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Chariton County, Missouri: deer harvest and public hunting land

Chariton County covers 767 square miles around Salisbury. Hunters checked 2,331 deer here in the 2025 season, 1,187 of them antlered bucks, by MDC's harvest summary. That is up 11% from 2024, and the most in the 5 years shown. 2.6% of Chariton County is public land open to the public, the largest share national wildlife refuges (11,367 acres), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and MDC conservation area boundaries.

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: MDC's deer harvest summaries, 2021 to 2025. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and MDC's conservation area and MRAP layers.

Map of Missouri's Chariton County: public land by manager, MRAP land, the counties around it, highways MO 5, MO 129 and US 24; towns: Salisbury, Brunswick, Keytesville, Glasgow and Marceline

MDC conservation areasNational wildlife refugesState parks and historic sitesMRAP landChariton CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway

Chariton County at a glance
Size490,688 acres (767 square miles)
Deer checked, 20252,331 (1,187 antlered bucks, 171 button bucks, 973 does)
Firearms and archery, 20251,910 by firearms, 407 by archery
Public land2.6% (12,755 acres)
MDC lands10 (1,252 acres inside Chariton County)
MRAP land3 sites, 986 acres
Towns in and near itSalisbury, Brunswick, Keytesville, Glasgow, Marceline and Clifton Hill

How many deer are harvested in Chariton County?

Hunters checked 2,331 deer in Chariton County in 2025: 1,187 antlered bucks, 171 button bucks and 973 does. By method: 1,910 by firearms (1,181 of them in the November portion) and 407 by archery; the rest came on managed hunts.

SeasonDeer checkedAntlered bucksButton bucksDoesFirearmsNovember portionArchery
20252,3311,1871719731,9101,181407
20242,0961,1201358411,7551,212331
20232,2581,2021459111,9751,309268
20222,2661,2331588751,9491,556303
20212,0361,1781147441,711316

Source: MDC deer harvest summaries (2021 to 2025 seasons), Chariton County, from the county tables of each season (all methods, firearms, archery and the November portion). The 2021 summary has no separate November table.

How much public land is in Chariton County?

12,755 of Chariton County's 490,688 acres are public land open to the public (2.6%). The biggest share is national wildlife refuges: 11,367 acres.

ManagerAcresShare of Chariton County
National wildlife refuges11,3672.3%
MDC conservation areas1,3300.3%
State parks and historic sites58under 0.1%
All public land open to the public12,7552.6%

Measured by FilledTag inside the county line from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and MDC conservation area boundaries. Hunting rules differ by manager: MDC conservation areas allow the hunting each area's page lists; national forest is open; Corps of Engineers lake land is open to hunting in many places under each project's own rules; refuges follow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules; the Ozark National Scenic Riverways allows hunting under state rules while most other national park land is closed; state parks and city and county land are closed to most hunting.

MDC lands in Chariton County

MDC lands in Chariton County, largest first, with the acres of each inside it:

Other large public areas here, by PAD-US: Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (11,040 acres).

MRAP land in Chariton County

MDC's MRAP layer shows 3 tracts in Chariton County open to some hunting, 986 acres of private land enrolled for public access. Each tract's map says what it allows. MDC: MRAP.

How do you get to Chariton County?

Highways through it: MO 5 (about 33 miles inside), MO 129 (about 30 miles inside), US 24 (about 26 miles inside), MO 11 (about 22 miles inside) and MO 139 (about 8 miles inside). Towns inside: Salisbury, Brunswick, Keytesville, Triplett, Sumner and Rothville. Nearby: Glasgow (on the line), Marceline (on the line), Clifton Hill (2 miles) and Bosworth (3 miles).

Which counties border Chariton County?

Chariton County touches 7 other counties. Their latest MDC harvest and public land, for comparison:

CountyDeer harvestedYearPublic landMRAP land sites
Linn County2,59020253.1%3
Macon County4,52520253.4%6
Howard County2,30420253.5%
Saline County2,04820252.7%1
Carroll County2,35820250.9%
Randolph County2,47620252.3%
Livingston County2,12020252.8%

Questions hunters ask

How many deer were harvested in Chariton County in 2025?

Hunters checked 2,331 deer: 1,187 antlered bucks, 171 button bucks and 973 does (MDC). In 2024: 2,096.

Is there public hunting land in Chariton County?

Yes. 12,755 acres, 2.6% of the county, are public land open to the public by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and MDC conservation area boundaries, the largest share national wildlife refuges (11,367 acres). MDC's map shows 10 conservation areas here.

Does Chariton County have MRAP land?

Yes. 3 tracts open to some hunting, 986 acres, on MDC's MRAP layer.

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Where these numbers come from

FilledTag is not part of the Missouri Department of Conservation. Numbers are copied from MDC and the federal sources above, or measured from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag.

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