Licensed Hunting Preserve: Records Required

PURPOSE: This rule requires that licensed hunting preserves maintain records on the premises that would include information on species, purchase, sale, propagation, health certification, applicable permits and harvest, on a form furnished by the Department of Conservation. (1) Big game hunting preserve permittees shall keep a daily log that completely and accurately contains the number of each species held, acquired, propagated, released, taken, and the full name, address, and permit number (if applicable) of each buyer, seller, shooter, and/or taker, on forms provided by the department or on a department-provided database. Printed copies of these forms can be obtained from the Missouri Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 and online at www.missouriconservation.org. Big Game Hunting Preserve permit holders must establish and maintain a complete and accurate system of inventory for all acquired ungulates that includes the following for each animal: permanent physical identification, species, date of birth, gender, date of acquisition, complete address of source, complete address and name of both the current and previous owner, mortality date, cause of death (if known), official Chronic Wasting Disease test results as required in 3 CSR 109.565(1)(B)5., method and location of carcass disposal, and the numbers from the Licensed Hunting Preserve Permit of the hunter and locking leg seal (if applicable). All applicable state and federal animal health and movement records (including certificates of veterinary inspection), inventory records, breeder inventory records, if applicable, and testing records shall be maintained on the premises of the licensed big game hunting preserve for at least five (5) years and shall be subject to inspection and copying by a conservation agent at any reasonable time. (2) Game bird hunting preserve permittees shall keep a complete, accurate, and permanent record of the number of each species acquired, propagated, sold, released, the number of each species taken, and the full name and address of the taker. (3) These records and applicable state and federal animal health records and permits for each animal shall be maintained on the premises of the licensed hunting preserve and shall be subject to inspection by an authorized agent of the department at any reasonable time. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Emergency rule filed March 11, 2002, effective March 21, 2002, expired Sept. 16, 2002. Original rule filed March 11, 2002, effective July 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Aug. 30, 2002, effective March 1, 2003. Amended: Filed Sept. 29, 2004, effective Feb. 28, 2005. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective April 30, 2009. Amended: Filed June 13, 2014, effective Jan. 30, 2015. Amended: Filed Feb. 26, 2015, effective July 30, 2015. Amended: Filed Jan. 22, 2021, effective Aug. 30, 2021. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.