Counties in white - These counties are closed to firearms hunting during the antlerless portion: Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Dade, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Jasper, Lawrence, Madison, Maries, McDonald, Mississippi, New Madrid, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Stone, Taney, Texas, Webster, and Wright. Counties in orange - You can fill two firearms antlerless deer permits during firearms deer season (all portions combined) in these counties: Adair, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Clay, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Linn, Macon, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Putnam, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, St. Charles, St. Louis County, Sullivan, Warren, and Washington. You can fill two firearms antlerless deer permits in parts of these counties: Cass and Platte. Counties in blue - You can fill one firearms antlerless deer permit during firearms deer season (all portions combined) in all other counties or portions of counties.

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation indicates deer hunters in Missouri harvested 6,491 deer during the antlerless portion of the fall firearms deer season Dec. 2-4. 

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