3 CSR 10-12.125 - Hunting and Trapping
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(1) Hunting, under statewide permits,
seasons, methods, and limits, is permitted except as further restricted in this
chapter and except for deer and turkey hunting as authorized in the annual
Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
booklet published in August and annual Spring Turkey Hunting
Regulations and Information booklet published in March, which are
incorporated in this Code by reference. A printed copy of
these booklets can be obtained from the Missouri Department of Conservation, PO
Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 and are also available online at
www.missouriconservation.org.
This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
(A) Hunting may be further restricted on
designated portions of areas which include shooting ranges, residences, work
areas, campgrounds, and other public use or service areas.
(B) Hunting is prohibited on the following
areas:
1. Belton (Cleveland Lake);
2. Bethany (Old Bethany City
Reservoir);
3. California (Proctor
Park Lake);
4. Carthage (Kellogg
Lake);
5. Columbia (Antimi Lake,
Cosmo-Bethel Lake, Lake of the Woods, Twin Lakes);
6. Dexter City Lake;
7. Farmington (Giessing Lake, Hager Lake,
Thomas Lake);
8. Fenton (Preslar
Lake, Upper Fabick Lake, Westside Park Lake);
9. Fulton (Morningside Lake, Truman Lake,
Veterans Park Lake);
10. Hamilton
City Lake;
11. Hannibal
(Huckleberry Lake);
12.
Harrisonville (Lake Luna, North Lake, Upper Lake);
13. Jackson (Rotary Lake);
14. Jackson County (Fleming Pond, Lake
Jacomo, Prairie Lee Lake);
15.
Jefferson City (Hough Park Lake and McKay Park Lake);
16. Kearney (Jesse James Park
Lake);
17. Kirksville (Spur
Pond);
18. Lawson City
Lake;
19. Liberty (Capitol
Federal® Sports Complex Ponds Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8);
20. Mexico (Lakeview Lake, Kiwanis
Lake);
21. Mineral Area College
(Quarry Pond);
22. Moberly
(Rothwell Park Lake, Water Works Lake);
23. Odessa (Lake Venita);
24. Overland (Wild Acres Park
Lake);
25. Perry County (Legion
Lake 1);
26. Potosi (Roger
Bilderback Lake);
27. Raymore
(Johnston Lake);
28. Rolla (Schuman
Park Lake);
29. St. Ann (Gendron
Lake);
30. St. Charles (Fountain
Lakes Pond, Kluesner Lake, Moore Lake, Skate Park Lake);
31. St. James (Scioto Lake);
32. St. Joseph (Krug Park Lagoon);
33. St. Louis County (Bee Tree Park Lake,
Blackjack Lake, Carp Lake, Creve Coeur Park Lake, Fountain Lake, Island Lake,
Jarville Lake, Simpson Park Lake, Spanish Lake, Sunfish Lake);
34. Savannah City Lake;
35. Sedalia (Clover Dell Park
Lake);
36. Sedalia Water Department
(Spring Fork Lake);
37. Taos
(Countryside Park Lake);
38. Tipton
(Tipton Park Lake);
39. Union
(Union City Lake);
40. University
of Missouri (Thomas S. Baskett Wildlife Research and Education
Center);
41. Warrensburg (Lions
Lake);
42. Watershed Committee of
the Ozarks (Valley Water Mill Lake);
43. Wentzville (Community Club Lake,
Heartland Lake); and
44. Windsor
(Farrington Park Lake).
(C) Firearms hunting is prohibited on Cameron
(Century Lake, Eagle Lake, Grindstone Lake, Sunrise Lake) and Maysville (Willow
Brook Lake), except waterfowl hunting is permitted under statewide regulations
on Cameron (Grindstone Lake) and Maysville (Willow Brook Lake).
(D) On the portion of Melvin Price Locks and
Dam Pool 26, which has been designated a waterfowl refuge, shooting, hunting,
and off-road vehicles are prohibited at all times.
(E) Waterfowl hunting is prohibited after
1:00 p.m. on Odessa (Odessa City Lake, Upper Odessa City Lake).
(F) On Springfield City Utilities (Fellows
Lake).
1. Hunting of wildlife other than
waterfowl is prohibited, except in designated areas, from October 15 through
the end of the prescribed waterfowl season.
2. Waterfowl hunting is permitted except as
further restricted in this chapter. Statewide permits, seasons, methods, and
limits apply unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
3. Waterfowl hunting is permitted until 1:00
p.m. 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.
4. Blinds and/or blind sites shall be
designated and allotted through a system of registration and drawing
established by the department. Blinds must be constructed within fifty (50)
yards of an assigned site only during the dates assigned by the department.
Blinds may be constructed using willows (Salicaceae), cedar (Juniperus
virginiana), and non-woody vegetation collected on-site.
5. Waterfowl may be taken only by holders of
a valid area daily waterfowl hunting tag and only from a designated blind or
blind site, except that hunters may retrieve dead birds and pursue and shoot
downed cripples. Blinds or blind sites may not be locked, transferred, rented,
or sold. After 6:00 a.m., unoccupied blinds may be used by the first hunter to
arrive.
6. Nonhunters are
prohibited within the shooting areas during the waterfowl hunting season unless
they are members of, and remain with, a party authorized to use the area,
except that the north arm of the lake from a line extending from the point
separating the north and south arms of the lake to the north end of the buoy
line nearest the dam is open to fishing during all or part of the waterfowl
season.
(G) All hunting
is closed on Smithville Lake Waterfowl Refuge from October 15 through January
31 in units designated by posting.
(2) Deer and turkey may be hunted on any area
managed by the department under cooperative agreement and as authorized in the
current Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and
Information booklet and current Spring Turkey Hunting
Regulations and Information booklet.
(3) Trapping is allowed only with a special
use permit. Trappers must comply with Chapter 8 of this Code.
(4) Feral swine may not be pursued, chased,
or taken on lands managed by the Department of Conservation under cooperative
agreement, except:
(A) Feral swine (any swine
that is born, living, or has lived in the wild, and any offspring of such
swine) may be taken in any number during the archery deer and turkey hunting
seasons, the firearms deer hunting season, the fall firearms turkey hunting
season, the spring turkey season, and the youth spring turkey season in
accordance with the following:
1. Feral swine
may not be chased or pursued, and may be taken only on these lands or portions
of these lands designated as open to hunting, and only during hours prescribed
for taking deer or turkey during the season being hunted;
2. Hunters taking feral swine must possess a
valid unfilled deer or turkey hunting permit for the season being hunted and
abide by the methods of pursuit allowed for deer and turkey as provided in this
section, as well as any other restrictions that may apply on specific areas
managed under cooperative agreement-
A. During
the archery deer and turkey hunting seasons, archer's hunting permittees may
only use archery methods allowed for deer and turkey hunting;
B. During the firearms deer hunting season,
permittees may only use methods allowed for deer hunting during the portion of
the firearms deer hunting season being hunted; and,
C. During the firearms turkey seasons,
firearms turkey hunting permittees may only use methods allowed for turkey
hunting during the firearms turkey season being hunted.
Notes
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