Missouri Department of Conservation
Archery season continues through Jan. 15. Alternative methods portion runs Dec. 24 - Jan. 3.
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 16,032 deer during the antlerless portion of the firearms deer season, Dec. 3-11. Top harvest counties were Callaway with 451 deer harvested, Pike with 412, and Macon with 348.
Last year’s antlerless-portion harvest total was 15,019.
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/.
The archery season runs through Jan. 15, 2023. The alternative methods portion runs Dec. 24 through Jan. 3, 2023.
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Below are unofficial deer harvest numbers, so far, without including the alternative method season, as provided by Jake Strozewski, Corporal, Missouri Department of Conservation, Benton County:
Firearms:
Benton County only
3,242
Statewide
232, 217
Archery:
Benton County only
655
Statewide
47,083
Total:
Benton County only
3,897
Statewide
279,300
