ShareJEFFERSON CITY–Hunters checked 190,089 deer during Missouri’s 11-day November firearms deer hunt, slightly surpassing last year’s figure despite a slow start on opening weekend.
Extremely windy weather, combined with reduced deer populations in some areas, dropped the opening-weekend harvest 10,000 below the 2010 figure. Hunters persevered, however, and more than made up lost ground in the [...]

ShareDeer Season has almost come and gone and I have experienced parts of the hunting experience. I went hunting with my guide, learned what it was like to sit in the woods and wait for that deer, and then I had the great opportunity to experience what happens after the kill compliments of my [...]

ShareIn other urban deer hunting news, two St. Louis County municipalities have voted to allow hunting in their cities to help control deer overpopulation.
The Creve Coeur city council voted 5-2 Monday night to allow bowhunting on property of at least one acre with permission of the property owner. Creve Coeur’s ruling allows bowhunting under [...]

ShareMissouri’s 2010-2011 archery deer harvest dipped by 17 percent, following a trend seen during the various portions of firearms deer season. The fall turkey harvest also declined.
Bowhunters checked 43,281 deer during the archery deer and turkey season Sept. 15 through Nov. 12 and Nov. 24 through Jan. 15. That is 8,691 fewer than during the [...]

ShareIf a court told me that I had to kill my dog for killing a deer, I’d be upset. But it could happen.
When a dog kills or maims a “domestic animal” in Missouri,  the statutory penalties (section 273.020 RSMo) are harsh. The owner or keeper of the bad dog is liable for the full amount of [...]

ShareDear Emery,
I would like to comment on the specific change of moving the antlerless portion around to replace the portion of the muzzle loading season. I don’t understand completely what the switch of these two portions of the deer season accomplish?
For years now the MDC has tried to gear the season toward the [...]

Sharehe Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will begin testing a limited number of free-ranging white-tailed deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in areas of Linn and Macon Counties. The effort is part of the Department’s response to a recently confirmed case of CWD by the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) in a captive white-tailed deer [...]

ShareTraveler writer Steve Felgenhauer passed along this item for readers in the St. Louis area, too late for the August paper. The banquet will be held at Andre’s West Banquet Facility, 211 S. Old Hwy 141, Fenton MO. 63026. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.