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Lucas Bond, MDC Reports More Than 7,700 Deer Harvested During Antlerless Portion
MDC REPORTS MORE THAN 7,700 DEER HARVESTED DURING ANTLERLESS PORTION
By Lucas Bond
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 7,728 deer during the antlerless portion of the fall firearms deer season, which ran Dec. 1-3. Top harvest counties were Callaway with 250, Macon with 212, and Pike with 205 deer checked. Last year’s harvest total was 6,503.
MDC reduced the length of the antlerless portion of fall firearms deer season starting in 2016 from 12 to three days so harvest numbers prior to 2016 are not comparable to this season.
For the latest preliminary deer harvest totals by county and portion, visit MDC’s website at http://on.mo.gov/1jjz7Ew.
Archery deer hunting continues through Jan. 15, 2018. Up next for deer hunting in Missouri is the alternative methods portion, which will run Dec. 23- Jan. 2, 2018.
Get more information on deer hunting in Missouri through MDC’s free 2017 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet available where permits are sold, from MDC regional offices and nature centers, and online athuntfish.mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/ files/downloads/2017FDT.pdf.
Preliminary data from MDC shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 7,728 deer during the antlerless portion. Top counties for the fall firearms antlerless were Callaway with 250, Macon with 212, and Pike with 205. Triston Dugger, 14 years old of Bartonville, harvested his 1st buck with his bow, a nice 10 pointer in Fulton County, Illinois . . . broken ankle and all! Nice job Triston!!!
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Sydney Lascelles, 18 years old from IPAVA, IL harvested here first deer during the 2017 Firearms Season amidst a down pour of rain on November 18th. The 11 point buck weighed 230 pounds.
