A rescission of this rule and subsequent readoption will allow for renaming of the title, removal of the CWD Management Zone designation, and maintaining of the prohibition on placement of feed and minerals for deer and the mandatory disease surveillance requirement.
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Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Chapter 4—Wildlife Code: General Provisions
Proposed Recission and Readoption
Proposed Amendment
(1) Within any designated county within ten (10) miles of a confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease-positive test result for any cervid, the placement of grain, salt products, minerals, and other consumable natural and manufactured products is prohibited. See the current Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, hereby incorporated in this Code by reference, for designated counties. This booklet is published annually in August by, and a printed copy can be obtained from, the Missouri Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 and is also available online at www.missouriconservation.org. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions. The following exceptions apply:
(A) Feed placed within one hundred (100) feet of any residence or occupied building; or
(B) Feed placed in such a manner to reasonably exclude access by deer; or
(C) Feed placed as part of a feral hog or CWD management effort authorized by an agent of the department; or
(D) Feed and minerals present solely as a result of normal agricultural or forest management or crop and wildlife food production practices.
(2) The head from any deer taken within a designated county on the first Saturday and Sunday of the November portion of the deer firearms hunting season must be presented by the taker to a designated disease surveillance sampling station on the day taken. See the current Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, hereby incorporated in this Code by reference, for designated counties and sampling station locations. This booklet is published annually in August by, and a printed copy can be obtained from, the Missouri Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 and is also available online at www.missouriconservation.org. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Dec. 15, 2015, effective May 30, 2016. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed December 12, 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.