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Event	Location
May
Game Utilization From Hide to Sling: Build Your Own Hunting Gear Registration Open 4 of 10 seats remaining Saturday, 5/16 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Cape Girardeau Nature Center Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Game Utilization Deer Tallow Candles (Virtual) Registration Open 150 of 150 seats remaining Tuesday, 5/26 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
Game Utilization Deer Tallow Candles Registration Opens "5/12/2026" 15 of 16 seats remaining Tuesday, 5/26 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM	Cape Girardeau Nature Center Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Trapping Hunting Series: Trapping Registration Open 64 of 100 seats remaining Thursday, 5/28 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
June
Historic and Primitive Skills Leather Crafting Gun Slings Registration Open 6 of 10 seats remaining Saturday, 6/6 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM	MDC Ozark Regional Office West Plains, MO 65775
Historic and Primitive Skills Leather Crafting Knife Sheath Registration Open 6 of 10 seats remaining Sunday, 6/7 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM	MDC Ozark Regional Office West Plains, MO 65775
Small Game Hunting Squirrel Hunting Basics - Virtual Program Registration Open 199 of 200 seats remaining Tuesday, 6/9 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
Small Game Hunting Squirrel Hunting 101 Registration Opens "5/28/2026" 20 of 20 seats remaining Thursday, 6/11 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM	Cape Girardeau Nature Center Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Game Bird Hunting Hunting Series: Waterfowl Hunting Registration Open 78 of 100 seats remaining Thursday, 6/11 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
Small Game Hunting Small Game, Big Skills: Squirrel Cleaning 101 Registration Opens "5/28/2026" 20 of 20 seats remaining Thursday, 6/11 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM	Cape Girardeau Nature Center Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Hunting Learning to Hunt: Getting Started Registration Open 41 of 45 seats remaining Thursday, 6/25 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM	Andy Dalton Shooting Range Ash Grove, MO 65604
Hunting V- Learning to Hunt: Getting Started Registration Open 180 of 200 seats remaining Thursday, 6/25 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
July
Tree Stand Safety Hunting Series: Tree Stand Safety Registration Open 87 of 100 seats remaining Thursday, 7/9 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
Small Game Hunting Primitive Hunting Skills Registration Opens "6/15/2026" 15 of 15 seats remaining Saturday, 7/18 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM	Lake City Shooting Range Buckner, MO 64016
August
Deer Hunting Hunting Series: Bow Hunting Registration Open 74 of 100 seats remaining Thursday, 8/20 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
Mentored Small Game Hunt 1st time Squirrel Hunters Registration Open 6 of 10 seats remaining Friday, 8/21 to Saturday, 8/22 5:00 PM to 12:00 PM	Hunnewell Hatchery Hunnewell, MO 63443
Deer Hunting Deer Hunting Basics Registration Opens "7/29/2026" 15 of 15 seats remaining Saturday, 8/29 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM	Lake City Shooting Range Buckner, MO 64016
September
Deer Hunting Hunting Series: Firearms Deer Hunting Registration Open 71 of 100 seats remaining Thursday, 9/24 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
October
Deer Hunting Hunting Series: After you Harvest-Deer Registration Open 75 of 100 seats remaining Thursday, 10/15 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM	MDC Virtual Nature Center
November
Deer Hunting: Field to Freezer Field to Freezer Registration Opens "10/1/2026" 15 of 15 seats remaining Sunday, 11/8 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM	Lake City Shooting Range Buckner, MO 64016

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