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Upland Game Birds

Whether your quarry is dove, pheasant, quail or other upland game bird, you'll find info on permits, techniques and prime hunting spots here.

NOTICE:The 2011-12 ruffed grouse season is closed due to low population numbers.

Effective Wingshooting Workshops

Duck Hunting
Improve your shotgunning skills, deepen your commitment to conservation and reduce hunting expenses. Sign up to attend a free Effective Wingshooting workshop. More

Hunting for Game Birds

Find permit, season, techniques and other information for hunting dove, pheasant and quail. More

Quail Emphasis Areas

If you're looking for new places to pursue quail, try your luck on one or more of 19 Quail Emphasis Areas located throughout Missouri. More

Related Information

  • Apprentice Hunter Program

    Missouri's Apprentice Hunter Program gives people a chance to try hunting before getting hunter-education certified, as long as they hunt with an experienced hunter.

  • Effective Wingshooting Workshops

    Improve your shotgunning skills, deepen your commitment to conservation and reduce hunting expenses. Sign up to attend a free Effective Wingshooting workshop.

  • Migratory Bird Hunting Digest

    Annually updated digest covers Missouri hunting regulations for dove, rail, snipe, teal and woodcock.

  • Missouri Dove Status Report

    Download our annually updated status report on Missouri's mourning doves.

  • Quail Management FAQs

    Why are Missouri's quail declining? Is it true that wild turkeys eat baby quail? Find the answers to these and other frequently asked questions.

  • Small Game Harvest Survey

    This semiannually updated survey reports hunter and harvest numbers for rabbit, squirrel, quail, dove, pheasant, woodcock, crow, groundhog, raccoon, gray fox, red fox, coyote, bobcat, opossum, ducks and Canada and snow geese. New reports appear in late summer of odd-numbered years.

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