Texas County took first place in Missouri in the late portion youth deer season that concluded Sunday, the Missouri Department of Conservation said.
Hunters in Texas County killed 77 deer. The season began Friday.
In Texas County, young hunters killed 33 bucks, 16 button bucks and 28 does.
Top counties in Missouri: Texas (77), Pike (62), Morgan (61), Callaway (61), Lincoln (59), Audrian (55) and Webster (54).
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows young hunters ages 6-15 harvested 3,574 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2023 firearms deer hunting season, Nov. 24-26. Of the 3,574 deer harvested, 1,697 were antlered bucks, 361 were button bucks, and 1,516 were does.
Last year’s harvest total for the late youth portion was 2,870 deer. For more information on harvest summaries from past years, visit MDC online at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer/deer-reports/deer-harvest-summaries.
Archery deer hunting continues through Jan. 15, 2024. The late antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs Dec. 2-10 in open counties and the alternative methods portion will occur Dec. 23 through Jan. 2, 2024.
Get more information on Missouri deer hunting from MDC’s 2023 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available where hunting permits are sold and online at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer.
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