Should Missouri Move Rifle Season Later in the Year?
Sunday Spotlight Should Missouri consider moving rifle season later in the year? Maybe December. Maybe even January. I've been thinking about it lately, and I'm curious what other Missouri hunters think. Halloween night, while we were out trick-or-treating, the temperature was sitting around 72 degrees. We're roughly two weeks away from the opening of firearms deer season, and I had the air conditioning running when we got home. I couldn't help but think about my dad and what he'd have to say about that. The dad I remember would have been freaking out most likely. I'm almost certain the first thing out of his mouth would have been something about the deer not moving in that kind of heat. Dad always believed deer moved when it got cold. Every year, he hoped for snow during rifle season. A couple of times, he got his wish. My dad loved deer camp. He'd been making the trip to public hunting land near Van Buren for somewhere between 20 and 30 years. It was ro...