Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation adds two new hunting seasons for the 2023 season
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – The Missouri Department of Conservation is adding two new hunting seasons for 2023, giving hunters an extra chance to hunt deer.
Francis Scalicky, media specialist for MDC, says that this is due to a high deer population in the state for the year.
“The deer population is abundant. I wouldn’t say it’s higher than usual. It’s it’s a little over a million in Missouri, and it’s been that way for several years now. So the deer population is abundant,” said Scalicky.
The first season is an early antlerless season. Bucks are off-limits, but hunters can go for doe’s. Scalicky says this is because does drive the population up, so by hunting more does, the MDC can make sure the population doesn’t grow too big.
“Think about it: when you kill a buck, you’ve just killed one deer, but when you kill a doe, you kill a doe that will probably have at least two fawns for the following year. So that’s a good way to manage the population numbers,” said Scalicky.
That season runs from October 6 through 8. MDC says it’s not only a good way to control populations, but a great way for hunters to go for more deer.
“I mean, one of the appeals of deer hunting is that they are getting meat that they can’t buy in the store. You can’t go into the grocery store and buy venison,” said Scalicky. “But another thing we hope deer hunters get from this is another opportunity to appreciate Missouri outdoors.”
The other season is a Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD season. Hunters are able to voluntarily submit their deer for chronic wasting disease testing, either through a scheduled appointment with MDC or at one of their sample drop-off sites.
Chronic Wasting Disease is a disease that affects deer’s neurological systems. As of now, there have been no reported cases in humans, according to the CDC. MDC wants to emphasize that the disease is not super prevalent in Missouri, but they still want to keep track of it.
Scalicky says the benefit of this season is two-fold. On one hand, it gives MDC a chance to get a better idea of just how many cases of CWD there are in Missouri, as well as thin out the population to lessen the spread of the disease.
“So that will give us an opportunity to collect a few more CWD samples, it will also reduce the spread of the deer because, or reduce the spread of the disease, because when the disease spreads by deer to deer contact, if you take a few deer out of that population, well, obviously you have less of a chance of it spreading from deer to deer,” said Scalicky.
It isn’t required to get your deer tested, but MDC recommends it. That season runs from November 22 to 26 in several counties around the state, such as Greene, Polk, Christian, Stone, and Taney Counties.
To find a CWD testing site, you can visit here.
MDC says that if you’re looking at hunting this season, you should first get a deer regulation book from the MDC. Then, schedule a time to hunt and get your permits. You can get those at MDC offices, or wherever hunting and fishing permits are sold. Make sure you know which counties hunting is permitted in. Finally, Scalicky says to do some scouting and decide where you’re going to hunt.
“If you’re going to hunt on private land, make a connection with a landowner, if you’re going to hunt on public land, maybe get on our website and read up a little bit about the area where you’re gonna go hunting out. And then good luck,” said Scalicky.
For more information on this year’s deer season changes, you can head here.
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Missouri
Missouri Softball Knocks Off Washington, Gets Rematch With Omaha
The last time Missouri and Washington softball met in the postseason (2013), the Huskies ended the Tigers’ season in Super Regionals.
11 years later, it was Missouri doing the season ending, as MU emerged victorious 4-1, ending Washington’s season and moving on to the regional final, where they’ll have to beat Omaha twice to go to Super Regionals.
Offensively, the Tigers were powered by three players: Abby Hay, Maddie Gallagher and Jenna Laird.
Hay continued her hot hitting, as she sparked Missouri in the bottom of the second with a solo home run that barely cleared the wall in center field. She also registered an RBI single to pad Missouri’s lead in the fifth inning.
Gallagher preceded Hay’s contributions in the fifth inning with an RBI single of her own; although she got jammed on an inside pitch, she hit it straight up the middle where no Husky could get to it.
However, the most unexpected run of the evening came from Laird in the bottom of the third. Facing a 2-2 count, Laird took a pitch right over the plate way over the wall in right field. It was her first home run in 750 days (Apr. 29, 2022) and electrified the home crowd who also seemed aware of Laird’s streak.
Krings was also masterful on the mound once again. Making her second start of the day, she allowed just one earned run in four and two-thirds innings pitched with four strikeouts. Along with the changeup, Krings was working her riseball the entire evening. Marissa McCann relieved her and performed exceptionally as well, throwing two and one-thirds innings of shutout ball while picking up her third save of the year.
Similarly to Missouri’s previous game against Indiana, the top of the lineup did the bulk of the work on offense, as Laird, Honnold, Gallagher and Hay accounted for six of MU’s seven hits.
Now, the Tigers will have to avenge their opening game loss to Omaha on Sunday if they want to make Super Regionals…twice. If they accomplish that, it’ll be their first Super Regional appearance since 2021, when they fell to James Madison.
On the other side, the Mavericks will look to become the second four-seed in a region since 2005 (when the modern tournament format was first used) to make Supers. The only other one was DePaul in 2005.
First pitch is set for 1 p.m. CST.
Missouri
Missouri softball live score updates vs. Indiana in NCAA Columbia Regional
The rest of Missouri softball’s regional games have a simple picture: Win or hang up the bats for the season.
Missouri, which is the No. 7 national seed and host of the NCAA Columbia Regional, will face Indiana in an elimination game Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Softball Stadium. The Tigers lost against Omaha in their opener, and now must win four straight games to make a super regional.
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Regional 2-seed Washington and No. 4-seed Omaha were facing off in the winner’s bracket for a direct berth in Sunday’s championship. Missouri, in order to extend its season by another day, must eliminate Indiana and then defeat the loser of the Huskies-Washington matchup later Saturday.
Missouri, coached by Larissa Anderson since 2019, reached the championship in the 2024 SEC Softball Tournament, knocking off Ole Miss, Arkansas and LSU before falling to Florida in the title game. The Tigers, who are 43-16 this season, have more wins than in any other season under Anderson.
Mizzou last advanced to an NCAA Super Regional in 2021, when the Tigers fell to James Madison. MU has fallen in the regional round every other season in Anderson’s tenure.
Mizzou’s bats went cold in a 3-1, extra-inning loss to Omaha on Friday evening, which means the Tigers are now on the brink of another season ending at the regional stage.
The NCAA Columbia Regional started Friday and will run through Sunday, when the championship will be played. You can find live score updates from Missouri’s elimination game against the Hoosiers here:
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What channel is Missouri softball vs. Indiana softball on today?
- Stream: ESPN+ | ESPN app
- Date: Saturday, May 18
- Time: 4:55 p.m. CT
ESPN+ will have the exclusive stream of the Tigers and Hoosiers’ regional meeting.
Full NCAA Columbia Regional softball schedule
Friday, May 17
Game 1: Washington 8, Indiana 7
Game 2: Omaha 3, Missouri 1
Saturday, May 18
Game 3: Omaha 3, Washington 2
Game 4: Indiana vs. Missouri at 4:55 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 19
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 6 at 1 p.m.
Game 7: If necessary at 3:30 p.m.
Live score updates for Missouri vs. Indiana in NCAA Columbia Regional
More: Missouri softball: Complete schedule for NCAA Columbia Regional
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People Magazine's 'Most Beautiful' Missouri Restaurant is Wrong
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder which is one reason why I will rarely ever criticize what someone else thinks is beautiful, but in the case of People Magazine’s choice for the most beautiful Missouri restaurant they’re dead wrong.
People Magazine (oh, wait…magazines aren’t much of a thing anymore so let’s just call them “People”) says that Grünauer in Kansas City is (in their eyes) the most beautiful Missouri restaurant. Here’s the view of their restaurant if you’re about to walk in.
And here’s the view if you’re standing outside of Grünauer.
No offense intended to Grünauer as I hear it’s a spectacular place to eat, but “beauty” is not a word that comes to mind when you’re staring at a parking lot in downtown Kansas City.
Let me suggest that People could have made a better choice when it comes to “beautiful” Missouri restaurants. How about The Blufftop at Rocheport Les Bourgeois Vineyards with this view.
If you’re sitting at a table at this spectacular Missouri winery, you have this view.
Again I want to emphasize nothing against the People Magazine choice for Missouri’s most beautiful restaurant since that’s a very subjective thing, but don’t you think this would have been a more compelling choice?
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