3 CSR 10- 7.434: Deer: Landowner Privileges

(1) Resident and nonresident landowners as defined in 3 CSR 10-20.805 may obtain landowner deer hunting permits from any permit vendor, but only after application to and approval by the department in accordance with 3 CSR 10-7.412.[Landowner permits may be obtained only in accordance with this rule.]

  [(A) Resident and nonresident landowners may apply for approval to obtain landowner deer hunting permits on a form provided by the department. This application shall include the applicant’s name, date of birth, domicile address, phone number, conservation identification number, e-mail, property acreage, landowner type, type of corporate ownership (if applicable), and parcel identification for the qualifying property. All applicants must submit an individual application. A new application for approval to obtain landowner deer hunting permits must be submitted at least once every three (3) years or at any time when there is a change to any information required on the current application. Approval of applications received less than (60) sixty days prior to any deer hunting season cannot be guaranteed. In addition to the application required by this rule, submission of proof of eligibility to receive landowner permits may also be required by the department at any time. Failure to submit satisfactory proof of eligibility at the request of the department shall be sufficient cause for denial of an application or withdrawal of approval to obtain landowner deer hunting permits.]

  [(B)](A) Approved resident landowners may obtain the following permits at no-cost: one (1) Resident Landowner Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, one (1) Resident Landowner Archer’s Hunting Permit, and, if property is in a county in which Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits can be used, two (2) Resident Landowner Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits. 

  [(C)](B) In addition to the permits listed in subsection (1)[(B)](A), approved resident landowners with seventy-five (75) or more acres located in a single county or at least seventy-five (75) continuous acres bisected by a county boundary may obtain a maximum of two (2) no-cost Resident Landowner Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits. Resident landowners with at least seventy-five (75) acres in more than one (1) county must comply with landowner antlerless deer limits for each county.

    1. Approved resident landowners of at least seventy-five (75) acres may obtain one (1) no-cost Landowner Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit in the counties of:  Andrew, Atchison, Butler, Carter, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin, Holt, Iron, Maries, Mississippi, New Madrid, Nodaway, Pemiscot, Phelps, Reynolds, Scott, Stoddard, Texas, Wayne, and Wright.

    2. Approved resident landowners of at least seventy-five (75) acres may obtain two (2) no-cost Landowner Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits in the counties of: Adair, Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Chariton, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Daviess, DeKalb, Franklin, Gasconade, Gentry, Greene, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Howard, Howell, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Marion, McDonald, Mercer, Miller, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Perry, Pettis, Pike, Platte, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Ripley, Shannon, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Francois, St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Vernon, Warren, Washington, Webster, and Worth. 

  [(D)](C) Approved nonresident landowners may purchase the following reduced-cost Nonresident Landowner Deer Hunting Permits: one (1) Nonresident Landowner Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit and one (1) Nonresident Landowner Archer’s Hunting Permit.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed April 29, 2004, effective May 15, 2004. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed September 4, 2020.

PUBLIC COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE 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.