3 CSR 10-7.433 - Deer: Firearms Hunting Season
(1) The
firearms deer hunting season is comprised of seven (7) portions.
(A) Antlerless portions: October 11 through
13, 2024, and December 7 through 15, 2024; use any legal deer hunting method to
take antlerless deer in Adair, Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton,
Bollinger, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau,
Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Chariton, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper,
Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Daviess, DeKalb, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade,
Gentry, Greene, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Howard, Howell, Jackson,
Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln,
Linn, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries, Marion, McDonald, Mercer, Miller,
Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Perry,
Pettis, Phelps, Pike, Platte, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Ray,
Reynolds, Ripley, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Shannon, Shelby, St. Charles, St.
Clair, St. Francois, St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Texas,
Vernon, Warren, Washington, Webster, Worth, and Wright counties.
(B) Youth portions: November 2 through 3,
2024, and November 29 through December 1, 2024; for persons at least six (6)
but not older than fifteen (15) years of age; use any legal deer hunting method
to take one (1) deer statewide during the November 2 through 3, 2024, portion;
use any legal deer hunting method to take deer statewide during the November 29
through December 1, 2024, portion.
(C) November portion: November 16 through 26,
2024; use any legal deer hunting method to take deer statewide.
(D) CWD portion: November 27 through December
1, 2024; use any legal deer hunting method to take deer in Adair, Audrain,
Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Boone, Caldwell, Camden, Carroll, Cedar, Chariton,
Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Crawford, Dallas, Dent, Douglas,
Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Grundy, Hickory, Howard, Howell, Jasper,
Jefferson, Knox, Laclede, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries,
McDonald, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Newton, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pemiscot,
Perry, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ray, Ripley, Saline, Schuyler,
Scotland, Shannon, Shelby, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Francois, Ste.
Genevieve, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Vernon, Warren, Washington, and Webster
counties.
(E) Alternative methods
portion: December 28, 2024, through January 7, 2025; use muzzleloader and
archery methods, crossbows, atlatl, handguns, and air-powered guns as defined
in 3 CSR
10-7.431 to take deer statewide.
(2) Firearms Deer Hunting Permits.
(A) Resident or Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer
Hunting Permit: valid for one (1) deer statewide, except that only antlerless
deer may be taken during the antlerless portions of the season.
(B) Resident or Nonresident Firearms
Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit: valid for one (1) antlerless deer in any open
county. Persons may purchase any number of these permits and fill them where
valid. A Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, Nonresident Landowner
Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, or a Nonresident Managed Deer Hunting Permit
must be purchased before purchasing Nonresident Firearms Antlerless Deer
Hunting Permits.
(3)
Other wildlife may be hunted during the firearms deer hunting season except as
further restricted in this section-
(A)
During the November portion statewide and the antlerless and CWD portions in
open counties, other wildlife (except furbearers) may be hunted only with
pistol, revolver, or rifle firing a .22 caliber or smaller rimfire cartridge,
or a shotgun and shot not larger than No. 4; except that waterfowl hunters,
trappers, or landowners on their land may use other methods as specified in
3 CSR
10-7.410(1)(H); and except that elk
hunters may use other methods as specified in
3 CSR
10-7.700(4) during the firearms
portion of the elk season;
(B)
During the November portion statewide and the antlerless and CWD portions in
open counties, furbearers may be hunted within the established furbearer
hunting seasons during daylight hours using any legal deer hunting method by
persons holding an unfilled Firearms Deer hunting permit, and-
1. A Resident Small Game Hunting Permit;
or
2. A Nonresident Furbearer
Hunting and Trapping Permit;
(C) Furbearers may not be chased, pursued, or
taken with the aid of dogs during daylight hours from November 1 through the
end of the November portion statewide and the antlerless and CWD portions in
open counties; and
(D) Squirrels
and rabbits may not be chased, pursued, or taken with the aid of dogs during
daylight hours of the November portion in Butler, Carter, Dent, Iron, Madison,
Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, and Wayne counties.
(4) Feral hogs may be taken in any number
during the firearms deer hunting season as follows:
(A) Hunters must possess a valid small game
hunting or unfilled firearms deer hunting permit and abide by the methods of
pursuit allowed for deer as well as any other restrictions that may apply on
specific public areas;
(B) During
the November portion statewide and the antlerless and CWD portions in open
counties-
1. Firearms deer permittees may only
use methods allowed for deer;
2.
Small game permittees may only use pistol, revolver, or rifle firing a .22
caliber or smaller rimfire cartridge, or a shotgun with shot not larger than
No. 4; and
3. Dogs may not be
used;
(C) During the
youth and alternative methods portions-
1.
Deer permittees may only use methods allowed for deer; and
2. Small game permittees may only use methods
allowed for small game; and
(D) Resident landowners on qualifying land
are not required to have any permit and may use any method to take feral hogs
throughout the year.
Notes
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