Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A buck scent checks a doe. (Tom Torget) The big-racked, muscled-up brute crashes through cover. Operating like a pedigreed cutting ...

ST. LOUIS — This year’s opening weekend of firearms deer season saw a dip in harvests, with hunters bagging 68,312 deer—a stark contrast to last year’s bumper crop of 90,253. That’s a 24 percent drop.

Deer are one of the more popular game animals for area hunters. Hunting deer and other animals remains a popular hobby and way of life in Kansas and Missouri. KCUR's guide will help you learn the ...

A white tailed doe and her fawn are seen in this field guide photo from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Noppadol Paothong Missouri Department of Conservation It’s an exciting time of year to ...

A heavy-racked buck beds down for the day. Wind sweeping from behind, and eyes scanning down below, danger has little chance of finding him before he detects it. After all, that’s why the buck picked ...

The new firearms early antlerless portion Oct. 6-8, 2023, will be in the same 100 counties open for the firearms late antlerless portion Dec. 2-10, 2023. A CWD portion of firearms deer season has been ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. — This was the first weekend of firearms deer hunting season in Missouri. Missouri Conservation Department officials say despite an overwhelmingly healthy deer population, chronic ...