missouri hunting

Missouri News

14 state parks to temporarily close for managed deer hunts

KOMU 8

The deer hunts help to safely prevent harm to the ecosystem

Sarah Parker Pauley recently retired as director of the Department of Conservation, a position she'd held since late 2016. She also served as the director of the Department of Natural Resources, which oversees the state park system.

Missouri News

Retired Missouri conservation director plans to enjoy the areas she oversaw

Jason Rosenbaum

Recently retired Missouri Department of Conservation Director Sara Parker Pauley talked about the challenges of navigating an agency during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Missouri News

Missouri hunters harvest record number of deer

Columbia Missourian

The Missouri Department of Conservation's new report on the 2023-2024 harvest shows hunters harvested a record number of deer.

Science and Technology

More than 200,000 deer killed during Missouri firearms season

Associated Press

Missouri's Department of Conservation says hunters took nearly 205,000 deer during November's 11-day firearms season. That's the highest number in four…