Youth Deer Numbers Top 15,000

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 15,591 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2020 deer hunting season this past weekend. Top counties were Franklin with youth hunters harvesting 336 deer, Howell with 324, and Osage with 320. Last year, youth hunters harvested 18,289 deer during the early youth portion. Missouri’s archery deer season continues through November 13, and resumes November 25 through January 15, 2021. The November portion of firearms deer season is November 14-24 followed by the late youth portion November 27-29.