JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s 2024-2025 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reporting a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 276,262. Of the deer harvested, 129,252 were antlered bucks, 23,842 were button bucks, and 123,168 were does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 6,208, Jefferson with 4,900, and Macon with 4,495.
This year’s harvest total was down 15% from last year’s record total of 326,448 and was 8% below the five-year average
Deer hunting ended with the close of the archery season. Preliminary data from MDC showed that hunters checked 56,347 deer during the 2024-2025 archery deer season. Top counties for the archery deer season were Jefferson with 1,579, Franklin with 1,216, and St. Louis with 994. This year’s archery deer harvest total was slightly (1%) higher than last year’s total of 55,731.
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