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Archer's Hunting Permit: two deer of either sex. Only one antlered deer may be taken before the November firearms portion. Hunters may purchase and fill any number of archery antlerless deer hunting permits.
You are hunting on federal or state land where deer hunting is restricted to archery methods. You are using an archery permit during the alternative methods portion. You are archery or small game hunting during the antlerless or CWD portions in a closed county.
If you are drawn to participate in a managed hunt, you may take as many antlered deer as allowed at that specific hunt. Deer taken at a managed hunt do not count toward your firearms or archery season limits.
Over 93 percent of land in Missouri is privately owned, so the bulk of deer hunting opportunity is on private land. Before you start, you must identify the landowner and get permission to hunt or enter their land.
You may purchase your deer hunting permits beginning July 1 using any of the methods below. Over the counter from any permit vendor. Buy early to avoid long lines.
Before heading out to fish or hunt for deer, turkey, waterfowl, furbearers, or small game, be sure to buy the right permits. You can buy them online, over the phone, at any MDC office, or from more than a thousand vendors around the state.
Each county limits the number of antlerless deer hunting permits you can fill during the entire firearms season. See map. An antler-point restriction applies in some counties. If you harvest a deer from certain counties in the CWD Management Zone during the opening weekend, Nov. 16-17, you must take your deer to a designated CWD sampling station.
Carefully study deer patterns and tendencies where you plan to hunt, then set your stand accordingly. Most deer kills are within 30 yards of an archer’s stand. Read the wind direction before you begin hunting, and set up downwind of where you expect deer to travel.
Missouri offers more than 100 managed deer hunts for archery, muzzleloading, shotgun, and modern firearms from mid-September through mid-January, including hunts for youth only and for people with disabilities. Hunters are selected by a weighted random drawing.
Since 93% of land in Missouri is privately owned, finding places to hunt and practice shooting can require some research. Browse this section for information on both public and private land opportunities.