MDC Final Totals for Deer Harvest

(Jefferson City, MO) Missouri's 2021-2022 deer hunting season ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation reporting a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 293,670. Of the deer harvested, 143,049 were antlered bucks, 26,599 were button bucks, and 124,022 were does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 6,392 deer harvested, Texas with 5,478, and Callaway with 5,452. Hunters checked 67,487 deer during the 2020-2021 archery deer season. Missouri Department of Conservation Officials reported four firearms related hunting incidents during deer season with all being self inflicted. Three were not fatal while one was a fatal incident.