Hunting, General Provisions and Seasons

PURPOSE: This rule establishes general provisions for hunting on department areas. (1) Hunting is permitted on department areas, except as further restricted by signs, area maps, or this chapter and except turkey, deer, and elk hunting are allowed as authorized in 3 CSR 10-11.181 Turkey Hunting, 3 CSR 10-11.182 Deer Hunting, and 3 CSR 10-11.190 Elk Hunting of this chapter. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by managed hunt, statewide permits, seasons, methods, and limits apply. A valid area daily hunting tag may be required in addition to statewide permits. (2) Hunting may be further restricted on designated portions of department areas which include, but are not limited to, refuges, wildlife sanctuaries, shooting ranges, residences, work areas, campgrounds, and other public use or service areas. (3) Except for deer, elk, and turkey hunting as authorized in 3 CSR 10-11.181 Turkey Hunting, 3 CSR 10-11.182 Deer Hunting, and 3 CSR 10-11.190 Elk Hunting of this chapter, hunting is prohibited on outdoor education sites, conservation education center sites, nature center sites, and any of the following areas that are less than forty (40) acres in size: public fishing accesses, radio facilities, office sites, tower sites, cave sites, and staffed shooting ranges. (4) Hunting is prohibited on the following department areas except for deer and turkey hunting as authorized in 3 CSR 1011.181 Turkey Hunting and 3 CSR 10-11.182 Deer Hunting of this chapter: (A) Allred Lake Natural Area; (B) Ashe Juniper Natural Area; (C) Austin Community Lake; (D) Beckemeier (August G.) Conservation Area; (E) Bellefontaine Conservation Area; (F) Bicentennial Conservation Area; (G) Binder Community Lake; (H) Bird’s Blue Hole; (I) Bittern Bottoms Conservation Area; (J) Bray (Marguerite) Conservation Area; (K) Caldwell Memorial Wildlife Area; (L) DeLaney (Robert G.) Lake Conservation Area; (M) Dripping Springs Natural Area; (N) Engelmann Woods Natural Area; (O) Forest 44 Conservation Area; (P) Foxglove Conservation Area; (Q) Goodson (Jean and Joan) Conservation Area; (R) Gravois Creek Conservation Area; (S) Gravois Mills Access; (T) Green (Charles W.) Conservation Area; (U) Grundy Memorial Wildlife Area; (V) Hartell (Ronald and Maude) Conservation Area; (W) Harter (James R.) Conservation Area; (X) Henning (Ruth and Paul) Conservation Area; (Y) Hickory Canyons Natural Area; (Z) Hickory Woods Conservation Area; (AA) Hinkson Woods Conservation Area; (BB) Juden Creek Conservation Area; (CC) Klamberg (Roger) Woods Conservation Area; (DD) La Petite Gemme Prairie Conservation Area; (EE) Lily Pond Natural Area; (FF) Limpp Community Lake; (GG) Lipton Conservation Area; (HH) Malta Bend Community Lake; (II) Maple Flats Access; (JJ) Maple Woods Natural Area; (KK) Miller Community Lake; (LL) Mint Spring Conservation Area; (MM) Mount Vernon Prairie; (NN) Parma Woods Range and Training Center (south por tion); (OO) Pawhuska Prairie; (PP) Pelican Island Natural Area; (QQ) Perry County Community Lake; (RR) Phantom Forest Conservation Area; (SS) Pickle Springs Natural Area; (TT) Port Hudson Lake Conservation Area; (UU) Prairie Fork Conservation Area; (VV) Ray County Community Lake; (WW) Rocheport Cave Conservation Area; (XX) Rock Lake Conservation Area; (YY) Rockwoods Range; (ZZ) Rockwoods Reservation; (AAA) Rush Creek Conservation Area; (BBB) Saeger Woods Conservation Area; (CCC) Saint Stanislaus Conservation Area; (DDD) Sears (F. O. and Leda J.) Memorial Wildlife Area; (EEE) Shawnee Mac Lakes Conservation Area; (FFF) Sims Valley Community Lake; (GGG) Steyermark (Julian) Woods Conservation Area; (HHH) Teszars Woods Conservation Area; (III) Thirtyfour Corner Blue Hole; (JJJ) Thompson (Robert H.) Conservation Area; (KKK) Three Creeks Conservation Area (Waters-Russell Unit); (LLL) Tower Rock Natural Area; (MMM) Truman Reservoir Management Lands (designated portion of the Grand River Bottoms Wildlife Management Area); (NNN) Twin Borrow Pits Conservation Area; (OOO) Tywappity Community Lake; (PPP) Upper Mississippi Conservation Area (Clarksville Refuge); (QQQ) Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie (portion south of Highway 82); (RRR) Wah-Sha-She Prairie; (SSS) Walnut Woods Conservation Area; (TTT) White Alloe Creek Conservation Area; (UUU) Wildcat Glade Natural Area; (VVV) Wild Cherry Ridge Conservation Area; (WWW) Woods (Walter) Conservation Area; and (XXX) Youngdahl (Mark) Urban Conservation Area. (5) Firearms firing single projectiles are prohibited on the following department areas except for deer hunting as authorized in 3 CSR 10-11.182 Deer Hunting of this chapter: (A) Beaver Creek Conservation Area; (B) Bennett Spring Access; (C) Berrier (Dr. Harry and Lina) Memorial Conservation Area; (D) Black Island Conservation Area (Wolf Bayou Unit of); (E) Bois D’Arc Conservation Area; (F) Branch Towersite; (G) Brickley Hollow Conservation Area; (H) Brown (Gerhild and Graham) Conservation Area; (I) Cape LaCroix Bluffs Conservation Area; (J) Catawissa Conservation Area; (K) Charity Access; (L) Columbia Bottom Conservation Area; (M) Cuivre Island Conservation Area (mainland portion); (N) Diamond Grove Prairie Conservation Area; (O) Dorris Creek Prairie Conservation Area; (P) Dorsett Hill Prairie Conservation Area; (Q) Dupree (Arthur) Memorial Conservation Area; (R) Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area; (S) Earthquake Hollow Conservation Area; (T) Eck (Peter A.) Conservation Area; (U) Edmonson Access; (V) Ferguson-Herold Conservation Area; (W) Fort Leonard Wood Towersite; (X) Gale (Larry R.) Access; (Y) Glassberg (Myron and Sonya) Family Conservation Area; (Z) Grand Bluffs Conservation Area; (AA) Horse Creek Prairie Conservation Area; (BB) LaBarque Creek Conservation Area; (CC) Lewis (The) Family, Dean, Anna Mae and David D. Lewis Memorial Conservation Area; (DD) Liberty Bend Conservation Area; (EE) Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area; (FF) Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area; (GG) Little Prairie Conservation Area; (HH) Little River Conservation Area; (II) Logan (Caroline Sheridan) Memorial Wildlife Area; (JJ) Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area; (KK) Lost Valley Fish Hatchery; (LL) Lowe (William) Conservation Area; (MM) Mansfield (Alice Ahart) Conservation Area; (NN) Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area; (OO) Mockingbird Hill Access; (PP) Mo-No-I Prairie Conservation Area; (QQ) Mon-Shon Prairie Conservation Area; (RR) Noser Mill Conservation Area; (SS) Pacific Palisades Conservation Area; (TT) Parma Woods Range and Training Center (south portion); (UU) Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area; (VV) Reform Conservation Area; (WW) Rocky Barrens Conservation Area; (XX) Saint Stanislaus Conservation Area; (YY) Shelton (Wade and June) Memorial Conservation Area; (ZZ) Sloan (Dr. O. E. and Eloise) Conservation Area; (AAA) Sterling Price Community Lake; (BBB) Sunbridge Hills Conservation Area; (CCC) Swift Ditch Access; (DDD) Tipton Ford Access; (EEE) Treaty Line Prairie Conservation Area; (FFF) Tri-City Community Lake; (GGG) Valley View Glades Natural Area; (HHH) Vandalia Community Lake; (III) VanDerhoef (Archie and Gracie) Memorial State Forest; (JJJ) Victoria Glades Conservation Area; (KKK) Vonaventure Memorial Forest and Wildlife Area; (LLL) Wigwam School Access; (MMM) Young Conservation Area. (6) Firearms firing single projectiles are prohibited, except for deer as authorized in 3 CSR 10-11.182 Deer Hunting of this chap ter, and except furbearers treed with the aid of dogs may be taken with a twenty-two (.22) or smaller caliber rimfire firearm on the following department areas: (A) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area; (B) Howell Island Conservation Area; (C) Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Designated por tion of the Grand River Bottoms Wildlife Management Area); (D) Upper Mississippi Conservation Area (Dresser Island por tion); (E) Weldon Spring Conservation Area. (7) Firearms hunting is prohibited on the following department areas: (A) Boston Ferry Conservation Area; (B) Bridger (Jim) Urban Conservation Area; (C) Jamesport Community Lake; (D) Ray (J. Thad) Memorial Wildlife Area; (E) Lon Sanders Canyon Conservation Area; (F) Waters (Henry Jackson) and C.B. Moss Memorial Wildlife Area. (8) Use or possession of lead shot is prohibited for hunting on the following department areas: (A) Aspinwall Bend Conservation Area; (B) Black Island Conservation Area; (C) Brown (Bob) Conservation Area; (D) Cash (Ben) Memorial Conservation Area; (E) Church Farm Conservation Area; (F) Columbia Bottom Conservation Area; (G) Cooley Lake Conservation Area; (H) Coon Island Conservation Area; (I) Corning Conservation Area; (J) Deroin Bend Conservation Area; (K) Diana Bend Conservation Area; (L) Donaldson Point Conservation Area; (M) Duck Creek Conservation Area; (N) Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area; (O) Fountain Grove Conservation Area; (P) Four Rivers Conservation Area (August A. Busch, Jr. Memorial Wetlands); (Q) Franklin Island Conservation Area; (R) Frisbee Cutoff Access; (S) Frost Island Conservation Area; (T) Girvin (John L. and Georgia) Conservation Area; (U) Grand Pass Conservation Area; (V) Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area; (W) Leach (B. K.) Memorial Conservation Area; (X) Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area; (Y) Little River Conservation Area; (Z) Lower Hamburg Bend Conservation Area; (AA) Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area; (BB) Marion Bottoms Conservation Area; (CC) Montrose Conservation Area; (DD) Nishnabotna Conservation Area; (EE) Nodaway Valley Conservation Area; (FF) Otter Slough Conservation Area; (GG) Perry (Ralph and Martha) Conservation Area; (HH) Platte Falls Conservation Area; (II) Plowboy Bend Conservation Area; (JJ) Rose Pond Conservation Area; (KK) Rush Bottom Conservation Area; (LL) Schell-Osage Conservation Area; (MM) Settle’s Ford Conservation Area; (NN) Seven Island Conservation Area; (OO) Shanks (Ted) Conservation Area; (PP) Swift Ditch Access; (QQ) Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area; (RR) Thurnau (H. F.) Conservation Area; (SS) Warbler Woods Conservation Area; and (TT) Wolf Creek Bend Conservation Area. (9) On Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area— (A) Rabbits may be hunted only with shotgun from January 1 through February 15, except on designated portions where special management restrictions apply. The daily limit is four (4) rabbits; (B) Furbearers other than coyotes not treed with the aid of dogs may be taken only by shotgun during the prescribed season; and (C) All furbearers may be taken during managed deer hunts that coincide with the prescribed furbearer season using methods allowed for deer by participants holding a valid managed deer hunting permit and the prescribed permit for taking furbearers. (10) Hunting is permitted on the following department areas only by holders of a valid area daily hunting tag or as authorized in 3 CSR 10-11.181 Turkey Hunting and 3 CSR 10-11.182 Deer Hunting of this chapter: (A) Columbia Bottom Conservation Area; (B) Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area; (C) Forest 44 Conservation Area; (D) Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area; and (E) Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area. 1. Rabbits, squirrels, and crows may be taken between sunrise and sunset from December 1 through the end of the statewide season except furbearers may be taken during managed deer hunts that coincide with the prescribed furbearer season using methods allowed for deer by participants holding a valid managed deer hunting permit and the prescribed permit for taking furbearers. (11) On Lake Girardeau Conservation Area, firearms firing a single projectile are prohibited, except a twenty-two (.22) caliber or smaller rimfire firearm may be used from November 1 through April 1. (12) On the portion of Nodaway River bordered by the portion of Nodaway Valley Conservation Area which has been designated a waterfowl refuge, all hunting is prohibited from October 15 through March 1. (13) On Leach (B. K.) Memorial Conservation Area, hunting of wildlife other than waterfowl is allowed during prescribed seasons, except that from October 15 through the end of the appropriate zone’s duck season other wildlife may be hunted only by archery methods and only in designated areas. (14) On Cover (Dan and Maureen) Prairie Conservation Area, rabbits may not be chased, pursued, or taken during the prescribed quail hunting season. (15) Firearms firing single projectiles larger than twenty-two (.22) caliber rimfire are prohibited on the following areas except for deer hunting as authorized in 3 CSR 10-11.182 Deer Hunting of this chapter: (A) Church Farm Conservation Area; (B) Horton Farm Conservation Area; (C) Kendzora (Anthony and Beatrice) Conservation Area; (D) Montrose Conservation Area; (E) Park (Guy B.) Conservation Area; and (F) Platte Falls Conservation Area. (16) Hunting is prohibited inside the fenced portions of Peck Ranch Conservation Area designated as a refuge by posting or as shown on the area map or the online conservation atlas, except for deer, turkey, and elk hunting as authorized by 3 CSR 10-11.181, 3 CSR 10-11.182, and 3 CSR 10-11.190 of this chapter. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-4.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. Amended: Filed May 9, 2002, effective Oct. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed July 31, 2002, effective Dec. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Aug. 1, 2003, effective Aug. 15, 2003. Amended: Filed May 9, 2003, effective Oct. 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Oct. 9, 2003, effective March 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Oct. 8, 2004, effective March 30, 2005. Amended: Filed Sept. 14, 2005, effective Feb. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed March 6, 2006, effective Aug. 30, 2006. Amended: Filed Oct. 2, 2006, effective Feb. 28, 2007. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective April 30, 2009. Amended: Filed March 23, 2009, effective March 1, 2010. Amended: Filed Sept. 25, 2009, effective March 1, 2010. Amended: Filed Sept. 30, 2010, effective March 1, 2011. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2011, effec tive March 1, 2012. Amended: Filed March 13, 2012, effective Aug. 30, 2012. Amended: Filed Sept. 19, 2012, effective March 1, 2013. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2013, effective March 1, 2014. Amended: Filed Sept. 17, 2014, effective March 1, 2015. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 2015, effective March 1, 2016. Amended: Filed March 14, 2016, effective Sept. 30, 2016. Amended: Filed March 1, 2017, effective Aug. 30, 2017. Amended: Filed Aug. 29, 2017, effective March 1, 2018. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective March 1, 2019. Amended: Filed Aug. 26, 2019, effective Feb. 29, 2020. Amended: Filed March 2, 2020, effective Aug. 30, 2020. Amended: Filed Sept. 4, 2020, effective Feb. 28, 2021. Amended: Filed Feb. 10, 2023, ef fective Aug. 30, 2023. Amended: Filed Sept. 6, 2024, effective Feb. 28, 2025. Amended: Filed Feb. 7, 2025, effective Aug. 30, 2025. Amended: Filed Oct. 3, 2025, effective April 30, 2026. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.