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Local News: MDC reports elk hunters go five for five in inaugural elk hunt (12/30/20) areawidenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from areawidenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - All five hunters selected to participate in Missouri’s first legal elk hunting season harvested a bull elk. The state’s first firearms elk hunting season ran from Dec. 12-20. An archery portion ran Oct. 17-25, but with no harvests. “What an exciting gift right before the holidays to see all five hunters harvest elk in this first inaugural elk season in Missouri,” said MDC Director Sara Parker Pauley. “This success. ....
This certainly counts as a successful hunt. Missouri held its first elk-hunting season in modern history this year, which consisted of two portions: the archery portion, which ran in late October, and a firearms portion that just concluded. And while the archery portion did not produce any harvests, all of the hunters who participated in the firearms session were successful, Fox 2 reports. On Dec. 19, Bill Clark harvested a bull elk on his own property in Van Buren (Missouri Department of Conservation) Five hunters were selected to participate in the session that ran from Dec. 12 to Dec. 20, and all five reportedly harvested an elk. ....
Gene Guilkey of Liberty harvested this 6x7 bull elk on public land in Shannon County Dec. 16. Photo by Jeff Girdner. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s first elk-hunting season ended Sunday with all five of the hunters selected for permits harvesting bull elk during the firearms portion Dec. 12-20. An archery portion ran Oct. 17-25 with no harvests. The five Missouri hunters were selected for elk-hunting permits through a random drawing of more than 19,215 permit applications, including 33 for one resident-landowner antlered-elk permit and 19,182 for four general permits. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates the five Missouri hunters on their success! ....