PURPOSE: This amendment allows heads from deer
harvested in the CWD Management Zone to be delivered to any department disease
surveillance sampling station or department-approved disease surveillance
sampling station within forty-eight (48) hours of exit from the county of
harvest except during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer
season when heads must be taken to a designated disease surveillance sampling
station as required by
3 CSR
10-4.200(3).
(1) Wildlife legally taken by sport hunting
and fishing may be possessed and transported into, within, or out of this state
as personal baggage of the taker, who has in his/her possession the required
permit, or by other lawful possessor. Except for black bears, cervids, and
turkeys taken in Missouri, persons possessing wildlife taken by another shall
plainly label that wildlife with the full name, address, and permit number of
the taker and the date taken, except that Missouri limits shall apply on
Missouri waters unless otherwise provided by reciprocal agreement. Except as
otherwise provided in this rule, black bears, cervids, and turkeys reported in
accordance with established procedures, when labeled with the full name,
address, date taken, and Telecheck confirmation number of the taker, may be
possessed, transported, and stored by anyone.
(2) Any cervid taken from the wild in Chronic
Wasting Disease Management Zone counties (see
3 CSR
10-4.200(1) ) shall be reported
through the Telecheck Harvest Reporting System as required by
3 CSR
10-7.431 prior to transporting the carcass (or parts
thereof) outside the county of harvest. Carcasses (or parts thereof) from all
cervids taken in Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone counties that are
transported outside the county of harvest shall be delivered to a licensed meat
processor or taxidermist within forty-eight (48) hours of exit from the county
of harvest, except-
(A) Meat that is cut and
wrapped;
(B) Meat that has been
boned out;
(C) Quarters or other
portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
(D) Hides from which all excess tissue has
been removed;
(E)
Antlers;
(F) Antlers attached to
skull plates or skulls cleaned of all muscle and brain tissue;
(G) Upper canine teeth;
(H) Finished taxidermy products;
and
(I) Heads may be delivered to
any department disease surveillance sampling station or department-approved
disease surveillance sampling station within forty-eight (48) hours of exit
from the county of harvest except as required by
3 CSR
10-4.200(3).
(3) Wildlife legally taken and exported from
another state or country may also be shipped into Missouri by common carrier,
except cervid carcasses (or parts thereof). Cervid carcasses (or parts thereof)
taken from or obtained outside of Missouri may not be imported, transported, or
possessed in Missouri, except-
(A) Meat that
is cut and wrapped;
(B) Meat that
has been boned out;
(C) Quarters or
other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head
attached;
(D) Hides from which all
excess tissue has been removed;
(E)
Antlers;
(F) Antlers attached to
skull plates or skulls cleaned of all muscle and brain tissue;
(G) Upper canine teeth;
(H) Finished taxidermy products;
and
(I) Head with cape and not more
than six inches (6") of neck attached, only if taken to a licensed taxidermist
within forty-eight (48) hours of entry.
(4) In addition to personal transportation,
legally possessed commercial fish, frogs, cervid hides, squirrel and rabbit
pelts, furbearer pelts and carcasses, and black bear pelts may be shipped by
mail, express and freight, when truly labeled with the names and addresses of
shipper and addressee, shipper's permit number, or Telecheck confirmation
number, as required, and the contents of each package. Wildlife breeders,
taxidermists, fur dealers, and tanners may ship according to regulations
specifically provided for such permittees. Wildlife shall not be accepted for
shipment unless the shipper shall have complied with the provisions of this
rule.
(5) Notwithstanding other
provisions of this rule, the transportation of waterfowl and other migratory
birds shall be in accordance with applicable federal
regulations.
Notes
3 CSR
10-4.135
AUTHORITY: sections 40
and 45 of Art. I V, Mo. Const. and section
252.240,
RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Aug. 14, 1970, effective Dec. 31, 1970.
Amended: Filed April 20, 1978, effective Aug. 15, 1978. Amended: Filed July 30,
1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980. Amended: Filed Aug. 7, 1986, effective Jan. 1,
1987. Amended: Filed April 27, 1994, effective Jan. 1, 1995. Amended: Filed
Aug. 24, 2005, effective Jan. 30, 2006. Amended: Filed Oct. 13, 2005, effective
April 30, 2006. Amended: Filed March 6, 2006, effective Aug. 30, 2006. Amended:
Filed Sept. 25, 2009, effective March 1, 2010. Amended: Filed Jan. 4, 2011 ,
effective July 1, 2011 .
Amended by
Missouri
Register January 2, 2020/Volume 45, Number 1, effective
2/29/2020
Amended by
Missouri
Register January 15, 2021/Volume 46, Number 2, effective
2/28/2021
Amended by
Missouri
Register July 1, 2021/Volume 46, Number 13, effective
8/31/2021
*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended
1984.