The proposed amendment prohibits the use of lead shot on Blue Spring Branch Conservation Area, Capps Creek Conservation Area, Fort Crowder Conservation Area, Shawnee Trail Conservation Area, Sloan (Dr. O.E. and Eloise) Conservation Area, and Stockton Lake Manangement Lands.
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Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Chapter 11—Wildlife Code: Special Regulations for Department Areas
Proposed Amendment
Proposed Amendment
(3) Use or possession of lead shot is prohibited for hunting doves on the following department areas:
(A) Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area
(B) Blue Spring Branch Conservation Area
[(B)](C) Bois D’Arc Conservation Area
[(C)](D) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area
(E) Capps Creek Conservation Area
[(D)](F) Crowley’s Ridge Conservation Area
[(E)](G) Davisdale Conservation Area
(H) Fort Crowder Conservation Area
[(F)](I) Harmony Mission Lake Conservation Area
[(G)](J) Lamine River Conservation Area
[(H)](K) Logan (William R.) Conservation Area
[(I)](L) Maintz Wildlife Preserve
[(J)](M) Pacific Palisades Conservation Area
[(K)](N) Park (Guy B.) Conservation Area
[(L)](O) Peabody Conservation Area
[(M)](P) Pony Express Lake Conservation Area
[(N)](Q) Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area
[(O)](R) Reform Conservation Area
(S) Shawnee Trail Conservation Area
(T) Sloan (Dr. O.E. and Eloise) Conservation Area
(U) Stockton Lake Manangement Lands
[(P)](V) Talbot (Robert E.) Conservation Area
[(Q)](W) Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Bethlehem)
[(R)](X) Weldon Spring Conservation Area
[(S)](Y) Whetstone Creek Conservation Area
[(T)](Z) White (William G. and Erma Parke) Conservation Area
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 cost private entities approximately nine thousand one hundred fifty-seven dollars and twenty cents ($9,157.20) in the aggregate each year.
FISCAL NOTE
PRIVATE COST
- Department Title: Department of Conservation
Division Title: Conservation Commission
Chapter Title: 11-Wildlife Code: Special Regulations for Department Areas
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Rule Number and Title: |
3 CSR 10-11.185 Dove Hunting |
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Type of Rulemaking: |
Proposed Amendment |
II. SUMMARY OF FISCAL IMPACT
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Estimate of the number of entities by class which would likely be affected by the adoption of the rule: |
Classification by types of the business entities which would likely be affected: |
Estimate in the aggregate as to the cost of compliance with the rule by the affected entities: |
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1,761 |
Projected dove hunters on the six conservation areas listed in the proposed amendment. |
$9,157.20/ year Projected costs per year impacting approximately 1,761 dove hunters at the six (6) proposed conservation areas. Each hunter will spend an additional $5.20 per box during the dove hunting season to use non-toxic shot versus lead shot.
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III. WORKSHEET
7,827 (Average number of dove hunters at conservation areas around the state, during the month of September)/ 80 (MDC conservation areas managed for doves) = 97.84 hunters per area in the month of September.
97.84 (hunters per area in the month of September) X 3 (month dove season in Missouri) = 293.52 average number of dove hunters per 80 conservation areas per season.
293.52 (average number of dove hunters per 80 conservation areas per season) X 6 (conservation areas proposed to be included as prohibiting the use of toxic shot) = 1,761 hunters per season to be impacted by the proposed amendment adding six (6) conservation areas prohibiting the use of lead shot.
40% (estimated increase of steel shot over lead shot) X $13.00/box (approximate price of lead shot size 6 &7 from Missouri retailers) = $5.20 increase in price/ box of steel shot over lead shot.
$5.20 (increase in price/ box of steel shot over lead shot) X 1,761 (hunters per season to be impacted by the proposed amendment adding six (6) conservation areas prohibiting the use of lead shot) = $9,157.20 (projected costs for non-toxic shot vs. lead shot by hunters on the six (6) proposed conservation areas per season)
- ASSUMPTIONS
Conservation areas listed in the proposed rule do not have mandatory check-in for dove hunting, which makes it difficult to get an accurate calculation on the number of hunters utilizing these areas. Less popular conservation areas could accommodate zero to hundreds of dove hunters. Popular conservation areas listed in the proposed rule could have several hundred hunters for the first week and then fewer hunters throughout the remainder of the season. Weather conditions could impact hunter presence, for example during wet years, many of the areas would have no active dove management.
Therefore, the below assumptions have been made:
- 7,827 (Average number of dove hunters at conservation areas around the state, during September)
- 3 (month dove season in Missouri)
- 80 MDC conservation areas managed for doves (MDC public web page)
- 40% (Estimated increase of steel shot over lead shot)
- $13.00/box (approximate price of lead shot size 6 &7 from Missouri retailers)
- 6 new conservation areas proposed to be included as prohibiting the use of lead shot (Blue Spring Branch Conservation Area, Capps Creek Conservation Area, Fort Crowder Conservation Area, Shawnee Trail Conservation Area, Sloan (Dr. O.E. and Eloise) Conservation Area, and Stockton Lake Management Lands).