3 CSR 10-11.186 - Waterfowl Hunting
(1) Waterfowl hunting is permitted on
department areas except as further restricted in this chapter. Statewide
permits, seasons, methods, and limits apply unless otherwise provided in this
chapter.
(2) On Lake Girardeau
Conservation area, waterfowl hunting is prohibited.
(3) Waterfowl hunting is prohibited after 1
p.m. on designated portions of the following department areas:
(A) Amarugia Highlands Conservation
Area
(B) Brown (Bob) Conservation
Area
(C) Coon Island Conservation
Area
(D) Duck Creek Conservation
Area
(E) Eagle Bluffs Conservation
Area
(F) Fountain Grove
Conservation Area
(G) Grand Pass
Conservation Area
(H) King Lake
Conservation Area
(I) Leach (B. K.)
Memorial Conservation Area
(J)
Little River Conservation Area
(K)
Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area
(L) Nodaway Valley Conservation
Area
(M) Otter Slough Conservation
Area
(N) Reed (James A.) Memorial
Wildlife Area
(O) Pony Express Lake
Conservation Area
(P) Schell-Osage
Conservation Area
(Q) Shanks (Ted)
Conservation Area
(R) Ten Mile
Pond Conservation Area
(4) Waterfowl may be taken on the department
areas listed below only by holders of a valid area Daily Waterfowl Hunting Tag
and only from a blind or in a designated area, except that hunters may retrieve
dead birds and pursue and shoot downed cripples outside the designated area.
Waterfowl hunters must check out immediately after the close of their hunting
trip and prior to processing birds by accurate completion and return of the
Daily Waterfowl Hunting Tag to designated locations. These department areas are
closed to waterfowl hunting on December 25.
(A) Brown (Bob) Conservation Area
(B) Duck Creek Conservation Area
(C) Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area
(D) Fountain Grove Conservation
Area
(E) Four Rivers (August A.
Busch, Jr. Memorial Wetlands at) Conservation Area (Designated waterfowl
hunting areas of Units 1 and 2)
(F)
Grand Pass Conservation Area
(G)
Leach (B. K.) Memorial Conservation Area
(H) Marais Temps Clair Conservation
Area
(I) Montrose Conservation
Area
(J) Nodaway Valley
Conservation Area
(K) Otter Slough
Conservation Area
(L) Schell-Osage
Conservation Area
(M) Shanks (Ted)
Conservation Area
(N) Ten Mile Pond
Conservation Area
(5) On
Thomas Hill Reservoir, waterfowl hunting is prohibited on the lands and waters
of the main arm between Highway T and county road 462, three and one-half (3
1/2) miles north of Highway T from October 15 through the close of the
waterfowl season.
(6) Waterfowl
hunters must self-register at designated hunter record boxes prior to hunting
by completing a Daily Waterfowl Hunting Tag and accurately report harvest and
check out immediately after the hunt on the following department areas:
(A) Columbia Bottom Conservation
Area
(B) Coon Island Conservation
Area
(C) Fountain Grove (Southside
Wetland Complex)
(D) Four Rivers
(August A. Busch, Jr. Memorial Wetlands at) Conservation Area (Units 3 and
4)
(E) Nodaway Valley Conservation
Area (Open Zone portion)
(F)
Settle's Ford Conservation Area
(7) On Little River Conservation Area,
waterfowl hunting is permitted only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and
Sundays in designated pools by holders of a valid area daily hunting
tag.
(8) On Marais Temps Clair
Conservation Area.
(A) Teal hunting is
allowed from sunrise to sunset during the prescribed teal hunting
season.
(B) Goose hunting is
allowed from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to sunset during those portions
of the prescribed goose hunting season that occurs outside of the prescribed
duck hunting season, and from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half
(1/2) hour after sunset during the prescribed conservation order for light
geese.
(C) Waterfowl hunting is
allowed only until 1:00 p.m. and only on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
during the prescribed duck hunting season.
(9) Waterfowl may be hunted only during
managed waterfowl hunts on the following department areas:
(A) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation
Area
(B) Cooley Lake Conservation
Area
(C) Reed (James A.) Memorial
Wildlife Area
(10) On
Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area, waterfowl may be hunted only in designated
areas and only during the appropriate zone's duck and Canada goose
seasons.
(11) Managed
Waterfowl-Hunting Areas; Draw Participation Requirements.
(A) Hunting party members may participate in
only one (1) morning drawing on the same day and may only submit one (1) Daily
Waterfowl Hunting Tag per morning drawing. This includes having one (1) hunting
party member submit a Daily Waterfowl Hunting Tag for another hunting party
member in their absence.
(B) A
hunter must be properly licensed prior to participating in the morning drawing
or applying for a reservation.
(C)
Hunting parties, including observers, may not exceed four (4), except during
youth seasons.
(D) Hunters must
qualify for Missouri resident permits or be exempt from purchasing Missouri
permits to apply for reservations. Hunters do not need to be a Missouri
resident to reserve an Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible blind.
(E) Hunting parties who have
reserved an Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible blind are not eligible
to enter an in-person drawing unless they first forfeit their Americans with
Disabilities Act-accessible blind reservation for that day.
(F) Hunters may not be registered for more
than one (1) location or possess more than one (1) valid Daily Waterfowl
Hunting Tag at the same time. Hunters must check out of one (1) location prior
to registering for another location.
(G) Hunting parties must hunt in their
assigned location, as designated during the morning drawing.
(H) Parties not registered or signed in prior
to the draw time will not be allowed to enter the drawing. This includes
parties with reservations.
(I)
Individuals may not be added to a party once the party has drawn.
Notes
*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended 1984.
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