Resident Lifetime Small Game Hunting Permit

PURPOSE: This rule establishes a resident lifetime hunting permit. (1) Resident Lifetime Small Game Hunting Permit. To chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport birds (blue, snow, and Ross’s geese during the Conservation Order and migratory birds, except turkeys), mammals (except black bears, deer, and elk), and frogs, and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. (2) Lifetime hunting permits may be issued to residents under eleven (11) years of age, but holders of such permits may hunt only as provided in 3 CSR 10-5.205 until s/he completes a hunter education course. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 20, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996. Amended: Filed April 30, 2001, effective March 1, 2002. Amended: Filed Oct. 9, 2003, effective March 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Oct. 2, 2006, effective Feb. 28, 2007. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective July 1, 2009. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019, effective Dec. 30, 2019. Amended: Filed Sept. 4, 2020, effective Feb. 28, 2021. Amended: Filed May 25, 2023, effective Feb. 29, 2024. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025, effective Jan. 1, 2026.