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Time to Hunt for Shed Antlers
The firearms deer season is over now and the archery season will end on the 15th, but you still may be able to bring home part of a deer for the next few months. From late December through mid-February is prime time for Missouri bucks to shed their antlers. I've had several reports from muzzleloader hunters of bucks that had already shed their antlers by the last week of December.
• Read Full Story2009 Another Excellent Year for Deer Hunters
CHARITON, Iowa - Iowa hunters harvested 136,504 deer in 2009, of which, 71,273 were does continuing a five year trend reducing the size of Iowa's deer herd. This harvest is about 5,750 fewer deer than were reported in 2008. Although the totals would likely have been closer with perfect hunting conditions, some decline was not surprising given that there were fewer deer than in 2008.
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