Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION › Division 10 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 12 - Wildlife Code: Special Regulations for Areas Owned by Other Entities › Section 3 CSR 10-12.125 - Hunting and Trapping

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(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.