Missouri Deer Hunting

All harvested whitetail deer must be processed through an in person or online Missouri check-in system that requires deer hunters to check in their game and tags the day of harvest. Check in stations are readily located in just about every small town and are open until 8PM.

Deer tags may be purchased online, over the counter for all seasons or by telephone with a credit card by calling 800-392-4115 and online.

A summary of Missouri whitetail deer regulations include:

Illuminated sights are permitted.

Hunter safety education certificate for all hunters born after January 1, 1967.

Orange hat and vest required during gun seasons.

Youth hunts are for children 11 and older.

Baiting is not legal, however using scents and minerals is not considered baiting.

Over-the-counter doe tag at $7.00 each and are unlimited.

Missouri Late Season Deer Hunter Account

WOW, WOW, WOW. what a heck of a way to start the New Year. Your suggestion for a late hunt was right on. You guys are really something and joining this club is one of the best decisions I've ever made. This big boy came into the scents I had out and after a 25 yard shot went out into the field and laid down. I could see him still moving his head right at dark but I knew that I had hit the back of the lungs. After getting down I went out to were I'd seen him last and he was gone. Not finding much blood I decided to back out and let him be until morning. The coyotes where raising cane when I got back to my truck and I prayed they wouldn't find him before I did. First thing this morning found him only 60 yards further but unfortunately the coyotes found him during the night. Great, Great hunt thanks again for all your help.

Two pictures of a fine rack.

Thank you for sharing yet another set of fine pictures. Sticking it out for the late season is a tough hunt and you put it together, congratulations on a fine archery harvest.

For the rest of us we have seen this hunter and his partner during spring turkey and fall deer seasons for a good couple of years and they have shown some great bow hunting success that would rival the best video to be seen. And, better than a video they lived the experience.

Do It Yourself Hunting

The final Missouri deer hunter point is a theme readers will see again within this website and that is Missouri is a good whitetail deer state.

Archery deer hunters prefer Missouri for the larger areas of more closed in terrain and Missouri simply has more whitetail than Kansas or Iowa.

In terms of statistics another advantage has shown at bringing many of the highest scoring whitetail deer than Kansas or Iowa. Our Missouri hunters currently account for four 200+ bucks.

For those wanting a self guided deer hunt every season in the central mid-west, Missouri offers the deer hunter what will be an increasing opportunity to see a trophy quality whitetail deer.

Starting the 2004 season Missouri instituted a 4 point one side restriction that will result in an ever increasing number of trophy quality whitetail deer that will make Missouri a whitetail hunter priority in a few short years. Read about Missouri's point restriction zone secondary effects .

What MAHA does is to take all of these advantages and combine them with private land leases giving the average hunter the chance to hunt free of public land hunter mentality.

For our annual cost every hunter may pre season scout, hang stands and develop as many farms as he may have time to hunt and not be restricted to just one wood patch. Brining this level of flexibility of a large amount of acreage to select from and having more than one stand on each of several farms enhances success. This is not news to any one. It is news to those that have not been aware of our existence since 1965!

Firearms Whitetail Season

Archery Whitetail Advantage

Muzzleloader