Deer Harvest on First Weekend Near Record

Good weather has made for good hunting on the first weekend of the firearms season for deer hunters. Missouri deer hunters have harvested deer at a near-record rate. State Conservation Department spokesman Arlicia Mayes says the kill on the first weekend was 124,271...

Acorns Predict the Deer Harvest

The conservation department’s agents have looked under 47-hundred oak trees to forecast this year’s deer-kill. A good year for acorns will mean an decent but not record-breaking season for deer hunters. The red oak acorn crop is up two percent from last...

Quail Season Opens Today

This is the first day that Missouri hunters can take to the fields and woods in quest of the cunning quail. But the Conservation Department says the sport is in decline. The department says quail hunting should be improved this year—that quail have made a...

Deer Dodging Season Underway

It’s not just the leaves turning colors that could make your daily commutes more interesting. The Missouri Conservation Department warns drivers to be on the look out for deer on the road. The department’s Jim Low stresses the danger of striking a deer is greater...

Missourians Battle Forest Fires

About 40 firefighters from Missouri are in other states helping fight forest fires… Conservation Department dispatcher Pat Wagoner says most of them are working with fire crews in Minnesota and Oregon. She says 12-14 Missourians are on crews in each state....