Proposed Regulation Changes

(2) All stored wildlife, except deer, elk, and turkeys taken in Missouri, shall be labeled with the owner’s full name and address, or Conservation Number, and permit number, as required, species, and date of placing in storage. If taken in another state or country, it also shall bear the export certificate, if required. Stored deer, elk, and turkeys taken in Missouri shall be labeled with the taker’s full name and address, or Conservation Number, the date taken, and the Telecheck confirmation number of the deer, elk, or turkey.

(3) The manager of any commercial processing or cold storage plant shall possess, process, or store deer and elk only under the provisions of 3 CSR 10-10.744. Deer and elk left for processing at any commercial processing plant shall be claimed by the owner by May 1 following the season when taken. All commercially-processed deer and elk not claimed and picked up or stored by May 1 following the season when taken shall be considered abandoned and must be reported immediately to an agent of the department for disposal.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Aug. 14, 1970, effective Dec. 31, 1970. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

(1) Any person who chases, pursues, takes, transports, ships, buys, sells, possesses, or uses wildlife in any manner must first obtain the prescribed hunting, fishing, trapping, or other permit, or be exempted under 3 CSR 10-9.110, with the following exceptions:

  (A) A resident landowner as defined in this Code, may hunt, trap, or fish as prescribed in Chapters 6, 7, and 8 without permit (except landowner deer, elk, and turkey hunting permits, Migratory Bird Hunting Permit, and Conservation Order Permit as prescribed), but only on land s/he owns upon which s/he resides, and may transport and possess wildlife so taken;

  (B) Any resident of Missouri sixty-five (65) years of age or older may take fish, live bait, clams, mussels, turtles, and frogs as provided in Chapter 6 without permit (except trout permit or daily tag in areas where prescribed); provided, while fishing, s/he carries a valid Missouri driver license, notarized affidavit, or similar official document proving his/her eligibility based on residency and age, and shall submit documentation for inspection by any agent of the department on request;

  (C) Any resident of Missouri sixty-five (65) years of age or older may take wildlife as provided in Chapter 7 without permit (except all special hunting permits, elk hunting permits, Migratory Bird Hunting Permit, and Conservation Order Permit as prescribed); provided, while hunting, s/he carries a valid Missouri driver license, notarized affidavit, or similar official document proving his/her eligibility based on residency and age, and shall submit documentation for inspection by any agent of the department on request;

  (D) Any person fifteen (15) years of age or younger may take fish, live bait, clams, mussels, turtles, and frogs as provided in Chapter 6 without permit (except trout permit or daily tag in areas where prescribed); except that fish may be taken only by gig, bow, crossbow, snagging, snaring, grabbing, and by pole and line;

  (E) Any person fifteen (15) years of age or younger may take wildlife (except deer, elk, and turkey) as provided in Chapter 7 without permit provided, s/he has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or s/he is in the immediate presence of a properly licensed adult hunter who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or was born before January 1, 1967. Persons under eleven (11) years of age may not purchase firearms deer, and turkey hunting permits except as provided in subsection (1)(F) of this rule (see 3 CSR 10-5.215(4));

  (F) Any person at least six (6) but not older than fifteen (15) years of age may purchase Deer and Turkey Hunting Permits without display of a hunter education certificate card. Except as provided in subsection (1)(G)of this rule, such person must hunt in the immediate presence of a properly licensed adult hunter who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or was born before January 1, 1967;

  (G) During the youth portions of the firearms deer hunting season and the youth spring turkey hunting season youth hunters purchasing permits as provided in subsection (1)(F) must hunt in the immediate presence of an adult who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or was born before January 1, 1967. Any adult meeting these requirements may accompany youth deer or turkey hunters as prescribed in this subsection without a permit;

  (H) Any person at least eleven (11) but not older than fifteen (15) years of age with a hunter education certificate card and a valid elk hunting permit may hunt in the immediate presence of an adult who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or was born before January 1, 1967. Any adult meeting these requirements may accompany youth elk hunters as prescribed in this subsection without a permit;

  [(H)](I) Any resident of Missouri fifteen (15) years of age or younger may take wildlife as provided in Chapter 8 without permit, except for cable restraint device requirements in rule 3 CSR 10-8.510 subsection (4)(B);

  [(I)](J) Any person born on or after January 1, 1967, and at least sixteen (16) years of age and who does not possess a valid hunter education certificate card may purchase an Apprentice Hunter Authorization for no more than two (2) permit years (March 1 through the last day of February). The Apprentice Hunter Authorization allows the holder to purchase any firearms hunting permit (except elk hunting permits) as provided in this chapter without display of a hunter education certificate card.  Such person must hunt in the immediate presence of a properly licensed adult hunter who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and who has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or was born before January 1, 1967;

  [(J)](K) Any resident of Missouri with a developmental disability as defined in section 630.005, RSMo, born on or after January 1, 1967, and at least sixteen (16) years of age and who has taken the Hunter Education Certification Course may purchase any firearms hunting permit as provided in this chapter without display of a valid hunter education certificate card, provided s/he carries a physician’s statement provided by the department and signed by a licensed physician qualified to evaluate and treat the condition described and certifies the person has this disability. Such person must hunt in the immediate presence of a properly licensed adult hunter who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and who has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or was born before January 1, 1967, except any adult meeting these requirements may accompany such person with a developmental disability who is hunting on a valid elk hunting permit during the prescribed elk hunting season without a permit. Printed copies of the physician’s statement form can be obtained from the Missouri Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 and online at www.missouriconservation.org;

  [(K)](L) Any hospital patient may fish without permit on the grounds of the hospital where under treatment;

  [(L)](M) The director may issue special fishing permits for specified dates without cost to supervised groups involved in rehabilitation programs or groups of hospital patients or persons with disabilities under therapy;

  [(M)](N) The director may issue special fishing permits authorizing persons assigned as trainees to a training or rehabilitation unit performing organized conservation or agricultural work under governmental supervision on federal, state, county, or municipal lands to take fish by gig and pole and line methods and to take frogs by fishing methods on the public lands where such conservation or agricultural work is being performed, under regulations applicable to the area. Any person while exercising such privileges shall carry identification, issued by the training agency, showing current assignment to the training or rehabilitation unit;

  [(N)](O) For educational purposes, the director may waive fishing permit or tag requirements for specified periods at specified sites and may authorize fishing in restricted waters;

  [(O)](P) Any resident of Missouri having a visual acuity not exceeding twenty/two hundred (20/200) in the better eye with maximum correction, or having twenty degrees (20°) or less field of visual concentric contraction, and any resident who is so severely and permanently disabled as to be unable to move freely without the aid of a wheelchair, may take fish, live bait, clams, mussels, turtles, and frogs as provided in Chapter 6 without  permit (except  trout  permit or  daily  tag in areas where  prescribed); provided,  while fishing, s/he carries a certified statement of eligibility from a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist or from a licensed physician;

  [(P)](Q) Any resident of Missouri with cerebral palsy or mental disorder or a mental illness as defined in section 630.005, RSMo, and who is so severely disabled that s/he cannot fish alone, may take fish, live bait, clams, mussels, turtles, and frogs as provided in Chapter 6 without permit (except trout permit or daily tag in areas where prescribed); provided, while fishing, s/he is accompanied by a licensed adult fisherman and possesses a certified statement of eligibility from a licensed physician qualified to evaluate and treat the developmentally disabled;

  [(Q)](R) Any honorably discharged military veteran having a service-related disability of sixty percent (60%) or greater, or who was a prisoner of war during military service, or any member of the U.S. military currently assigned as a patient to a Warrior Transition Brigade, Warrior Transition Unit, or a military medical center, may take fish, live bait, clams, mussels, turtles, and frogs as provided in Chapter 6 without permit (except trout permit or daily tag in areas where prescribed), and may take wildlife as provided in Chapter 7 without permit (except deer, elk, and turkey hunting permits, Migratory Bird Hunting Permit, and Conservation Order Permit as prescribed); provided, while hunting or fishing, s/he carries a certified statement of eligibility from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or orders showing assignment to a Warrior Transition Unit or admissions verification to a military medical center;

  [(R)](S) Any Missouri resident who is the owner of land that wholly encloses a body of water, or any member of his/her immediate household, may fish without permit in those waters. In the case of corporate ownership, this privilege shall apply to those corporate owners whose domicile is on such corporate-owned land;

  [(S)](T) Any person may fish without permit, trout permit, and prescribed area daily tag during free fishing days. Free fishing days are the Saturday and Sunday following the first Monday in June; and

  [(T)](U) A customer or guest of a licensed trout fishing area may fish for trout without permit (see 3 CSR 10-9.645).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and Section 252.040, RSMo 2016. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

(6) Firearms hunting permits may not be sold to any persons born on or after January 1, 1967, unless an approved hunter education certificate card is displayed, or hunter education certification can be verified through direct access to computer data files, except that –

  (A) Any firearms hunting permit (except elk as provided in 3 CSR 10-5.205) may be sold to any person born on or after January 1, 1967, and at least sixteen (16) years of age, who purchases an Apprentice Hunter Authorization without display of a hunter education certificate card.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section [252.240]252.040, RSMo 2016.  For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

(1) To chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport fish (including trout), frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, live bait, birds (blue, snow, and Ross’s geese during the Conservation Order and migratory birds; except wild turkey), and mammals (except deer and elk), and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. Fee:

  (A) For persons age fifteen (15) and under: five hundred fifty dollars ($550)

  (B) For persons age sixteen (16) through twenty-nine (29): eight hundred dollars ($800)

  (C) For persons age thirty (30) through thirty-nine (39): seven hundred dollars ($700)

  (D) For persons age forty (40) through fifty-nine (59): six hundred dollars ($600)

  (E) For persons age sixty (60) and older: seventy dollars ($70)

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 20, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

To chase, pursue, take, possess and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, live bait, birds (except wild turkey) and mammals (except deer and elk), and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. Fee: nineteen dollars ($19).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.230. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

To chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport birds (except wild turkey), mammals (except deer and elk), and frogs, and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. Fee: ten dollars ($10).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.255. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974.  For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in this rule, permits will not be valid for hound field trials during or five (5) days prior to the spring turkey,[ or] firearms deer, or firearms elk hunting season except on established field trial areas. Permits for raccoon field trials will be valid during nighttime hours and provide for casting no more than four (4) dogs at one (1) time during or five (5) days prior to the spring turkey hunting season and during all but the November portion of the firearms deer hunting season and in open counties during the firearms portion of the elk hunting season. In field trials under permit, wildlife not prohibited in 3 CSR 10-7.410 may be chased by dogs under control, but may be pursued and taken only during the open seasons and only by persons possessing a valid hunting permit, except as provided in section (6) of this rule. The sponsoring organization shall issue identification bearing the field trial permit number to all persons without a valid hunting permit who enter dogs in a trial; provided, that this identification shall not be required for trials held entirely on one (1) contiguous tract of land where an agent of the department is provided with a complete list of the names and addresses of all participants before the trial.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.  Original rule filed Aug. 27, 1975, effective Dec. 31, 1975. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

(1) Subject to federal regulations, legally obtained feathers, squirrel pelts, rabbit pelts, and groundhog pelts may be bought, sold, or bartered when accompanied by a bill of sale. In addition, legally obtained deer and elk heads, antlers, hides or feet, and turkey feathers, beards, heads, bones, feet, spurs, wings, tails or tail fans, and skins, including skins with the feathers, wings, and legs attached, may also be bought, sold, or bartered when accompanied by a bill of sale. Bills of sale required by this rule shall contain the seller’s full name, address, and the number and species of these parts, and the full name and address of the purchaser. The bill of sale shall be retained by the purchaser while these parts are in his/her possession. Legally taken wildlife and wildlife parts, after mounting or tanning, may be bought and sold.

(2) The recipient or purchaser of deer and elk heads and/or antlers attached to the skull plate must retain a dated bill of sale identifying the seller while the heads or antlers are in his/her possession.

(3) Any person who finds a dead deer or elk with antlers still attached to the skull plate while afield and takes those antlers into possession must report the taking to a conservation agent within twenty-four (24) hours to receive possession authorization. Shed antlers not attached to the skull plate found while afield may be possessed, bought and sold by any person without possession authorization.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Aug. 27, 1975, effective Dec. 31, 1975.  For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed June 28, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.