3 CSR 10- 5.300: Apprentice Hunter Authorization

Purpose

This rule provides for an Apprentice Hunter Authorization which will allow a person born on or after January 1, 1967 but at least sixteen (16) years of age to purchase firearms hunting permits so that they may hunt without hunter education certification in the presence of a properly licensed hunter education certified adult who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older.

Summary:

This amendment moves the fee for an Apprentice Hunter Authorization to 3 CSR 10-5.950.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter 5—Wildlife Code: Permits

Proposed Amendment

Apprentice Hunter Authorization. To allow the purchase of firearms hunting permits (except black bear and elk as provided in 3 CSR 10-5.205) by persons born on or after January 1, 1967, and at least sixteen (16) years of age without display of a hunter education certificate card.  This authorization may be purchased annually for no more than two (2) permit years (March 1 through the last day of February).  [Fee: ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50).] 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. 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.

Official public comment period: July 2, 2025 to July 31, 2025