MDC Reports Five Elk Harvested During Second Season
December 21, 2021 10:42AM CST
The Missouri Department of Conservation reports hunters harvested three elk during the firearms portion of the elk-hunting season, December 11-19.
An archery portion ran October 16-24 with two elk harvested.
Five Missouri hunters received elk permits through a random drawing.
Last year’s inaugural elk hunt ended with all five hunters harvesting bull elk during the firearms portion.
The 2020 archery portion reported no elk taken.
Elk are a native species in Missouri but were hunted to extinction through unregulated hunting during the late 1800s.