Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
Spring turkey season harvests totals 36,251 birds
Preliminary data shows that turkey hunters checked 33,355 birds during Missouri’s 2022 regular spring turkey season, April 18 through May 8. Top regular...
Deer feeding banned in 7 more counties to combat CWD
Placing food or minerals for deer is now prohibited in seven more Missouri counties to help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) starting July 1.
Missouri harvest up from previous year
The Missouri Department of Conservation reported that the total deer harvest for the current season was 260,552, which is 7,978 more than the 252,574 deer...
Young hunters take 2,822 turkeys on weekend hunt
Preliminary data shows young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,881 birds over the past youth weekend, April 9 and 10. Top harvest counties were Miller...
Increase in fall monitoring as new CWD cases found
Final results from Missouri’s 2015‐2016 fall and winter testing of nearly 7,700 free ranging deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) show seven deer confirmed...
CWD testing efforts confirms 44 new cases
Monitoring, management and testing efforts for the 2020-2021 chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance year have been completed. MDC collected more than...
Two CWD meetings to focus on Missouri rule changes
The Department of Conservation has scheduled two public informational meetings in central Missouri to provide an update on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in...
Youth hunters harvest 2,540 turkeys
Young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,540 turkeys during the 2019 spring youth season, April 6 and 7.
According to preliminary data, top harvest...
Early youth deer firearms season begins Oct. 31
The early portion of youth firearms deer season runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 1, with shooting hours one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset....
CWD deer samples testing hits halfway mark
Results are in for more than half of approximately 19,200 tissue samples being tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) collected during Missouri’s mandatory...