MDC Reports Antlerless Deer Season Numbers for December

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 16,032 deer during the antlerless portion of the firearms deer season, December 3-11.

Top harvest counties include Callaway, with 451 deer harvested.

Pike took second, with 412 deer harvested.

Macon finished third, with 348 deer harvested.

Last year’s antlerless-portion harvest total was 15,019.

The archery season runs through January 15.

The alternative methods portion runs from December 24 through January 3.