MDC reports 99,567 deer harvested during firearms opening weekend

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 99,567 deer during the opening weekend of the November portion of the fall firearms deer season Nov. 10 and 11. Of the 99,567 deer harvested, 55,887 were antlered bucks, 9,573 were button bucks, and 34,107 were does.

Locally, since the season opened as of yesterday, Howell County had checked 2,199, Texas County 2,082, Oregon County 1,883, Ripley County 1,658, Shannon County 1,262, Douglas County 1,143, Wright County 1,035 and Ozark County 998.

 

 

 

 

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) thanks the thousands of deer hunters who participated in its mandatory CWD sampling efforts last weekend in 31 counties. Thanks to hunter participation, MDC collected more than 20,000 tissue samples last weekend from harvested deer for CWD testing.