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By
Jim Low
12/12/2014

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – At its regular meeting today in Jefferson City, the Missouri Conservation Commission set dates for the 2015 firearms turkey and deer hunting seasons.

Firearms turkey season dates are:

  • Spring youth season – April 11 and 12
  • Regular spring season – April  20 through May 10
  • Fall firearms season – Oct. 1 through 31

Firearms deer season dates are:

  • Urban portion – Oct. 9 through 12
  • Early youth portion – Oct. 31 and Nov. 1
  • November portion – Nov. 14 through 24
  • Antlerless portion – Nov. 25 through Dec. 6
  • Alternative-methods portion – Dec. 19 through 29
  • Late youth portion – Jan. 2 and 3

The 2015 Archery Deer and Turkey Season is set by the Wildlife Code of Missouri to run Sept. 15 through Jan. 15, excluding the November portion of deer season, Nov. 14 through 24.

Full details of 2015 deer and turkey hunting regulations will be published on the Conservation Department website, www.mdc.mo.gov, and in hunting regulation guides available from hunting permit vendors statewide before the seasons.