MO deer hunting
 

Hi guys, question for everyone. I am considering taking my son to MO to deer hunt. He is just 12 and just starting out. I am looking at different outfitters. How are your deer out there? I want to give him the chance to shoot a decent buck, don't need a monster. When I was 12 almost any buck would be a trophy to me, lol. Is there a part of the state that is known for more deer or better quality than another part? Anyone reccommend a good outfitter? I am doing my own research and looking but any suggestions, comments, advice are welcome.

Thanks

Jeff

RE: MO deer hunting
 

The northeastern part of the state is really good. Some of the counties which may interset you would be Macon, Adair, Schuyler, Putnam, Randolf, and Monroe. Don't knnow much about outfitters. Good luck.

Spudrow from Mo

RE: MO deer hunting
 

Spudrow is right...most of the bigger Bucks have been taken from Northern Missouri any where from St. Louis and above.There are some decent Bucks taken from all over Missouri and most of them have been taken on private hunting grounds.

RE: MO deer hunting
 

Some great deer here in Northeast Mo. Check out the Rutledge area for an outfitter. Wish I could tell you his name, but I cant remember right now. Also, around the Kirksville area there is some HS Strut ground that a lot of well known hunters got to. The Drury guys hunt up here, Bill Jordan hunts out there (I met him last year as he was leaving town) and Ralph and Vickie have been there. Dont know if they do much private outfitting, but they could lead you in the right direction. There is a lot of good public hunting ground around too, but I wouldnt recommend that during rifle season.

RE: MO deer hunting
 

Any of the counties that lie near the Missouri river are pretty good, IMHO. You'll find a higher concentration of deer and some nice bucks as well.


GH

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muncylabman, these are all good replies to your post. I second the opinion about gun season on public property. It's like a pumkin patch on public property opening day.
Good luk to you and your son.

Spudrow from Mo

RE: MO deer hunting
 

Three years ago, I could of gave you a list of 40 farmers that would of let you hunt with out a problem, Today I can only give you an outfitter and some public land suggestions.

http://www.jstrophyhunts.com/

They are pretty good bunch with some exceptional hunting.

Your son can hunt in the youth only season as well in MO. The public land isn't really that busy from what I've seen, and for $17 (any sex tag)you cant go wrong (that is non-resident as well). This year I believe you may also purchase a bonus doe tag for youth season $7. You also get a trukey tag with the first deer tag purchase.

If you need more details or suggestions for public land in northern Mo, send me a pm, as I tend to lose threads that I reply too.

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If you contact the Outfitter racksnbeards mentioned above be sure to ask them when their Bow Season starts?I noticed it stated Oct 1 til Jan. 15 except during Rifle Season...!Our Bow Season in Missouri actually starts Sept.15 2007 til Jan 15. 2008,and pauses during rifle season in Nov. and starts back up after that.

I forgot about our Youth Deer Season here in Mo., that Racksnbeards mentioned also...but it only runs for 2 days on the last weekend in October,pretty sure it is the 27th and 28th.I'll double check to make sure.

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I never noticed that GTO...hmmm....

They may not of updated the site since the season change, but heck that has been what3 or4 years now (if not longer).

RE: MO deer hunting
 

There are no deer in Mo. Iowa,Illinios and Kansas are much better.Just kidding,Macon county is by far the leader in number of deer.Larger deer come from the northeast side.Try Gunncreek out fitters.

RE: MO deer hunting
 

Hi, first let me say I am new to the forum,or at least the bow hunting portion. My son (11) is an outdoor nut LOL he loves all things about the outdoors,camping,hunting,fishing,ect..... While we are realativly new to the Sw MO. area, I am seeking advice on several things, first: areas around Nesho area that are good hunting and fishing,
secondly: this year we are starting archery ( he really enjoys archery at after school program and he is far better at hitting the target than his old man is LOL)so we got him a bow. I have been reading about arrows and the tips seem to give their wieght in grains like that of a bullet????, what is the determining factor on what grainbroadhead to use for said application???? his bow is a 65lb pull compound bow. As I am a total novice when it comes to bow hunting I need as much help as I can get on this subject.
Thanks
Allan

RE: MO deer hunting
 

Welcome to Missouri, Allan. I have some relatives that live in Neosho, but I can't tell you anything about the hunting in that area.

I'm relatively new to bowhunting as well, so while I am not the best source of information, there are many on here that can answer your questions. It is really great that your son is interested in bowhunting. If you post your technical questions in the Bowhunting section, they will be answered pretty quickly and pretty accurately.

One piece of advice, I tried to learn to bowhunt after rifle hunting for many years and I tried to learn by trial and error. I think it would have been much easier to head into the archery pro shop and let them set-up my bow, arrows, etc. Trial and error can be fun, but muchmore simple to get straight answers from guys that know what they are talking about!

Again, good luck and welcome to Missouri!

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Allan

You've got the poundage covered and I'd suggest a 100 grain broadhead. I'd also suggest looking at the expandable type mechanical broadheads as well. They fly just like your feild tips. You could drop as low as 85 grain on the broadhead, but your kenetic energy will drop off as the weight of the arrow decreases. A 100-125 grain head supplies plenty of KE and should work well on whitetails.


Good luck!

GH

RE: MO deer hunting
 

If you shoot a 100 grain broad heads then you will also need to buy/shoot field tips with the same weight in order to hit the area on the target exactly the same.It is like sighting in a rifle with 150 grain bullets...you don't want to switch to 130 grain because it will be off and you will have to re-adjust your sight or scope.


I shoot mechanical broad heads but I will went the the Hellrazor fixed broad heads because I plan on shooting from a Blind and through the mesh camo windows.