JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 18,158 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2019 deer hunting season November 2-3.
Top counties were Osage with young hunters harvesting 381 deer, Howell with 355, and Franklin with 351.
Last year’s harvest total for the early youth portion was 13,645.
Archery deer hunting continues through November 15 and resumes November 27 through January 15. The November portion of firearms deer season runs November 16-26 followed by the late youth portion November 29 through December 1. The antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs December 6-8 followed by the alternative methods portion December 28 through January 7.
