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Items on the agenda include a proposed elk-restoration plan.

Hunters at Eagle Bluffs, Grand Pass and Otter Slough Conservation Areas will test the new Quick Draw system starting Oct. 29.

More than two dozen meat processors in the urban hunting zone are ready to accept donated deer to feed hungry Missourians.

The plan includes measures to control population and property damage, as well as veterinary health protocols more stringent than Missouri requires for domestic animals or farmed elk.

Auction items include trucks, SUVs, cars, boats, trailers, motors and farm, office and home equipment of every description.

After being closed since last December for extensive upgrades, the Jay Henges Rifle and Pistol Range is reopening Wednesday, Oct. 13. To celebrate, MDC is offering FREE SHOOTING Friday, Oct. 15, thru Sunday, Oct. 17.

The riffle beetle and the horsehair worm will be conservation teaching tools Saturday at “Science Matters,” a community event at the National Science Teachers Association regional conference on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. in Exhibit Hall B at the Kansas City Convention Center, 301 W. 13th St.

Northern and western counties and the Bootheel reported the best turkey reproduction.