Early Monday, Texas County led the fall firearms deer season in Missouri. The season opened Saturday.
Hunters in the county had killed 2,184 deer, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. The breakdown: antlered bucks, 1,175; button bucks, 214; and does, 795.Â
The kill exceeds that reported on the first weekend last year, 1,745.
Howell County was second with 1,971 Â and Franklin County was third, 1,905.Â