The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced that young hunters ages 6 through 15 check 84 deer in Daviess County during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2016 deer hunting season, which ran Oct. 29-30.
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Tallies for Early Youth Firearms for surrounding counties:
Caldwell: 36 antlered buck; 1 button buck; 8 doe; for a total of 45.
Grundy: 55 antlered buck; 2 button buck; 5 doe; for a total of 62.
Harrison: 88 antlered buck; 4 button buck; 25 doe; for a total of 117.
Gentry: 30 antlered buck; 3 button buck; 12 doe; for a total of 45.
DeKalb: 18 antlered buck; 1 button buck; 3 does; for a total of 22.
Livingston: 47 antlered buck; 4 button buck; 11 doe; for a total of 62.
Hunters across the state checked 11,171 deer. Top counties for the early youth portion were Osage with 253, Howell with 246, and Franklin with 242 deer checked. Last year’s harvest total for the early youth portion was 13,583.
Archery deer hunting continues through Nov. 11 and again from Nov. 23 through Jan. 15, 2017. Up next for deer hunting in Missouri is the November portion of firearms deer season, which runs Nov. 12-22. That will be followed by the late youth portion of firearms deer season on Nov. 25-27. The antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs Dec. 2-4. Lastly the alternative methods portion will run Dec. 24- Jan. 3, 2017.