JEFFERSON CITY – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 9,965 deer during the alternative-methods portion of the firearms deer season, Dec. 25 – Jan. 4.
Top harvest counties were Osage with 223 deer harvested, Franklin with 211, and Callaway with 201.
Perry County hunters harvested 114 deer: 17 antlered bucks, 13 button bucks and 84 does.
Ste. Genevieve County hunters harvested 124 deer: 36 antlered bucks, 11 button bucks and 77 does.
The harvest total for last year’s alternative-methods portion was 14,623.
For current ongoing preliminary harvest totals by season, county, and type of deer, visit the MDC website at extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.
For harvest summaries from past years, visit mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer/deer-reports/deer-harvest-summaries.
Archery deer season is underway and continues through Jan. 15.
Find more information on deer hunting from MDC’s 2021 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available where permits are sold and online at mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/2021FDT.pdf.