Tag: deer hunting

MDC reports more deer harvested during 2022 November firearms season than 2021 season

November 23, 2022 7:44 PM Ryan Shiner

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 197,724 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season (Nov. 12-22), which is up from last year. Of the 197,724 deer harvested, 102,633 were antlered bucks, 16,929 were button bucks and 78,162 were does. Top harvest counties

One shot in Boone County hunting accident

November 18, 2019 1:11 PM Matthew Sanders

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old man was wounded when his friend shot him in a hunting accident Saturday near Hallsville, the Missouri Department of Conservation said Monday. Robert Himmelgarn, spokesman for the department’s Central District, said the victim was walking across a terraced soybean field when his 21-year-old hunting companion mistook him for a