Missouri Deer Hunting, County by County
114 Missouri counties ranked by a provisional FDR Deer Herd Index Provisional — a 0–100 score built from Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Telecheck records, 2015–2025 plus public-land access. Click any county for the free report: multi-year harvest trend, herd metrics, public land, and season notes.
This index is provisional: Provisional index — harvest + access components; trophy and roadway components pending. It is computed from what is real in the public harvest record plus public-land access; trophy record-book production is a later input, so trophy figures show as coming rather than a zero.
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| Rank | County | FDR Index | Tier | Trophy | Public land % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Henry | 73.2 | A - Elite | 28 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Caldwell | 68.8 | B - Strong | 4 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Bates | 68.4 | B - Strong | 11 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Macon | 67.2 | B - Strong | 9 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Harrison | 66.3 | B - Strong | 10 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Vernon | 65.7 | B - Strong | 24 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Worth | 64.6 | B - Strong | 6 | 0.1% |
| #8 | Stone | 63.3 | B - Strong | 2 | 1.5% |
| #9 | Johnson | 62.6 | B - Strong | 3 | 1.3% |
| #10 | Barton | 61.7 | B - Strong | 6 | 3.5% |
| #11 | Lincoln | 61.6 | B - Strong | 7 | 2.4% |
| #12 | Warren | 61.4 | B - Strong | 4 | 2.8% |
| #13 | Wright | 61.4 | B - Strong | 8 | 0.6% |
| #14 | Adair | 61 | B - Strong | 5 | 3.7% |
| #15 | St. Clair | 60.7 | B - Strong | 23 | 7.1% |
| #16 | Dallas | 60.5 | B - Strong | 3 | 2.9% |
| #17 | Benton | 59.6 | B - Strong | 10 | 3.1% |
| #18 | Cedar | 59.6 | B - Strong | 1 | 7.0% |
| #19 | Putnam | 58.6 | B - Strong | 14 | 2.1% |
| #20 | Randolph | 58.2 | B - Strong | 16 | 0.1% |
| #21 | Platte | 58.1 | B - Strong | 3 | 1.4% |
| #22 | Crawford | 57.9 | B - Strong | 4 | 2.9% |
| #23 | Linn | 57.9 | B - Strong | 3 | 2.9% |
| #24 | Pike | 57.8 | B - Strong | 8 | 1.9% |
| #25 | Jefferson | 57.5 | B - Strong | 5 | 1.1% |
| #26 | Gentry | 57.4 | B - Strong | 7 | 1.6% |
| #27 | Carroll | 56.9 | B - Strong | 4 | 0.9% |
| #28 | Cass | 56.7 | B - Strong | 6 | 0.5% |
| #29 | Clay | 55.5 | B - Strong | 7 | 0.6% |
| #30 | McDonald | 55.5 | B - Strong | 15 | 0.8% |
| #31 | Texas | 55.3 | B - Strong | 5 | 2.0% |
| #32 | Sullivan | 55.2 | B - Strong | 6 | 1.1% |
| #33 | Livingston | 54.9 | C - Above Average | 13 | 0.0% |
| #34 | Callaway | 54.7 | C - Above Average | 9 | 2.1% |
| #35 | Atchison | 54.4 | C - Above Average | 5 | 3.5% |
| #36 | Carter | 54.4 | C - Above Average | 3 | 18.3% |
| #37 | Monroe | 54.4 | C - Above Average | 6 | 0.0% |
| #38 | Newton | 53.8 | C - Above Average | 1 | 1.2% |
| #39 | Barry | 53.6 | C - Above Average | 17 | 1.0% |
| #40 | Clinton | 53.6 | C - Above Average | 5 | 0.4% |
| #41 | Clark | 53.5 | C - Above Average | 4 | 2.0% |
| #42 | Saline | 53.4 | C - Above Average | 10 | 1.7% |
| #43 | Franklin | 52.8 | C - Above Average | 0 | 1.9% |
| #44 | Pulaski | 52.8 | C - Above Average | 7 | 0.2% |
| #45 | Chariton | 52.5 | C - Above Average | 10 | 0.4% |
| #46 | Mercer | 52.2 | C - Above Average | 9 | 1.0% |
| #47 | Lewis | 52 | C - Above Average | 2 | 7.1% |
| #48 | Ray | 51.8 | C - Above Average | 1 | 0.6% |
| #49 | Taney | 51.8 | C - Above Average | 5 | 1.2% |
| #50 | Holt | 51.6 | C - Above Average | 2 | 3.2% |
| #51 | Andrew | 51.3 | C - Above Average | 1 | 3.7% |
| #52 | Ralls | 51.1 | C - Above Average | 5 | 0.0% |
| #53 | Daviess | 51 | C - Above Average | 6 | 0.3% |
| #54 | Ozark | 50.7 | C - Above Average | 4 | 10.0% |
| #55 | Wayne | 50.5 | C - Above Average | 1 | 3.0% |
| #56 | Scotland | 50.4 | C - Above Average | 6 | 1.5% |
| #57 | Polk | 50.2 | C - Above Average | 2 | 1.6% |
| #58 | Buchanan | 49.7 | C - Above Average | 2 | 1.9% |
| #59 | Dade | 49.3 | C - Above Average | 13 | 0.8% |
| #60 | Boone | 49.2 | C - Above Average | 3 | 3.0% |
| #61 | Morgan | 48.9 | C - Above Average | 6 | 0.2% |
| #62 | Nodaway | 48.9 | C - Above Average | 8 | 1.2% |
| #63 | Greene | 48.6 | C - Above Average | 5 | 1.3% |
| #64 | Cole | 48.3 | C - Above Average | 0 | 3.1% |
| #65 | Lawrence | 48.1 | C - Above Average | 4 | 1.3% |
| #66 | Douglas | 47.8 | C - Above Average | 5 | 0.4% |
| #67 | Howard | 47.6 | C - Above Average | 4 | 2.4% |
| #68 | Pemiscot | 47.4 | C - Above Average | 0 | 2.7% |
| #69 | Moniteau | 47.2 | C - Above Average | 2 | 1.4% |
| #70 | Bollinger | 47.1 | C - Above Average | 1 | 5.1% |
| #71 | Howell | 47.1 | C - Above Average | 4 | 1.4% |
| #72 | Gasconade | 47 | C - Above Average | 0 | 0.4% |
| #73 | St. Charles | 46.8 | C - Above Average | 6 | 5.3% |
| #74 | Hickory | 46.7 | C - Above Average | 2 | 2.4% |
| #75 | Pettis | 46.6 | C - Above Average | 2 | 0.6% |
| #76 | Maries | 46.5 | C - Above Average | 0 | 0.8% |
| #77 | Jasper | 46.4 | C - Above Average | 5 | 0.1% |
| #78 | Washington | 46.4 | C - Above Average | 0 | 1.9% |
| #79 | Christian | 45.5 | C - Above Average | 0 | 0.8% |
| #80 | DeKalb | 45.4 | C - Above Average | 3 | 2.0% |
| #81 | Montgomery | 45.2 | C - Above Average | 5 | 1.1% |
| #82 | Ste. Genevieve | 44.9 | C - Above Average | 2 | 1.2% |
| #83 | Jackson | 44.7 | C - Above Average | 15 | 1.8% |
| #84 | Camden | 44.2 | C - Above Average | 2 | 1.4% |
| #85 | Lafayette | 43.9 | C - Above Average | 4 | 0.7% |
| #86 | Iron | 43.6 | C - Above Average | 1 | 4.6% |
| #87 | Mississippi | 43.4 | C - Above Average | 0 | 2.1% |
| #88 | Butler | 42.4 | C - Above Average | 2 | 4.8% |
| #89 | St. Louis | 42.3 | C - Above Average | 8 | 4.0% |
| #90 | Shelby | 42.3 | C - Above Average | 3 | 0.7% |
| #91 | Marion | 42.1 | C - Above Average | 1 | 0.4% |
| #92 | Phelps | 42.1 | C - Above Average | 0 | 0.3% |
| #93 | St. Francois | 41.9 | C - Above Average | 2 | 0.1% |
| #94 | Shannon | 41.9 | C - Above Average | 2 | 20.0% |
| #95 | Webster | 41.5 | C - Above Average | 2 | 0.5% |
| #96 | Miller | 41.2 | C - Above Average | 0 | 1.4% |
| #97 | Grundy | 41 | C - Above Average | 1 | 2.3% |
| #98 | Audrain | 40.9 | C - Above Average | 4 | 0.6% |
| #99 | Dunklin | 40.7 | C - Above Average | 2 | 1.7% |
| #100 | Osage | 40.7 | C - Above Average | 1 | 0.6% |
| #101 | Schuyler | 40.6 | C - Above Average | 1 | 0.0% |
| #102 | Dent | 39.7 | D - Average | 0 | 3.7% |
| #103 | New Madrid | 39.5 | D - Average | 0 | 1.6% |
| #104 | Laclede | 39.3 | D - Average | 3 | 0.3% |
| #105 | Cooper | 39.2 | D - Average | 4 | 2.1% |
| #106 | Knox | 38.9 | D - Average | 4 | 0.4% |
| #107 | Ripley | 38.7 | D - Average | 2 | 2.1% |
| #108 | Reynolds | 38.2 | D - Average | 0 | 7.2% |
| #109 | Madison | 35.4 | D - Average | 0 | 0.4% |
| #110 | Cape Girardeau | 34.9 | D - Average | 1 | 1.1% |
| #111 | Perry | 32.6 | D - Average | 1 | 0.7% |
| #112 | Oregon | 32.1 | D - Average | 4 | 0.1% |
| #113 | Scott | 27.1 | D - Average | 0 | 0.6% |
| #114 | Stoddard | 21.2 | E - Below Average | 1 | 0.6% |
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