by Marshall Griffin | Nov 13, 2023 | News
It was a good weekend for deer hunters in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation said in a press release that 90,334 deer were harvested Saturday and Sunday, the opening weekend of November’s firearm deer season. That number is less than last year’s opening...
by Anthony Morabith | Jan 10, 2023 | News
Click player below to listen to the interview (note – the interview was conducted in late 2022) – The Missouri Department of Conservation is instituting changes for the 2023-24 Deer Season, which includes the addition of more hunting dates and regulation...
by Mike Lear | Jul 9, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has vetoed two agriculture omnibus bills because they contain language that would transfer regulatory control of captive deer to the Department of Agriculture. The sponsors of those bills say those vetoes will be easy overrides in September....
by Mike Lear | Jul 7, 2014 | News
The office Governor Jay Nixon (D) says he will discuss Tuesday morning in Columbia his actions regarding legislation that would change the definition of livestock to include captive deer. Senate Bill 506 and House Bill 1326 would make the Missouri Department of...
by Mike Lear | Jul 16, 2013 | News
The House Interim Committee on Cause and Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in the Elk and White Tail Deer Population has heard two very different sets of information from those who do, and don’t, think captive breeders are to blame for the disease coming to...