Missouri's 2015-2016 deer-hunting seasons ended Jan. 15 with reports of a preliminary total harvest of 279,401 deer.
Top counties for the overall seasons were Texas with 5,812 deer harvested, Franklin with 5,463, and Howell with 5,440. Hunters took 258,341 deer during the 2014-2015 deer hunting seasons.
Deer hunting ended at the close of archery season. Preliminary data shows hunters checked 50,085 deer during the archery season, with top counties in archery season as Jefferson with 1,153 deer, St. Louis with 1,051, and Franklin with 1,012. Archery hunters checked 51,755 deer the previous year.
The 2015-2016 fall archery turkey season hunting also ended Jan. 15. Preliminary data from MDC showed 3,067 turkeys harvested. Top counties for the fall archery turkey season were Texas with 80 birds harvested, Franklin with 74, and Laclede with 67. For the previous year, hunters harvested 2,587 turkeys.
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