COLUMBIA, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon and First Lady Georganne Nixon were in Columbia on Friday at the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri to help unload 800 pounds of venison donated by Missouri hunters through the Share the Harvest program.

Share the Harvest is a public-private partnership that for more than 20 years has provided venison to families in need through food banks and food pantries across Missouri. The 2012 Missouri archery season for deer runs through Jan. 15.

JEFFERSON CITY–The Missouri Conservation Commission set dates for 2013 turkey- and deer-hunting seasons at its December meeting, giving hunters plenty of time to schedule vacation.

Arrows flew all day as almost 1,200 student archers competed at the 2012 MoNASP state tournament at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Winners and those with qualifying scores advanced to the national tournament.  Photo courtesy MDC.

ST. LOUIS, Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) expects a spike in participation by Missouri student archers with the recent announcement by the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) that it will hold its 2013 NASP World Championship in St. Louis.

The event will be held June 28-30 at the America Center and Edward Jones Dome, home of the St. Louis Rams.

This deer, photographed by a Conservation Officer, Brian Humphrey, shows the classic signs of hemorrhagic disease. The symptoms include bulging eyes, foaming mouth, swollen lymph nodes and sloughing of hair on her back.  Photo courtesy of South Dakota GF&P/Yankton Press

JEFFERSON CITY– Conservation officials say they don’t plan immediate measures to compensate for deer losses to hemorrhagic diseases, but they will look carefully at harvest information, reports of sick deer and hunter surveys when considering future hunting regulations.

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--It was the dead of night…but the skies over middle and western Missouri were alive with at least hundreds of thousands large, noisy birds. The annual southern migration of Canada’s snow goose flock crossed over Missouri between dusk and dawn Sunday night and Monday morning.

Add Cody Groner to Missouri's next big buck hunters after he tagged a 9-point buck on opening day of deer season.

Pictured left, Jim Scheer with his daughter Emily and the 8-point buck.

Last week during bow season, Jim Scheer tagged his first buck with a bow, which is quite an achievement in itself.  Jim’s achievement is also an example that a person’s determination does eventually pay off.

Quick News would like to wish everyone a safe and successful hunt as deer rifle season began this morning. 

Be sure to send your photos to reporter@quicknewhavennews.com or via text to 636-359-1018! 

Try my recipes tonight with your fresh harvest!

JEFFERSON CITY– Hunters age 6 through 15 checked 19,277 deer during the first weekend of Missouri’s youth deer hunt Nov. 3 and 4, a 17.6-percent increase over last year’s figure.

The Share the Harvest program in Missouri provides a way for deer hunters to donate venison to the needy. This program is administered by the Conservation Federation of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Conservation. During the 2011 deer seasons, 6,191 hunters donated 317,882 pounds of venison.

Claire Meyer tages her first deer, nice 8-pointer.  Will dad, Bill Meyer be able to top that on Saturday.
Photo submitted by Sherry Meyer.

By Kyle Quick:

This past weekend was the annual youth hunt and some young  hunters have set the bar pretty high for their mom or dad. Saturday moms and dads will have their opportunity to see if they are as good of hunters as their kids. (More photos below)

JEFFERSON CITY–An increase in Missouri’s 2012 fall firearms turkey harvest confirms population gains that turkey managers predicted and hunters hoped for.

JEFFERSON CITY–How will this year’s historic drought and higher-than-normal incidence of hemorrhagic diseases affect Missouri’s deer harvest? The answer, according to the Missouri Department Conservation (MDC), is “Not much. At least not this year.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rivers Edge is recalling Hunter Tree Stands due to faulty snap-hook assemblies, causing the tree stand and the user to fall to the ground. 

This item could have been potentially sold locally at Orscheln Farm & Home stores.

Photo of deer with CWD, deeranddeerhunting.com

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- At its Oct. 19 meeting in Springfield, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved issuing special no-cost “CWD Management Seals” to landowners in the core area where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected in Linn and Macon counties.

Dry conditions allowed above-average nesting success.

JEFFERSON CITY–Admirers of the wild turkey in Missouri have cause for celebration for the second year in a row, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).

Deer season is less than a month away.  This short video clip should give deer hunters a little bit of “Buck Fever”.  Video was taken in Etlah Bottoms.

Photo courtesy MU

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Following this summer’s findings of the invasive Emerald Ash Borer in Platte, Madison and Reynolds counties, Missouri’s quarantine regulating the movement of many ash wood products has been expanded. 

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) continues to receive reports from people around the state of dead deer. The culprit appears to be hemorrhagic disease (HD), a general term for epizootic hemorrhagic disease and the bluetongue virus.

“Both diseases are closely related, have similar clinical signs and are naturally spread by a small, biting midge fly,” says MDC Deer Biologist Emily Flinn. “Cattle and goats are normally not affected, or show only mild signs of being sick. Sheep are susceptible only to the bluetongue virus.”

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is considering changes to the Wildlife Code of Missouri that would require a new yearly, low-cost paddlefish permit for sport snaggers.

The changes would also implement a Telecheck reporting system, such as is used for deer and turkey, for harvested paddlefish.