Missouri Successfully Completes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season

By Larry Keane

Missouri hunters wrapped up their first ever black bear hunting season, a sign of successful conservation and wildlife management.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) approved the inaugural 10-day black bear hunting season and all early signs point to the tags getting quickly filled. The black bear population is healthy and the hunting season only lasts 10 days, ending Oct. 28.

Following the Science

Black bears were almost non-existent in the 1800s in Missouri but their numbers have continually crept up, with bears migrating from Arkansas.

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