
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...

Deer seasons listed; archery opens Sept. 15
Deer hunting in Missouri opens Sept. 15 with the archery season which runs through Nov. 11 and then again from Nov. 23 through Jan. 15, 2023. The two...

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...

Public input sought for adjusting permit prices
The Department of Conservation is proposing adjusting prices for most hunting, fishing, trapping, and commercial permits to keep up with rising costs of...

Sampling effort finds 117 new cases of CWD for 2022
The Department of Conservation reports that it sampled and tested more than 33,000 deer for chronic wasting disease during the 2022 CWD surveillance year...

Feral hog strike team removes 5,358 hogs during 2016
When Department of Conservation wildlife biologists on the feral hog strike team tallied numbers for 2016, the result was a total of 5,358 feral hogs removed...

Mandatory CWD sampling during Nov. 12-13 opener
The Department of Conservation will hold mandatory CWD sampling Nov. 12 and 13 for deer hunters who harvest deer in 34 of 38 CWD Management Zone counties.
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Online applications for managed deer hunts open July 1
Beginning July 1, deer hunters can apply online for a shot at more than 100 managed deer hunts throughout the state for archery, muzzleloading and modern...

Final harvest for season nearly 300,000 deer
Missouri's 2022-2023 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15, reporting a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 299,721. Of the deer harvested, 140,736...