3 CSR 10- 5.600: Resident Firearms Deer Management Assistance Program Permit

Purpose

This rule establishes a permit for residents to take antlerless deer from property enrolled in the department’s deer management assistance program during the firearms deer hunting season.

Summary:

This amendment moves the fee for a Resident Deer Management Assistance Program Permit to 3 CSR 10-5.950.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter 5—Wildlife Code: Permits

Proposed Rule

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. 

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