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Current-year harvest up nearly 8,000 from
previous year.
JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s 2014-2015
deer-hunting closed Jan. 15 with the conclusion of the state’s archery season. The
Missouri Department of Conservation reported that the total deer harvest for the
current season was 260,552, which is 7,978 more than the 252,574 deer checked
during the previous year.
Hunters checked 51,755 deer during the current
archery season with top counties being Jefferson with 1,080, St. Louis with
1,063, and Franklin with 1,032. The harvest for the previous year’s deer
archery season was 1,248 fewer at 50,507.
The 2014-2015 archery turkey season also
closed Jan. 15 with a total of 2,587 birds checked compared to the previous
year of 2,546 birds checked. Top counties were Greene with 64, Franklin with
60, and Callaway with 54.
For more information on the 2014-2015
deer harvest, and past-year deer harvest summaries, go online to http://mdc.mo.gov/node/29442.
MDC also reported 14 hunting incidents
during the 2014-2015 deer hunting season. Four were fatal and involved a fall
from a tree stand, a heater explosion in a deer blind, a gunshot wound from another
hunter, and a heart attack while hunting.
Dates for the 2015-2016 firearms deer season
are:
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Urban portion –
Oct. 9 through 12
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Early youth
portion – Oct. 31 and Nov. 1
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November portion
– Nov. 14 through 24
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Antlerless portion
– Nov. 25 through Dec. 6
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Alternative-methods
portion – Dec. 19 through 29
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Late youth
portion – Jan. 2 and 3
The 2015-2016 archery deer and turkey season
will run Sept. 15 through Jan. 15, excluding the November portion of deer
season, Nov. 14 through 24.
Conservation makes Missouri a great
place to hunt deer and turkey. For more information, go online to www.mdc.mo.gov.
 The Missouri Department of Conservation reported that the total deer
harvest for the 2014-2015 deer hunting season was 260,552, which is
7,978 more than the 252,574 deer checked during the previous year.
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