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...
Managed hunt applications open July 1 online
Beginning July 1, deer hunters can apply online for a chance at more than 100 managed deer hunts throughout Missouri this fall and winter.
Managed deer hunts...
Fall turkey hunters will see below average population
With fall firearms turkey season running Oct. 1-31, the Department of Conservation advises hunters it could be a challenging season based on the annual...
Deer hunters encouraged to Share the Harvest
Deer hunters are being encouraged to donate their extra venison this year through the Share the Harvest program to help feed hungry Missourians.
Nearly 4,300...
48,354 turkeys harvested in Missouri spring season
Turkey hunters checked 44,187 birds during Missouri’s 2016 regular spring turkey season April 18—May 8, according to preliminary data from the Department of...
Young hunters harvest 13,500 deer in early season
Young hunters, ages 6 through 15, harvested 13,560 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2018 deer hunting season.
Top counties for the early...
Missouri increases feral hog elimination, adapts 2020 strategy
The Missouri Feral Hog Elimination Partnership eliminated 10,495 feral hogs from Missouri in 2019, and will increase efforts in 2020 as multiple agencies...
MDC reduces counties in CWD management zone
Starting in July, the number of counties in Missouri’s management zone for chronic wasting disease (CWD) will be reduced from 48 to 29.
Changes to the CWD...
CWD response adds 12 more counties to deer feeding ban
Starting July 1 placing food or minerals for deer is now prohibited in 12 more Missouri counties to help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease.
The...
Hunters donate 259,414 pounds of venison to Share the Harvest
The Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) are thinking thousands of Missouri deer hunters who donated 259,414...
Final deer harvest totals more than 285,400
Missouri's 2019-2020 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with a preliminary total deer harvest of 285,483. Of the deer harvested, 133,914 were antlered bucks,...