Jason Isabelle

2023 Fall Deer Season (Source: MDC)

MO Department of Conservation reports record deer harvest for 2023-24

MDC staff collect lymph nodes from the neck of a hunter-harvested deer in Clay County on Saturday to have the tissue samples tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD). MDC collected more than 20,600 tissue samples during opening weekend for CWD testing. (Source: MDC)

MO Department of Conservation collects more than 20K samples from hunter-harvested deer for CWD testing

Young hunters harvested 11,118 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2023 deer hunting season, Oct. 28 and 29. With patience and guidance from his dad, Keever Schaning, age 6, harvested his first deer on his grandparent’s farm in Owensville on Sunday (Source: MDC)

Young hunters harvest more than 11K deer in MO's early youth portion