JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 10,543 deer during the antlerless portion of the fall firearms deer season December 6-8.
Top harvest counties were Callaway with 396 deer harvested, Pike with 303, and Osage with 301.
Last year’s antlerless-harvest-portion harvest total was 6,645.
Archery season continues through January 15, 2020. The alternative methods portion will run December 28 through January 7, 2020.