In Missouri the bow season is roughly 4 months and the firearms season is 10 days. In addition to the 10 day firearm season there is a doe only firearm season and a muzzle loader season where doe and bucks can be harvested. I hunt both bow and gun. I think gun hunters in MO get as much opportunity as the Conservation Department can give them without putting the deer population at risk. Gun hunting can make a big impact on a deer population in a short amount of time. Rifle season here normally overlaps the rut which I have mixed feelings about. I like it because it gives the most hunters an opportunity to catch a big buck on his feet. I also don't like it because I wonder if removing the gun season from the rut would help the age of the buck population. All-in-all I think MO does a good job of trying to balance hunter opportunity with deer harvest numbers.