Where the Hell are the mule deer ???

It seems that the MDC has no clue to the meaning of conservation.They are always telling people to let them know when they see a cougar or a black bear.There are no hunting seasons on them because they are so scarce. OK I go along with that,but yet we have an animal that I canot find a record of anybody seeing let alone killing. Requests to the MDC get no answers except "we don't keep those kind of records" There are way more bears and cougars than this animal.If anyone knows where they are at in Missouri please tell me.These animals are highly sought after from the Rockies westward,but unheard of in this state. Yet if you look in the hunting laws every year at the top is gives the season as
Whitetail deer and MULE DEER. If they are so dam rare why are the Idiots at the MDC trying to eliminate what few might be wandering around.