Special on a Late Season Missouri Whitetail Hunt

Through our affiliation with hunting travel site NextHunt.com we have the benefit of sharing valuable hunting opportunities from across the country when they become available. I recently had the opportunity to talk on the phone with Hank Fisher, co-owner of Lone Oak Outfitters. I have not hunted with Hank but he seemed focused on providing his clients with [...]

Missouri Provides P&Y Buck #4

2009 has just been a great season overall. After tagging a great 9 point in Illinois I headed to Missouri to hunt with Brian Lindberg of Soap Creek Outfitters.  I “ran into” this 10 point buck while headed for my creek bottom stand at noon on day two of my hunt. The buck didn’t see [...]

Missouri Monster Buck with a bow

Donnie Baker arrowed this monster non-typical buck in his home state of Missouri on October 5th 2009. This buck has great character, 4 drop tines, stickers, extra brow tines and a big 10 point frame. Sounds like Donnie had no trail camera pictures or previous sigtings of this buck but was plenty happy to see him when he [...]

2008 Missouri Deer Hunting Outlook.

1) Number of Deer Hunters in MO? Around 487,000 individuals held a deer permit in 2007
2) Estimated Whitetail Population 1.4 million plus

3) Harvest total for 2006 324,425

4) Harvest total for 2007 300,915

5) Percentage harvested by Modern Firearms / Archery Gear for 2007
13% taken during the archery season; 87% during firearms; some are taken with archery [...]