Young deer hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 15,608 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2021 deer hunting season. Top counties were this year include Osage with youth hunters harvesting 359 deer, Franklin with 329, and Howell with 310. The total is down about 250 from last year’s youth harvest.
In the local counties, there were 858 deer harvested. From highest to lowest, that includes:
Linn 141
Daviess 128
Carroll 127
Chariton 115
Livingston 108
Grundy 82
Sullivan 80
Caldwell 77
Missouri’s deer archery season continues through November 12th and resumes November 24th through January 15th. The November portion of firearms deer season runs November 13th-23rd followed by the late youth portion November 26th-28th. The antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs December 4th-12th followed by the alternative methods portion December 25th through January 4th.
