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Missouri firearms whitetail deer hunting is during the peak of the rut in the middle two weeks of November and with over the counter tag purchase allowing all to hunt every season.

All Missouri MAHA deer hunting is on private exclusive use deer hunting lease land. And, Missouri has produced many fine trophy whitetail in this Association accounting for four 200+ racks in this Association.

Hunt v Trophy

More and more hunters are coming to realize that just because Missouri is an over the counter tag state that does not mean poor quality whitetails. This is especially true for those that seek to enjoy the hunt for the hunt itself rather than the more competitive approach of pure trophy whitetail hunt for that once in a lifetime monster buck.

Along with this picture came the report he had seen larger bucks than this one on our lease land. Such as are our hunts, it is easy to see a trophy whitetail , hard to put that buck in the truck.

While that monster buck will quick fire any of our hearts the reality is there are far more quality racks out there than those above 160 to the 200 category. The reality for many is that while we all want that trophy racked buck, whitetail deer hunting is more a matter of being able to enjoy the day in the field. And, with the knowledge that the potential for a trophy whitetail deer is there, however it is the enjoyment of deer hunting, in the woods as a whole that makes for the better deer hunting trip. Missouri deer season provides just that without the angst of draw tags and deer management unit restrictions.

This is all the more important to those starting a youth deer hunter or a wife that more seeks the day with her husband than to harvest a wall hanger. Another growing category is the three generation family deer hunting group of grandfather, son and grandson where the day together is better than any deer hunt alone and when the grandson harvests any deer that deer is a trophy.

With our approach to each fair chase do it yourself hunter and family may seek the whitetail of their choice be it the trophy of a lifetime or the enjoyment of a new deer hunter getting his first buck regardless of rack size. We seek to ensure the quality of the hunt in terms inclusive of trophy production to the more meaningful memory making activities of all the other days that will be in the field beyond that one day when the rack is the only importance. Missouri deer hunting allows for this and of the entire process of scouting, the hunt and harvest of the deer of choice.

Missouri's large deer herd will always mean filtering through more doe until that trophy is found.

Late winter herd in the afternoon.

Three of more than 10 deer seen at this spot on one of our leases during a contract renewal.

River bottom cover in the back ground as seen over the levee separating the crop field.

Conservation

Missouri's deer hunting is managed aggressively with state efforts seeking to reduce the doe count with unlimited over the counter cheap antlerless tags. That effort combined with a point restriction zone makes Missouri deer hunting a productive proposition right now and it will get better in the years to come. After all, Missouri is surrounded by Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. The genetic base is present, the herd strongest of all the surrounding better known states and the Department of Conservation effort to increase rack quality will continue to make it a better whitetail deer hunting destination for years to come.

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