Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 3,056 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2017 deer hunting season, which ran Friday through Sunday.
Top counties for the late youth portion were Franklin with 72 deer checked, Douglas with 71 and Howell with 69. Texas County’s kill totaled 61, placing fifth. The breakdown: 22 antlered deer; 11 button bucks and 28 does.
Last year’s harvest total for the late youth portion was 2,944.