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Greene County, Missouri: deer harvest and public hunting land

Greene County covers 678 square miles around Springfield. Hunters checked 2,955 deer here in the 2025 season, 1,508 of them antlered bucks, by MDC's harvest summary. That is up 5% from 2024. 2.3% of Greene County is public land open to the public, the largest share MDC conservation areas (5,622 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 Greene County: public land by manager, the counties around it, highways I-44, US 60 and US 65; towns: Springfield, Republic, Willard, Halltown and Fremont Hills

MDC conservation areasNational park land (Ozark National Scenic Riverways and others)State parks and historic sitesOther state landCounty, city and regional landGreene CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway

Greene County at a glance
Size433,874 acres (678 square miles)
Deer checked, 20252,955 (1,508 antlered bucks, 208 button bucks, 1,239 does)
Firearms and archery, 20252,023 by firearms, 905 by archery
Public land2.3% (9,828 acres)
MDC lands9 (5,559 acres inside Greene County)
MRAP landNone mapped this year
Towns in and near itSpringfield, Republic, Willard, Halltown, Fremont Hills and Billings

How many deer are harvested in Greene County?

Hunters checked 2,955 deer in Greene County in 2025: 1,508 antlered bucks, 208 button bucks and 1,239 does. By method: 2,023 by firearms (1,273 of them in the November portion) and 905 by archery; the rest came on managed hunts.

SeasonDeer checkedAntlered bucksButton bucksDoesFirearmsNovember portionArchery
20252,9551,5082081,2392,0231,273905
20242,8131,3632271,2231,9411,349838
20233,3861,6152791,4922,5871,798760
20222,8871,3742371,2762,0731,694762
20213,0231,5542481,2212,149821

Source: MDC deer harvest summaries (2021 to 2025 seasons), Greene 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 Greene County?

9,828 of Greene County's 433,874 acres are public land open to the public (2.3%). The biggest share is MDC conservation areas: 5,622 acres.

ManagerAcresShare of Greene County
MDC conservation areas5,6221.3%
County, city and regional land2,4890.6%
National park land (Ozark National Scenic Riverways and others)1,2360.3%
State parks and historic sites3920.1%
Other state land85under 0.1%
Land trusts and other open land4under 0.1%
All public land open to the public9,8282.3%

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 Greene County

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

Other large public areas here, by PAD-US: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (1,236 acres).

How do you get to Greene County?

Highways through it: I-44 (about 62 miles inside), US 60 (about 52 miles inside), US 65 (about 49 miles inside), MO 13 (about 49 miles inside) and US 160 (about 45 miles inside). Towns inside: Springfield, Republic, Willard, Rogersville, Strafford and Fair Grove. Nearby: Halltown (on the line), Fremont Hills (2 miles), Billings (2 miles) and Pleasant Hope (3 miles).

Which counties border Greene County?

Greene County touches 6 other counties. Their latest MDC harvest and public land, for comparison:

CountyDeer harvestedYearPublic landMRAP land sites
Dade County1,70220259.4%
Polk County3,15220253.1%
Dallas County2,95120253.1%
Webster County2,91420250.5%
Lawrence County2,08820251.4%
Christian County2,458202515.5%

Questions hunters ask

How many deer were harvested in Greene County in 2025?

Hunters checked 2,955 deer: 1,508 antlered bucks, 208 button bucks and 1,239 does (MDC). In 2024: 2,813.

Is there public hunting land in Greene County?

Yes. 9,828 acres, 2.3% of the county, are public land open to the public by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and MDC conservation area boundaries, the largest share MDC conservation areas (5,622 acres). MDC's map shows 9 conservation areas here.

Does Greene County have MRAP land?

Not on MDC's MRAP layer of tracts open to hunting.

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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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