The Missouri Department of Conservation has released numbers from the 2025-2026 deer-hunting season that ended Jan. 15.
The preliminary total deer harvest for the season was 301,954 total deer. Of that harvest, 145,222 were antlered bucks, 25,129 were button bucks, and 131,603 were does. The total number was up over 25,000 deer from the 2024-2025 deer season.
Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 6,770, Howell with 5,490, and Callaway, with 5,346.