” to landowners in the core area where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected in Linn and Macon counties. The seals are a special harvest provision that is part of the Missouri Department [...]

Open houses will be held in six counties in and around where CWD has been found.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will hold six informational open houses for the public in August in communities around where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been found in north-central Missouri. Each open house will begin [...]

Allen Morris of Jackson, Mo., a member of the SEMO Trail of Tears Branch of Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) which represents Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott and surrounding counties, has become the first Missouri Deer Steward Level III, an award from the Quality Deer Management Association, which recognizes personal, lifetime achievement in service to [...]

Managed deer hunt applications open July 1, close Aug. 15
Find hunt dates, locations and other details at mdc.mo.gov/node/8712 starting July 1.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri deer hunters can apply online for managed deer hunts beginning July 1. More than 6,000 hunters will have a chance to participate in 99 managed hunts from mid-September through January.
The [...]

This link to the Columbia Missourian was just passed through to us from the Missouri Department of Conservation:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2012/06/22/us-department-agriculture-quits-funding-missouri-chronic-wasting-disease-efforts/
The heart of the story is here:
“The discoveries in Macon County came as the federal government was cutting $17 million in nationwide assistance used for compensating owners of infected captive deer herds killed in an effort [...]