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Rockwoods Reservation Deer Hunt

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Managed Deer Hunt in Wildwood was Best in Years

Here are final details about the annual deer harvest for the Rockwoods Reservation managed deer hunt in Wildwood.

The final count from the managed deer harvest for the two-day hunt on Nov. 26-27 at Rockwoods Reservation was 19 deer, reports Gus Raeker, forestry district supervisor for the reservation area in Wildwood. The count includes one four-point buck, three button bucks, and fifteen does, Raeker told Patch. "This harvest helps us toward our goal of maintaining a healthy population of about 25 deer per square mile (75 deer across the 3-square mile area)," he said. Per prior Patch reporting, seven deer total were shot last year for the annual hunt in the same conservation area, and six deer total two years ago. Read related articles: Managed Deer Hunt in Wildwood is Going Well Should Managed Deer Hunts Occur in Rockwoods Conservation Areas? …

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Managed Deer Hunt in Wildwood is Going Well

Note that Tuesday (today) Rockwoods Reservation is closed to all but hunters who are participating in the annual deer hunting event, which is held to assist with deer population control in the area.

There are only two days each year that Rockwoods Reservation in Wildwood is closed for all practical purposes except to deer hunters—Monday and Tuesday (today) are this year's hunt. Managed deer hunts are held at Rockwoods Reservation to demonstrate that hunting can occur safely among residential areas and to help control the area's deer population, authorities said. Missouri Department of Conservation resource assistant John Honse told Patch on Monday afternoon that eight to 10 deer had been shot. "The number of deer harvested this year already is higher than the last two years combined." He said the last couple of years had been slim harvests, due to three main factors:  deer movement, hunters sticking out conditions and the actual …

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