Introduction
All Missouri counties were opened to the hunting of bucks in 1959. In 2002, the buck-only tag was eliminated and a deer of either sex has been allowed in all counties since then with no limit on the number of hunters who can obtain these permits.
Missouri offers a wide range of hunting conditions. The Ozark region in southern Missouri has large areas of solid timber. As much as 85 percent of some counties are wooded. The central counties have cultivated land mixed with woods in about a 50:50 ratio. The prairie region in northern and western Missouri is mainly agricultural land with woody cover confined to woodlots or along streams.
