Preliminary data shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 14,555 deer during the alternative-methods portion of the firearms deer season, Dec. 26 - Jan. 5.
Top harvest counties were Franklin with 318 deer harvested, Callaway with 317, and Osage with 298. The harvest total for last year’s alternative-methods portion was 12,024.
The archery deer and turkey season runs through Jan. 15.
Current ongoing preliminary harvest totals by season, county, and type of deer, are available on the MDC website.
Harvest summaries from past years, are also available.
More information on deer hunting is available in the 2020 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet.