Recent Hunting News
$100,000 challenge seeks help to eradicate WNS in bats
By Unites States Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a $100,000 challenge to combat white nose syndrome (WNS), a lethal fungus that has killed millions of North American bats and pushed some native bat species to the brink of extinction. The $100,000 W... READ MORE
Hunters check 1,952 turkeys during fall season
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Hunters checked 1,952 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1-31. Top harvest counties were Crawford and Greene with 61 birds harvested in each, followed by Laclede with 59, and Phelps with 58. Hunters harvested ... READ MORE
Youth hunters take 5,700 deer Oct. 17-20
By Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Youth hunters harvested 5,700 deer during the statewide youth deer season Oct. 17-20, up 77 percent from the 2018 youth deer season. Before opening day, 21,211 youth licenses had been purchased, up more than 50 percent from last year a... READ MORE
Youth early season sees increased harvest of 18,158 deer
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Preliminary data shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 18,158 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2019 deer hunting season, Nov. 2 and 3. Top counties were Osage with young hunters harvesting 381 deer, Ho... READ MORE