2024 Hero Hunt

at Mark Twain State Park

Mark Twain State Park has partnered with the Missouri Veterans Commission to provide 20 Missouri veterans an all-inclusive managed deer hunt starting Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, through Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024.

This hunt provides everything you need once you arrive: lodging, food, deer tags, a hunting guide – we even process the deer you harvest. Hunters will stay at Si Colborn Group Camp at Mark Twain State Park.

This is the seventh year of the managed hunt. Partnering with the Missouri Veterans Commission allows Missouri State Parks to provide an excellent recreational opportunity for veterans and to help manage the deer population of Mark Twain State Park.

Applications can be picked up at your local Veterans Service Office. Please return your application to your local VSO by Sept. 6, 2024. Find your local service office at mvc.dps.mo.gov/service/serviceofficer.

To allow your fellow veterans a chance for this unique experience, you will not be eligible to participate in the Hero Hunt at Mark Twain State Park if you have already done so.

Click here to read the news release.