Dove Hunting

PURPOSE: This rule incorporates deleted portions of 3 CSR 1011.180 into a single dove-specific rule to clarify and simplify the Wildlife Code. It also clarifies that dove hunters must possess and submit a valid area daily hunting tag on specified areas. (1) Dove hunting is permitted on department areas in accordance with statewide regulations, except as further restricted in this chapter. (2) On the following areas, during the month of September, dove hunters must possess a valid area daily hunting tag while hunting and must accurately report their harvest immediately upon completing their hunting trip: (A) Dove hunting is permitted during legal shooting hours in accordance with statewide regulations: 1. Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area 2. Bois D’Arc Conservation Area 3. Logan (William R.) Conservation Area 4. Pony Express Lake Conservation Area 5. Talbot (Robert E.) Conservation Area 6. White (William G. and Erma Parke) Memorial Wildlife Area (B) Dove hunting is permitted by managed hunt during the first seven (7) days and during legal shooting hours for the entire dove hunting season: 1. Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area 2. Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area 3. Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area (C) On Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, dove hunting is permitted only by managed hunt after 1:00 p.m. during the first seven (7) days of the dove hunting season and during legal shooting hours for the remainder of the season. (D) On Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area, dove hunting is permitted only by managed hunt during the first seven (7) days of the dove hunting season, except that dove hunting is prohibited on Labor Day and the weekend immediately preceding. Shooting hours are from 1:00 p.m. to sunset for the entire season. (3) Use or possession of lead shot is prohibited for hunting doves on the following department areas: (A) Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area; (B) Blue Spring Branch Conservation Area; (C) Bois D’Arc Conservation Area; (D) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area; (E) Capps Creek Conservation Area; (F) Crowley’s Ridge Conservation Area; (G) Davisdale Conservation Area; (H) Fort Crowder Conservation Area; (I) Harmony Mission Lake Conservation Area; (J) Lamine River Conservation Area; (K) Logan (William R.) Conservation Area; (L) Maintz Wildlife Preserve; (M) Pacific Palisades Conservation Area; (N) Park (Guy B.) Conservation Area; (O) Peabody Conservation Area; (P) Pony Express Lake Conservation Area; (Q) Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area; (R) Reform Conservation Area; (S) Shawnee Trail Conservation Area; (T) Sloan (Dr. O.E. and Eloise) Conservation Area; (U) Stockton Lake Management Lands; (V) Talbot (Robert E.) Conservation Area; (W) Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Bethlehem); (X) Weldon Spring Conservation Area; (Y) Whetstone Creek Conservation Area; and (Z) White (William G. and Erma Parke) Conservation Area. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Material covered in this rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-11.180. Original rule filed Sept. 12, 2011, effective March 1, 2012. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2013, effective March 1, 2014. Amended: Filed Aug. 29, 2016, effective March 1, 2017. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective March 1, 2019. Amended: Filed July 29, 2022, effective Feb. 28, 2023. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.