Wildlife Code - Proposed Regulation Changes

(1) Resident Lifetime Conservation Partner Permit. 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 turkeys), and mammals (except black bears, deer and elk), and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. [Fee: 

(A) For persons age fifteen (15) and under: five hundred ninety-one dollars ($591); 

(B) For persons age sixteen (16) through twenty-nine (29): eight hundred fifty-nine dollars ($859); 

(C) For persons age thirty (30) through thirty-nine (39): seven hundred fifty-two dollars ($752); 

(D) For persons age forty (40) through fifty-nine (59): six hundred forty-four dollars ($644); and 

(E) For persons age sixty (60) and older: seventy-five dollars ($75).] 

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 May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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)] Resident Lifetime Fishing Permit. To pursue, take, possess and transport fish (including trout), frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, and live bait. [Fee: 

(A) For persons age fifteen (15) and under: two hundred ninety-five dollars ($295); 

(B) For persons age sixteen (16) through twenty-nine (29): four hundred thirty dollars ($430); 

(C) For persons age thirty (30) through thirty-nine (39): three hundred seventy-six dollars ($376); 

(D) For persons age forty (40) through fifty-nine (59): three hundred twenty-two dollars ($322); and 

(E) For persons age sixty (60) and older: thirty-eight dollars ($38).] 

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 May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Resident Lifetime Small Game Hunting Permit. To chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport birds (blue, snow, and Ross’s geese during the Conservation Order and migratory birds; except turkeys), mammals (except black bears, deer and elk), and frogs, and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. [Fee: 

(A) For persons age fifteen (15) and under: two hundred ninety-five dollars ($295); 

(B) For persons age sixteen (16) through twenty-nine (29): four hundred thirty dollars ($430); 

(C) For persons age thirty (30) through thirty-nine (39): three hundred seventy-six dollars ($376); 

(D) For persons age forty (40) through fifty-nine (59): three hundred twenty-two dollars ($322); and  

(E) For persons age sixty (60) and older: thirty-eight dollars ($38).] 

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 May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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)] Resident Lifetime Trapping Permit. To attempt to take or take by trap only and to possess and transport furbearers[,] and rabbits, [and groundhogs,] and to sell all these except rabbits. [Fee— 

   (A) For persons age fifteen (15) and under: two hundred nine ty-five dollars ($295); 

   (B) For persons age sixteen (16) through twenty-nine (29): four hundred thirty dollars ($430); 

   (C) For persons age thirty (30) through thirty-nine (39): three hundred seventy-six dollars ($376); 

   (D) For persons age forty (40) through fifty-nine (59): three hundred twenty-two dollars ($322); and 

   (E) For persons age sixty (60) and older: thirty-eight dollars ($38).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed May 25, 2023, effective Feb. 29, 2024. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Small Game Hunting and Fishing Permit. To chase, pursue, take, possess and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, live bait, birds (except turkeys) and mammals (except black bears, deer and elk), and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. [Fee: twenty dollars and fifty cents ($20.50).] 

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 May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident National Guard and Reserve Service Small Game Hunting and Fishing Permit. For residents of Missouri who are currently, or have in the previous twelve (12) months, been mobilized and serving on full-time active military duty in either the National Guard (in Federal Status) or Reserve forces of the United States to chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, live bait, birds (except turkeys), and mammals (except black bears, deer and elk), and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. [Fee: five dollars and fifty cents ($15.50).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Jan. 30, 2006, effective June 30, 2006. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Fishing Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, and live bait. [Fee: thirteen dollars ($13.00).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.235. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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

Resident Small Game Hunting Permit. To chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport birds (except turkeys), mammals (except black bears, deer and elk), and frogs, and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. [Fee: ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50).]  

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 May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) deer of either sex statewide during the firearms deer hunting season. [Fee: eighteen dollars ($18).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 11, 1997, effective March 1, 1998. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlerless deer during the firearms deer hunting season. [Fee: seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 11, 1997, effective March 1, 1998. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Managed Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport deer during a prescribed managed deer hunt. [Fee: eighteen dollars ($18).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed July 8, 1998, effective March 1, 1999. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Resident Archer’s Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport deer during the fall deer archery season and small game during prescribed seasons, and to sell furbearers taken by hunting. [Fee: twenty dollars and fifty cents ($20.50).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.260. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

3 CSR 10-5.365 Resident Turkey Hunting Permits. The commission proposes to amend this rule. 

(1) To pursue, take, possess, and transport wild turkey during the prescribed open season.  

(A) Spring Season Permit. [Fee: nineteen dollars and fifty cents ($19.50)].  

(B) Fall Season Permit. [Fee: fifteen dollars ($15)]. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.266. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Trapping Permit. To attempt to take or take by trap only and to possess and transport furbearers[,] and rabbits, [and groundhogs,] and to sell all these except rabbits. [Fee: eleven dollars ($11).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.290. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport an antlerless deer during the archery deer hunting season. [Fee: seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 11, 1997, effective March 1, 1998. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) ]Resident Trout Permit. Required in addition to the prescribed fishing permit to possess and transport trout, except in areas where a daily trout fishing tag is required or as prescribed in 3 CSR 10-6.535(5). [Fee: Twelve dollars ($12.00).]  

[(2) Any person fifteen (15) years of age or younger may purchase a Trout Permit at fifty percent (50%) of the cost.] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10- 5.237. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Migratory Bird Hunting Permit. Required of any person sixteen (16) years of age or older in addition to the prescribed hunting permit to pursue, take, possess, and transport waterfowl, doves, snipe, woodcock, and rails, except for blue, snow, or Ross’s geese during the Conservation Order in accordance with federal regulations as prescribed in 3 CSR 10-7.440.  [Fee: eight dollars ($8.00)]. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.256. Original rule filed Sept. 10, 1991, effective Feb. 6, 1992. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Conservation Order Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport blue, snow, or Ross’s geese during the Conservation Order in accordance with federal regulations and as prescribed in 3 CSR 10-7.440. [Fee: five dollars and fifty cents ($5.50).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective July 1, 2009. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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

Daily Fishing Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, and live bait. [Fee: nine dollars ($9.00) per day.] A permit may be purchased for multiple days. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 20, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996. Amended: Filed July 8, 1998, effective March 1, 1999. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Daily Small Game Hunting Permit.  To chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport birds (except turkeys), mammals (except black bears, deer, elk, and furbearers), and frogs, and to chase furbearers for training dogs during the closed season. [Fee: sixteen dollars ($16.00) per day.] A permit may be purchased for multiple days. 

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 May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Licensed Hunting Preserve Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess and transport only legally obtained and captive-reared: pheasants, exotic partridges, quail, mallard ducks, and ungulates (hoofed animals) from a licensed hunting preserve. [Fee: eleven dollars ($11).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.285. Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1972, effective Dec. 31, 1972. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Three-Day Licensed Hunting Preserve Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess and transport only legally obtained and captive-reared: pheasants, exotic partridges, quail, mallard ducks, and ungulates (hoofed animals) from a licensed hunting preserve. [Fee: five dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) for three (3) consecutive days.] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.287. Original rule filed June 25, 1979, effective Oct. 11, 1979. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

White River Border Lakes Permit. Required for an Arkansas resident who is licensed to sport fish in Arkansas, or who is legally exempted from the sport fishing license requirements of Arkansas, to pursue, take, possess (with the exception of trout) and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish and live bait from the Missouri portion of the impounded waters of Bull Shoals, Norfork and Table Rock lakes without a Nonresident Fishing Permit; or, required for a Missouri resident who is licensed to sport fish in Missouri, or who is legally exempted from the sport fishing license requirements of Missouri, to pursue, take, possess (with the exception of trout) and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish and live bait from the Arkansas portion of the impounded waters of Bull Shoals, Norfork and Table Rock lakes without an Arkansas Nonresident Fishing License. [Fee: ten dollars ($10.00).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed April 24, 2000, effective March 1, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Nonresident Fishing Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish, and live bait. [Fee: fifty-three dollars and fifty cents ($53.50).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.245. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Small Game Hunting Permit. To chase, pursue, take, possess, and transport birds (except turkeys), mammals (except black bears, deer, elk, and furbearers), and frogs, and to chase furbearers for training dogs during the closed season. [Fee: one hundred two dollars ($102).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.270. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) deer of either sex statewide during the firearms deer hunting season. [Fee: two hundred eighty-eight dollars ($288).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 11, 1997, effective March 1, 1998. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlerless deer during the firearms deer hunting season. A Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, Nonresident Managed Deer Hunting Permit, or a Nonresident Landowner Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit is required as a prerequisite to this permit. [Fee: twenty-seven dollars ($27).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed July 8, 1998, effective March 1, 1999. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlerless deer during the archery hunting season. A Nonresident Archer’s Hunting Permit or a Nonresident Landowner Archer’s Hunting Permit is required as a prerequisite to this permit. [Fee: twenty-seven dollars ($27).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed April 29, 2004, effective Sept. 30, 2004. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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

Nonresident Managed Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport deer during a prescribed managed deer hunt. [Fee: two hundred eighty-eight dollars ($288).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed July 8, 1998, effective March 1, 1999. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Archer’s Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport deer during the fall deer archery season and small game (except furbearers) during prescribed seasons. [Fee: two hundred eighty-eight dollars ($288).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.275. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Nonresident Turkey Hunting Permits. To pursue, take, possess, and transport wild turkeys during the prescribed seasons.  

(A) Spring Season Permit. [Fee: two hundred fifty-eight dollars and fifty cents ($258.50)]. 

(B) Fall Season Permit. [Fee: one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)]. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.267. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Nonresident Conservation Order Permit.  To pursue, take, possess, and transport blue, snow, or Ross’s geese during the Conservation Order in accordance with federal regulations and as prescribed in 3 CSR 10-7.440.  [Fee: fifty-four dollars ($54)]. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective July 1, 2009. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025.  

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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

Nonresident Furbearer Hunting and Trapping Permit. To chase, pursue, take, possess, transport, and sell furbearers. [Fee: two hundred eight dollars and fifty cents ($208.50).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.292. Original rule filed June 29, 1981, effective Oct. 11, 1981. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Landowner Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) deer of either sex from qualifying land [statewide] during the firearms deer hunting season by nonresident landowners as defined in this Code.  [Fee: two hundred twelve dollars ($212).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed July 19, 2000, effective March 1, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Nonresident Landowner Turkey Hunting Permits. (1) To pursue, take, possess, and transport wild turkeys from qualifying land during the prescribed seasons by nonresident landowners as defined in this Code. 

(A) Spring Season Permit. [Fee: one hundred seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents ($179.50).] 

(B) Fall Season Permit. [Fee: one hundred four dollars and fifty cents ($104.50).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed July 19, 2000, effective March 1, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Landowner Archer’s Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport deer from qualifying land during the fall deer archery season and small game (except furbearers) during prescribed seasons by nonresident landowners as defined in this Code. [Fee: two hundred twelve dollars ($212).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed July 19, 2000, effective March 1, 2001. Rescinded: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective July 1, 2009. Readopted: Filed May 29, 2019, effective Feb. 29, 2020. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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

Resident Deer Management Assistance Program Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlerless deer from property enrolled in the department’s deer management assistance program. [Fee: seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective March 1, 2019. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Deer Management Assistance Program Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlerless deer from property enrolled in the department’s deer management assistance program. A Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, Nonresident Landowner Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, Nonresident Archer’s Hunting Permit, or a Nonresident Landowner Archer’s Hunting Permit is required as a prerequisite to this permit. [Fee: twenty-seven dollars ($27).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective March 1, 2019. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlered elk during the elk hunting season.  [Fee: fifty dollars ($50.00).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed June 28, 2019, effective Dec. 30, 2019. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) antlerless elk during the elk hunting season. [Fee: fifty dollars ($50.00).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Sept. 6, 2024, effective Feb. 28, 2025. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Resident Ginseng Harvester Permit. To harvest, possess, transport, or sell uncertified ginseng plants or roots personally harvested by the permittee in accordance with 3 CSR 10-4.113, or attempt any of these acts, and to sell or export certified ginseng plants or roots personally harvested by the permittee throughout the year. [Fee: twenty dollars ($20).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed February 23, 2024, effective July 1, 2025. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Nonresident Ginseng Harvester Permit. To harvest, possess, transport, or sell uncertified ginseng plants or roots personally harvested by the permittee in accordance with 3 CSR 10-4.113, or attempt any of these acts, and to sell or export certified ginseng plants or roots personally harvested by the permittee throughout the year. [Fee: one hundred fifty dollars ($150).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed February 23, 2024. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Resident Black Bear Hunting Permit. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one (1) black bear during the black bear hunting season. [Fee: twenty-five dollars ($25.00).]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Sept. 4, 2020, effective Feb. 28, 2021. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

2) Permits listed in this chapter may be obtained only upon satisfaction of all requirements imposed by this code, including payment of fees at the time of application. Fees and costs for permits and other privileges found in this chapter are established in 3 CSR 10-9.950. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed June 9, 1993, effective Jan. 1, 1994. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Confined wildlife permits and replacements for them may be issued only through the department office in Jefferson City upon receipt of proper application and the required permit fee. [A service fee of three dollars ($3) is required for a replacement confined wildlife permit.]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-9.630. Original rule filed May 9, 2002, effective March 1, 2003. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Class I Wildlife Breeder Permit. To exercise the privileges of a Class I wildlife breeder. [Fee: fifty-four dollars ($54).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-10.750. Original rule filed Aug. 18, 1970, effective Dec. 31, 1970. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Wildlife Exhibitor Permit. To maintain and operate a wildlife exhibit in accordance with 3 CSR 10-9.371 holding Class I wildlife as defined in 3 CSR 10-9.230, Class II wildlife as defined in 3 CSR 10-9.240, and native fish not listed on the Approved Aquatic Species List in 3 CSR 10-9.110(3)(H), except coyotes, foxes, raccoons, skunks, native bat species, and prohibited species as defined in 3 CSR 10-4.117. All wildlife must be obtained in accordance with federal regulations, if applicable, and must originate from a legal source other than the wild stock of this state. 

(2) Any person applying for a Wildlife Exhibitor Permit shall complete an application involving on-site inspections of the exhibit facilities by a conservation agent prior to and following construction activities [by a conservation agent] to determine that all provisions of this rule and 3 CSR 10-9.371 are met before a permit is issued. [Fee: one thousand twenty-seven dollars ($1,027).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Jan. 22, 2021, effective Aug. 30, 2021. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) [A wildlife hobby permit]Wildlife Hobby Permit. [a]Authorizes the holder to purchase, possess, and propagate not more than fifty (50) ring-necked pheasants and bobwhite quail, in the aggregate, for personal use only and not for sale; and to hold in captivity not more than one (1) game mammal purchased from a Missouri wildlife breeder permit holder, except that Class II wildlife, hoofed mammals and skunks may not be held under this permit. Game mammals may be held in captivity but may not be propagated or sold. This permit shall be obtained prior to receipt of wildlife. The permittee must furnish proof that game mammals and birds were legally obtained. Wildlife must be confined in humane and sanitary facilities that meet standards specified in 3 CSR 10-9.220. Wildlife may be disposed of only in accordance with instructions of an agent of the department but may not be released, sold, or given away. The permittee is subject to all provisions of section 578.023, RSMo. 

(2) Banded birds possessed under this permit may be temporarily released and recaptured when training dogs. Any device used to recapture birds in accordance with this provision must be labeled with the user’s full name, address, and wildlife hobby permit number and be attended daily. [Fee: eleven dollars ($11).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-9.620. Original rule filed Aug. 27, 1975, effective Dec. 31, 1975. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Wildlife Collector’s Permit. A permit to collect, possess, mount, or preserve wildlife for scientific related purposes. 

(A) Wildlife Collector’s Permit for Scientific Purposes.  Wildlife collector’s permits may be granted to an authorized representative of a university, college, school, incorporated city, state or federal agency, publicly-owned zoo, or wildlife or research organization or other qualified individual; provided, that the collection shall be used exclusively for scientific, educational or museum purposes.  [Fee: six dollars ($6.)] 

(B) Wildlife Collector’s Permit for Special Collections of Wildlife. Wildlife collector’s permits may be issued to professionally qualified individuals who charge a fee for biological studies for specific projects where the potential results are of sufficient public value and interest to justify special collection of wildlife.  [Fee: fifty-five dollars ($55)]. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-9.605. Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Resident Falconry Permit. To take, possess alive, care for, and train birds of prey (raptors) and to use birds of prey to take other wildlife in accordance with 3 CSR 10-9.442 and federal falconry regulations. [Fee: one hundred and eight dollars ($108). ]This permit shall remain valid for three (3) years. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.295. Original rule filed Aug. 15, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

(2) Licensed Hunting Preserve Permit. Any person applying to establish a licensed hunting preserve shall complete an application involving on-site inspections of the area prior to and following construction activities by an agent of the department to determine that all provisions of this rule and 3 CSR 10-9.565 are met before a permit is issued. The Licensed Hunting Preserve Permit holder may designate an authorized representative on the permit to act on the permit holder’s behalf, but the Licensed Hunting Preserve Permit holder shall be responsible for compliance with the permit requirements.  If the authorized representative changes, the licensed hunting preserve permit holder shall provide updated information to the department.  [Fees–] 

   (A) Game Bird Hunting Preserve. [one hundred thirty-two dollars ($132) valid for one (1) year]; and 

(B) Big Game Hunting Preserve. [two hundred sixty dollars ($260) valid for one (1) year]. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-10.760. This version of rule filed Jan. 19, 1972, effective Feb. 1, 1972. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Licensed hunting preserves are subject to inspection by an agent of the department at any reasonable time. Animal health standards and movement activities shall comply with all state and federal regulations. Any person holding a licensed hunting preserve permit may release on his/her licensed hunting preserve only legally obtained and captive-reared pheasants, exotic partridges, quail, mallard ducks, and ungulates (hoofed animals) specifically authorized by the Approved Confined Wildlife Species List in 3 CSR 10-9.105(7) for game bird hunting preserves and big game hunting preserves for hunting throughout the year, under the following conditions: 

  (A) Game Bird Hunting Preserve. 

    1. A game bird hunting preserve shall be a single body of land not less than one hundred sixty (160) acres and no more than six hundred forty (640) acres in size. Game bird hunting preserves may be dissected by public roads, and shall be posted with signs specified by the department. 

    2. Only legally obtained and captive-reared pheasants, exotic partridges, quail, and mallard ducks may be used on game bird hunting preserves. 

    3. Permits for game bird hunting preserves will not be issued– 

      A. For areas within five (5) miles of any location where there is an ongoing department game bird release program or where the most recent release of department game birds has been made less than five (5) years prior to receipt of the application; 

      B. In any location where those activities are considered by the department as likely to further jeopardize any species currently designated by Missouri or federal regulations as threatened or endangered wildlife; and 

      C. For preserves using captive-reared mallard ducks, within five (5) miles of the following areas: 

        (I) Brown (Bob) Conservation Area; 

        (II) Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge; 

        (III) Columbia Bottom Conservation Area; 

        (IV) Coon Island Conservation Area; 

        (V) Duck Creek Conservation Area; 

        (VI) Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area; 

        (VII) Fountain Grove Conservation Area; 

        (VIII) Four Rivers Conservation Area; 

        (IX) Grand Pass Conservation Area; 

        (X) Leach (B. K.) Memorial Conservation Area; 

        (XI) Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge; 

        (XII) Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area; 

        (XIII) Mingo National Wildlife Refuge; 

        (XIV) Montrose Conservation Area; 

        (XV) Nodaway Valley Conservation Area; 

        (XVI) Otter Slough Conservation Area; 

        (XVII) Schell-Osage Conservation Area; 

        (XVIII) Settle’s Ford Conservation Area; 

        (XIX) Shanks (Ted) Conservation Area; 

        (XX) Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge; and 

        (XXI) Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area. 

     4. Mallard ducks must be held in covered facilities that meet standards specified in 3 CSR 10-9.220, and may be possessed, released, and used on game bird hunting preserves only under the following conditions– 

      A.  Mallard ducks may be taken, possessed, transported, and stored only as provided in this Code and federal regulations; 

      B.  Mallard ducks must be physically marked prior to six (6) weeks of age by removal of the hind toe from the right foot, or by tattooing of a readily discernible number or letter or combination thereof on the web of one (1) foot; 

      C.  Mallard ducks may be temporarily released for the sole purpose of flight training beginning one (1) hour after sunrise each day.  Covered facilities must be designed to re-capture such ducks, and a reasonable effort must be made to re-capture them by one (1) hour after sunset each day;   

      D.  Mallard ducks may be released and taken only from September 1 through February 15 by hunting methods from one (1) hour after sunrise to one (1) hour before sunset, and only non-toxic shot may be used.  Covered facilities must be designed and managed to re-capture any unharvested mallard ducks, and a reasonable effort must be made to re-capture ducks by one (1) hour after sunset each day; and 

      E.  Ducks which are not captive-reared may not be hunted on preserves using captive-reared mallard ducks, and all waterfowl except captive-reared mallard ducks must be flushed from the immediate hunting area prior to hunting activity. 

    5. Any person taking or hunting game birds on a licensed hunting preserve shall have in his/her possession a valid small game hunting permit or licensed hunting preserve hunting permit, except that persons fifteen (15) years of age or younger, when accompanied by a properly licensed adult hunter, and residents sixty-five (65) years of age and older, may hunt without permit. Licensed hunting preserve hunting permits may be issued to persons without requiring display of a hunter education certificate card for use on game bird hunting preserves, provided s/he is hunting in the immediate presence of a properly licensed adult hunter age eighteen (18) or older who has in his/her possession a valid hunter education certificate card or was born before January 1, 1967. 

    6. Game birds, other than captive-reared mallard ducks, may be taken in any number on a hunting preserve and may be possessed and transported from the preserve only when accompanied by a receipt listing the date, number, and species taken, and name of the hunting preserve; or when accompanied by an approved transportation sticker for each game bird taken. Transportation stickers must be purchased from the department by the hunting preserve permit holder.[, for which the permittee shall pay thirteen dollars ($13) per one hundred (100) stickers.] 

    7. Captive-reared mallard ducks may be taken in any number on a hunting preserve and may be possessed and transported from the preserve only when accompanied by a receipt listing the date, number and species taken, and the hunting preserve permit holder’s name and address. In addition, the marked foot must remain attached to mallard ducks. 

    8. The hunting preserve permit holder may exercise privileges provided in 3 CSR 10-9.353 for game birds held under this permit in propagation or holding facilities within or directly adjacent to the game bird hunting preserve. Propagation or holding facilities may be separated from the hunting preserve by a public road, but must be directly adjacent. Any such propagation or holding facilities shall meet standards specified in 3 CSR 10-9.220. Other propagation or holding facilities not contained within or directly adjacent to the hunting preserve are not covered under the privileges of this rule. (NOTE: See rule 3 CSR 10-7.440, and for federal regulations on migratory waterfowl, see Title 50, Parts 20 and 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.) 

   (B) Big Game Hunting Preserve. 

    1. A big game hunting preserve for ungulates shall be a fenced single body of land, not dissected by public roads, and not less than three hundred twenty (320) acres and no more than three thousand two hundred (3,200) acres in size. The hunting preserve shall not be cross-fenced into portions of less than three hundred twenty (320) acres. The hunting preserve shall be fenced so as to enclose and contain all released game and exclude all hoofed wildlife of the state from becoming a part of the enterprise and posted with signs specified by the department. Fence requirements shall meet standards specified in 3 CSR 10-9.220. Fencing for hogs shall be constructed of twelve (12) gauge woven wire, at least five feet (5') high, and topped with one (1) strand of electrified wire.  An additional two feet (2') of such fencing shall be buried and angled underground toward the enclosure interior. A fence of equivalent or greater strength and design to prevent the escape of hogs may be substituted with written application and approval by an agent of the department. 

    2. Breeding enclosure(s) contained within or directly adjacent to the big game hunting preserve must obtain a separate Class III Wildlife Breeder Permit for those species (including their hybrids) listed on the Approved Confined Wildlife Species List in 3 CSR 10-9.105 for Class III wildlife breeders. Any animal entering a big game hunting facility may not reenter a breeding facility. All cervids entering a big game hunting preserve must maintain one (1) of the identification requirements contained in 3 CSR 10-9.354(6)(A). Any natural additions must meet one (1) of these identification requirements upon harvest or death for record-keeping purposes. For the purposes of the identification requirement of this paragraph, an animal has entered a big game hunting preserve when it has physically entered the preserve or when the animal has been identified on the Movement Certificate required by this rule, and the big game hunting preserve permittee has used the department-provided database to transfer the animal into their inventory on the same day as movement to the preserve. 

    3. Any person taking or hunting ungulates on a big game hunting preserve shall have in his/her possession a valid licensed hunting preserve hunting permit. The permittee shall attach to the leg of each ungulate taken on the hunting preserve a locking leg seal [furnished by]purchased from the department by the hunting preserve permit holder. [for which the permittee shall pay eleven dollars ($11) per one hundred (100) seals.] Any packaged or processed meat shall be labeled with the licensed hunting preserve permit number. 

    4. The holder of a Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit may only receive animals and conduct hunts if they maintain hunt-qualified status. Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit holders will attain and maintain hunt-qualified status if they maintain inventory records (including identification requirements) as required in this chapter, submit Chronic Wasting Disease samples as required in this chapter, and maintain all fences as required in this chapter. A Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit holder will lose hunt-qualified status if, after issuance of a notice of discrepancy by the department indicating violations of any of the requirements of this paragraph, the permit holder fails to correct the deficiency within thirty (30) days, or longer if approved by a conservation agent pursuant to a corrective action plan. Hunt-qualified status will be reinstated when the permit holder receives notice from the department that the discrepancy has been corrected. Receiving animals or conducting hunts in violation of this paragraph or maintaining non-hunt-qualified status for ninety (90) consecutive days or more shall be sufficient cause for permit suspension or revocation.  

   5. The holder of a Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit must test mortalities of male cervids over twelve (12) months of age for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy as provided in this rule. Samples must be collected by an accredited veterinarian or department-certified collector. Samples must be submitted to a diagnostic laboratory approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for CWD testing within thirty (30) days of death. The department reserves the right to require additional sampling and testing during disease investigations or morbidity/mortality events. Animal health standards and movement activities shall comply with all state and federal regulations.  

   6. For purposes of this section, eligible mortalities mean mortalities of all male cervids at least 12 months of age occurring between April 1 of the previous permit year and March 31 of the current permit year. Any new permit holder or permit holder as of July 1, 2021, that failed to test one hundred percent (100%) of all mortalities during the previous permit year shall have Tier 1 status, and shall test one hundred percent (100%) of eligible mortalities. Any permit holder as of July 1, 2021, who can demonstrate they tested one hundred percent (100%) of all mortalities during the previous permit year or any Tier 1 permit holder that submits the required valid samples of eligible mortalities during the previous year shall have Tier 2 status, and shall test fifty percent (50%) of eligible mortalities.  

   7. At least eighty percent (80%) of required tests as described in the previous paragraph must produce valid sample results by the diagnostic laboratory. To be considered a sample that produced a valid test result, the sample must have been suitable, testable, and not rejected by the diagnostic laboratory for any other reason. If less than eighty percent (80%) of samples are valid, then the permit holder must provide sufficient samples to achieve the eighty percent (80%) requirement. Replacement samples may consist of either post-mortem samples at a 1:1 ratio, or ante-mortem samples at a 3:1 ratio from other animal(s) of similar age and time in the facility. For purposes of this rule, an ante-mortem CWD test is not valid unless it is performed by an accredited veterinarian on retropharyngeal lymph node, rectal mucosa, or tonsillar tissue with at least six lymphoid follicles submitted within thirty (30) days of collection on an animal that is at least eighteen (18) months of age and has not been source of ante-mortem testing within the prior twenty-four (24) months.  

   8. Samples in which the infectious CWD prion is detected will be considered CWD-suspect pending confirmation at the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory. Any facility with a CWD-suspect or confirmed positive sample will immediately be quarantined by the state wildlife veterinarian, and no movement certificates allowing movement into the facility will be issued except as authorized by the state wildlife veterinarian in accordance with an approved herd disease response plan. Additionally, any facility that is or has been in possession of a deer that was in a CWD-suspect or CWD-confirmed positive facility shall be quarantined, and no movement certificates allowing movement into the facility will be issued until it is determined that the facility is not epidemiologically linked to the CWD suspect or confirmed positive deer or is determined upon further testing that the suspect deer is not a confirmed positive.  

   9. Big game hunting preserve permittees shall report escaped animals and entry of any free-ranging cervids into the facility immediately to a conservation agent.  

   10. The holder of a Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit must ensure that all CWD test results required by this section are submitted to the state wildlife veterinarian by the USDA-approved diagnostic laboratory within seven (7) days of completion of testing. In the event of confirmed positive results from a Chronic Wasting Disease test, the permit holder shall comply with a herd disease response plan approved by the department. The plan may include, but not be limited to, quarantine requirements, testing and depopulation, premises cleaning and disinfection, additional fencing requirements, and restocking guidelines. Failure to comply with an approved herd disease response plan may result in the suspension or revocation of permit privileges.  

   11. All Class III cervids listed on the Approved Confined Species List in 3 CSR 10-9.105 for Class III wildlife breeders acquired by a holder of a Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit must be individually identified on a Movement Certificate issued by the department. A Movement Certificate must be completed by the breeder and list the official identification, age, gender, species, complete address of both the origin and destination, and the complete name, address, and permit number of all parties to the transaction. The original form must accompany the shipment and a copy shall be maintained for at least five (5) years by the permit holders, unless otherwise documented in a department-provided database. All other cervids and ungulates acquired by a holder of a Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit must be individually identified on a Breeder’s Movement Certificate issued by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. A Breeder’s Movement Certificate must be completed by the breeder and contain complete and accurate information including the official identification, age, gender, species, complete address of birth, origin, and destination, and complete address and name of buyer and seller. The Breeder’s Movement Certificate must accompany the shipment and a copy maintained for at least five (5) years by the permit holder. The source of all Class III cervids listed on the Approved Confined Wildlife Species List in 3 CSR 10-9.105 for Class III wildlife breeders must be a Class III breeder facility. The source of all other cervids must be a herd that is enrolled in a state of Missouri administered Chronic Wasting Disease herd certification program. 

   12. New permits for big game hunting preserves will not be issued for a period of five (5) years within twenty-five (25) miles of a location where Chronic Wasting Disease-positive animal(s) have been confirmed by the department except as follows:  

A. New permits may be issued during this time period for the existing location of a big game hunting preserve with a valid permit; and  

B. New permits may be issued during this time period for a big game hunting preserve located more than ten (10) miles and less than twenty-five (25) miles from a location where Chronic Wasting Disease-positive animal(s) have been confirmed by the department, provided—  

   (I) The perimeter of the preserve is enclosed by a double fence having a minimum distance of ten feet (10') between the interior and exterior fences;  

   (II) The interior and exterior fences are constructed and maintained in accordance with 3 CSR 10-9.220;  

   (III) For preserves subject to double fencing requirements as a condition of their permit, all applicable measurements for determining compliance with the minimum acreage requirements of this rule will be based on the interior fence; and  

   (IV) No animal may be confined, pursued, or taken in the area between the interior and exterior fences on preserves subject to double-fencing requirements as a condition of their permit.  

   13. Live cervids imported into the state shall not be held in a licensed big game hunting preserve. Only cervids born inside the state of Missouri may be propagated, held in captivity, and hunted on big game hunting preserves. Prior to accepting any cervid, the big game hunting preserve must obtain evidence that the cervid was born inside the state of Missouri, such as relevant portions of the breeder’s herd certification inventory and movement certificates. The big game hunting preserve shall maintain such documentation for five (5) years and provide to the department upon request.  

   14. Within thirty (30) days from the revocation or expiration of a licensed Big Game Hunting Preserve Permit for any reason and prior to the removal of any fencing, the permit holder must remove all animals from the premises either by depopulation with approval by a conservation agent, or transfer to a licensed big game hunting preserve with approval by the state wildlife veterinarian. Facilities with a CWD positive within the past five (5) years must depopulate upon revocation or expiration of their permit.     

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-10.765. Original rule filed Jan. 19, 1972, effective Feb. 1, 1972. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Hound Running Area Operator and Dealer Permit. To maintain and operate a hound running area and to purchase, transport, propagate, hold in captivity and sell to or release legally acquired foxes and coyotes into a permitted hound running area. [Fee: fifty-four dollars ($54).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Sept. 29, 1994, effective July 1, 1995. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

(3) The holder of a Hound Running Area Operator and Dealer Permit may obtain live foxes and coyotes from a holder of a valid Resident Commercial Live Coyote and Fox Trapping Permit as prescribed in 3 CSR 10-10.788 and 3 CSR 10-10.789. Ear tags attached to foxes and coyotes in accordance with 3 CSR 10-10.789 shall remain on each fox or coyote obtained from a Resident Commercial Live Coyote and Fox Trapping Permit holder. Permittees may also purchase foxes and coyotes from a holder of a Class I Wildlife Breeder Permit or a holder of a Hound Running Area Operator and Dealer Permit. Foxes and coyotes may be held in temporary confinement facilities on the hound running area or another location specified on the permit. These foxes and coyotes may only be released into a permitted hound running area and must be individually marked with ear tags [provided by]purchased from the department.[ for which the permittee shall pay sixty cents (60¢) per tag.] These animals may not be given away, released to the wild, or exported, except with written authorization of the director. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Sept. 29, 1994, effective July 1, 1995. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Field Trial Permit. To conduct a field trial on lands other than those owned or leased by the department, application for a permit must be made to the department by a resident[,] and postmarked not less than ten (10) days prior to the trial. The application shall specify location of trial headquarters in Missouri, area where the trial will be held, type of wildlife to be chased or pursued, approximate number of hunters, approximate number of dogs, and starting and closing dates. A single trial permit shall not cover a period of more than ten (10) consecutive days. [Fee: twenty-two dollars ($22).] 

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 May 16, 2025.  

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Dog Training Area Permit. To operate a dog training area, and to purchase, hold, release and shoot on the training area only legally obtained and captive-reared: pheasants, exotic partridges, quail, and mallard ducks. [Fee: twenty-two dollars ($22).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Aug. 31, 1965, effective Dec. 31, 1965. Amended: Filed Aug. 6, 1985, effective Jan. 1, 1986. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Licensed Trout Fishing Area Permit. To maintain and operate a licensed trout fishing area, and to stock legally acquired trout. [Fee: one hundred eight dollars ($108).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed April 24, 2000, effective July 1, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

PUBLIC 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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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

(2) Permits for commercial wildlife may be obtained only upon satisfaction of all requirements imposed by this code, including payment of fees at the time of application. Fees and costs for permits and other privileges found in this chapter are established in 3 CSR 10-10.950. 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 18, 1970, effective Dec. 31, 1970. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Resident Fur Dealer’s Permit. To buy, sell, possess, process, transport, and ship the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri from July 1 through June 30, except as provided in subsection (1)(B) of this rule. Permits issued to a firm, organization, or partnership for individual or itinerant use shall include the names of no more than four (4) resident users.  

(A) Annual Permit. [Fee: one hundred dollars ($100).]  

1. Three- (3-) Day Permit. To buy the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri for three (3) consecutive days, and to sell, possess, process, transport and ship the pelts and carcasses acquired during the three (3) days indicated on the permit from July 1 through June 30. [Fee: fifty dollars ($50).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 
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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Nonresident Fur Dealer’s Permit. To buy, sell, possess, process, transport, and ship the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri from July 1 through June 30, except as provided in subsection (1)(B) of this rule. Nonresident fur dealers shall conduct business only at the locations in Missouri specified on the permit, with resident fur dealers at their business location and at established fur auction sites.  

1. Annual Permit. [Fee: three hundred dollars ($300).] 

2. Three- (3-) Day Permit. To buy the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri for three (3) consecutive days, and to sell, possess, process, transport and ship the pelts and carcasses acquired during the three (3) days indicated on the permit from July 1 through June 30. [Fee: one hundred fifty dollars ($150).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed March 6, 2006, effective Aug. 30, 2006. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 
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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

(B) Each gill net one hundred (100) yards or less:          $37 

(C) Each seine one hundred (100) yards or less:           $37  

(D) Each hoop net:                     $6 

(E) Each fifty (50) hooks or fraction thereof:                     $6] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Resident Roe Fish Commercial Harvest Permit. Required in addition to the Commercial Fishing Permit to take, possess, and sell bowfin, paddlefish, and shovelnose sturgeon and their eggs from the Mississippi River in accordance with 3 CSR 10-10.725. [Fee: five hundred forty-two dollars ($542).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Dec. 30, 2003, effective July 1, 2004. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.

Nonresident Mississippi River Roe Fish Commercial Harvest Permit. Required for nonresidents of Missouri in addition to the Commercial Fishing Permit to take, possess, and sell bowfin, paddlefish, and shovelnose sturgeon and their eggs from the Mississippi River in accordance with 3 CSR 10-10.725; except that any person properly licensed to harvest shovelnose sturgeon by the state of Illinois may fish within, and harvest shovelnose sturgeon from, the Missouri portion of the Mississippi River adjacent to Illinois as permitted by this Code. [Fee: three thousand seven hundred and seventy-three dollars ($3,773).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Sept. 14, 2005, effective Feb. 28, 2006. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Roe Fish Dealer Permit. To buy or possess for the purpose of selling, processing, transporting, or shipping legally-acquired bowfin, paddlefish, and shovelnose sturgeon or any parts of these species.  While on waters of the state and adjacent banks, the head and tail must remain attached to all fish; bowfin and shovelnose sturgeon must remain whole and intact; and the ovaries of paddlefish must remain intact and accompany the fish from which they were removed.  Commercial establishments that buy directly from a holder of a roe fish dealer permit and that sell directly to the general public are excluded from this permit requirement. [Resident fee: five hundred thirty-nine dollars ($539). Nonresident fee: one thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars ($1,973).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective July 1, 2009. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Tag and Release Fishing Promotion Permit. To engage in tagging and releasing fish in association with a fishing promotion, contest or other event. [Fee: Two hundred fifty-seven dollars ($257).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed March 24, 2003, effective Aug. 30, 2003. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Fish Utilization Permit. To utilize other fish and invasive fish taken during bona fide fishing tournaments, to possess, transport, and donate such fish to commercial establishments.  Application for a permit must be made to the department and post marked not less than ten (10) days prior to the event. Failure to comply with reporting requirements may result in permit denial. Issuance of future permits shall be conditioned on compliance with these rules. Permit shall be valid for one (1) event that shall occur within fifteen (15) days of the issue date on the permit. [Fee:  twenty-five dollars ($25).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed March 2, 2020, effective Aug. 30, 2020. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Commercial Game Processing Permit. To commercially process and store legally acquired cervids and black bears taken from the wild stock of the state at the specific location indicated on the permit. [Fee: twenty-seven dollars ($27).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed April 28, 1992, effective Dec. 3, 1992. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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) Taxidermy and Tanning Permit. To engage in the business of wildlife taxidermy or tanning at the specific location indicated on the permit. [Fee: thirty-two dollars ($32).] 

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 May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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. 

Commercial permits and replacements for them may be issued only through the department office in Jefferson City upon receipt of proper application and the required permit fee. [A service fee of three dollars ($3) is required for a replacement commercial permit.]  

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed July 30, 1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025. 

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, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://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.