deer

A study ranked the top 10 stretches of road that could benefit from wildlife infrastructure, but don’t expect an animal bridge over I-70 anytime soon.

Starting this year, hunters will be asked to do mandatory sampling for chronic wasting disease in deer, with the requirement cycling between counties every four years. This year, it'll happen on Nov. 14 and 15.

Missouri deer hunters will see new buck limits, an earlier youth season and changes to CWD rules this fall.

The Missouri Department of Conservation conducts mandatory sampling for chronic wasting disease during deer season.

Hunters taking part in opening weekend next month will need to test deer from more counties.

There were hundreds of deer-related collisions on the highways surrounding Columbia last November, including more than 40 on U.S. 63 and more than 20 on Interstate 70.

November firearms deer hunting season opens this weekend, and for the first time deer killed in Boone County must be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease.

Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.

This winter, consider a style of hunting that doesn’t require any special equipment, and has no bag limit. This week on Discover Nature, head outdoors in…

This week on Discover Nature, watch for scrape-marks, or rubs on trees, as white-tailed deer shed “velvet” from their antlers.White-tailed deer are…