Youth deer hunters took just over 3,900 deer in the Late Youth Portion of the season this past weekend. The Missouri Department of Conservation reports hunters age 6-15 harvested 1,433 were antlered bucks, 520 were button bucks, and 1,946 were does. That is nearly twice the total for the late youth portion for 2019 (1950).
Top counties for the late youth portion were Osage with 90 deer harvested, Pike with 87, and Franklin with 72.
Livingston 43
Caldwell 21
Carroll 33
Chariton 29
Daviess 36
Grundy 24
Linn 49
Sullivan 37
Totals for the November Firearms Portion of the season include 176,600 deer taken. For the local counties that includes:
Livingston 1266
Caldwell 1007
Carroll 1466
Chariton 1323
Daviess 1532
Grundy 1142
Linn 1807
Sullivan 1657