The conservation areas listed below are open for black bear hunting as permitted in Chapter 11 of the Wildlife Code. The tables are for informational purposes only. Know area restrictions before you hunt. Hunting is permitted on department areas, except as further restricted by signs, area brochures, or Chapter 11 of the Wildlife Code. A valid area daily hunting tag may be required in addition to statewide permits. Hunting may be further restricted on designated portions of department areas which include, but are not limited to, refuges, wildlife sanctuaries, shooting ranges, residences, work areas, campgrounds, and other public use or service areas.
Please note that the tables below only provide information related to bear hunting on conservation areas and do not imply that an area has bears. Tables are subject to change. Check black bear-specific regulations. For maps and details of the conservation areas listed here, visit Places to Go.
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Bear Management Zone 1 Conservation Areas
Area Name | County | Bear Archery and Firearms | Bear Archery Only |
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Archie and Gracie Vanderhoef Memorial | Howell | x | |
Boston Ferry CA | Taney | x | |
Buffalo Hills NA | McDonald | x | |
Bull Shoals Lake ML | Ozark, Taney | x | |
Busiek SF and WA | Christian | x | |
Caney Mountain CA | Ozark | x | |
Capps Creek CA | Newton | x | |
Cedar Gap CA | Wright | x | |
Cover (Dan and Maureen) Prairie CA | Howell | x | |
Cowskin Access | McDonald | x | |
Deep Ford Access | McDonald | x | |
Diamond Grove Prairie CA | Newton | x | |
Drury-Mincy CA | Taney | x | |
Flag Spring CA | Barry, McDonald | x | |
Fort Crowder CA | Newton | x | |
Hayes Spring CA | Stone | x | |
Holland SF | Stone | x | |
Hollister Towersite | Taney | x | |
Huckleberry Ridge CA | McDonald | x | |
Jessie Hollow CA | Stone | x | |
Lanagan Towersite | McDonald | x | |
Lewis (The) Family, Dean, Anna Mae and David D. Lewis Mem CA | Taney | x | |
Massengill (Richard) CA | Douglas | x | |
Neosho Towersite | Newton | x | |
Norfork Lake ML | Ozark | x | |
Patrick Bridge Access | Ozark | x | |
Pilot Knob CA | Stone | x | |
Powell Towersite | McDonald | x | |
Rippee CA | Douglas | x | |
Roaring River CA | Barry | x | |
Shannon Ranch CA | Douglas | x | |
Stubblefield Access | Barry | x | |
Timber Knob Towersite | Ozark | x | |
Tingler Prairie CA | Howell | x | |
Tipton Ford Access | Newton | x | |
Vera Cruz Access | Douglas | x | |
White Ranch CA | Howell | x | |
Wire Road CA | Stone | x |
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Bear Management Zone 2 Conservation Areas
Area Name | County | Bear Archery and Firearms | Bear Archery Only |
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Amidon Mem CA | Bollinger, Madison | x | |
Anderson (John N and Melba S) Mem CA | Crawford | x | |
Angeline CA | Shannon | x | |
Apple Creek CA | Cape Girardeau | x | |
Aquilla Access | Stoddard | x | |
Barn Hollow NA | Howell, Texas | x | |
Beaver Creek CA | Phelps | x | |
Big Cane CA | Butler | x | |
Birch Creek CA | Shannon | x | |
Bismarck CA | Iron, St. Francois, Washington | x | |
Black Island CA (DeSoto Unit) | Pemiscot | x | |
Black Island CA (Gayoso Bend Unit) | Pemiscot | x | |
Black Island CA (Stephen C Bradford Unit) | Pemiscot | x | |
Black Island CA (Wolf Bayou Unit) | Pemiscot | x | |
Blue Spring Branch CA | Perry | x | |
Blue Springs Creek CA | Crawford | x | |
Bootleg Access | Washington | x | |
Bradley A. Hammer Memorial | Wayne | x | |
Brown (Gerhild and Graham) CA | Dent | x | |
Buford Mountain CA | Iron, Washington | x | |
Cape LaCroix Bluffs CA | Scott | x | |
Carter Creek CA | Carter | x | |
Cash (Ben) Mem CA | Dunklin | x | |
Castor River CA | Bollinger | x | |
Catawissa CA | Franklin | x | |
Cedar Grove CA | Dent | x | |
Chalk Bluff Trail Access | Dunklin | x | |
Clearwater CA | Reynolds | x | |
Clearwater Lake ML | Reynolds, Wayne | x | |
Clement (R F) Mem Forest and WA | Dent | x | |
Clubb Creek CA | Bollinger | x | |
Coldwater Access | Wayne | x | |
Coldwater CA | Wayne | x | |
Corkwood CA | Butler | x | |
Cover (Dan and Maureen) Mem WA | Oregon | x | |
Crooked Creek CA | Crawford | x | |
Crowleys Ridge CA | Stoddard | x | |
Current River CA | Carter, Reynolds, Shannon | x | |
Davidson (Carrick W) - Robert G Paris WA | Howell | x | |
Davis (Dean) CA | Howell | x | |
Donaldson Point CA | New Madrid | x | |
Flatwoods CA | Wayne | x | |
Fourche Creek CA | Ripley | x | |
Frisbee Cutoff Access | Dunklin | x | |
Funk Mem SF and WA | Iron | x | |
General Watkins CA | Scott | x | |
Gipsy Towersite | Bollinger | x | |
Girvin (John L and Georgia) CA | New Madrid, Pemiscot | x | |
Gist Ranch CA | Texas | x | |
Glassberg (Myron and Sonya) Family CA | Jefferson | x | |
Graves Mountain CA | Iron, Wayne | x | |
Hawn Access | Bollinger | x | |
Hemenway CA | Ripley | x | |
Holly Ridge CA | Stoddard | x | |
Hornersville Swamp CA | Dunklin | x | |
Horton Farm Conservation Area | Ste. Genevieve | x | |
Howell Island CA | St. Charles, St. Louis | x | |
Hughes Mountain NA | Washington | x | |
Hunter Towersite | Carter | x | |
Huzzah CA | Crawford | x | |
Indian Trail CA | Dent | x | |
Iron Bridge Access | Wayne | x | |
Ketcherside Mountain CA | Iron, Reynolds | x | |
Keysville Towersite | Crawford | x | |
Kingston Access | Washington | x | |
Knob Lick Towersite | St. Francois | x | |
LaBarque Creek CA | Jefferson | x | |
Lake Girardeau CA | Cape Girardeau | x | |
Little Black CA | Ripley | x | |
Little Indian Creek CA | Franklin, Washington | x | |
Little Whitewater CA | Bollinger | x | |
Logan Creek CA | Reynolds, Shannon | x | |
Lon Sanders Canyon CA | Wayne | x | |
Magnolia Hollow CA | Ste. Genevieve | x | |
Maintz Wildlife Preserve | Cape Girardeau | x | |
Marquand Access | Madison | x | |
Meramec CA | Franklin | x | |
Merrill Horse Access | Jefferson | x | |
Midvale CA | Texas | x | |
Millstream Gardens CA | Madison | x | |
Montauk Towersite | Dent | x | |
Mudpuppy CA | Ripley | x | |
Oak Ridge CA | Stoddard | x | |
Old Plantation Access | Cape Girardeau | x | |
Pacific Palisades CA | Jefferson | x | |
Pea Ridge CA | Washington | x | |
Peck Ranch CA (Outside the fence) | Carter, Shannon | x | |
Poplar Bluff CA | Butler | x | |
Red Rock Landing CA | Perry | x | |
Redhorse Access | Franklin | x | |
Riverside CA | Iron, Reynolds, Wayne | x | |
Rocky Creek CA | Shannon | x | |
Rosati Towersite | Phelps | x | |
Sand Pond CA | Ripley | x | |
Sank CA | Bollinger | x | |
Seven Island CA | Mississippi | x | |
Seventy-Six CA | Perry | x | |
Short Bend Access | Dent | x | |
Sizemore ( Pearl G and John J) Mem CA | Crawford | x | |
Sun (Stephen J) CA | Butler | x | |
Sunklands CA | Shannon | x | |
Sweetgum Access | Bollinger | x | |
Swift Ditch Access | New Madrid | x | |
Thomasville Towersite | Shannon | x | |
Thompson Ford Access | Madison | x | |
Tywappity Towersite | Scott | x | |
University Forest | Butler, Wayne | x | |
Valley View Glades NA | Jefferson | x | |
Victoria Glades CA | Jefferson | x | |
Wappapello Lake ML | Wayne | x | |
Warbler Woods CA | Dunklin | x | |
Warm Fork CA | Oregon | x | |
White River Trace CA | Dent | x | |
Wilhelmina CA | Butler, Dunklin | x | |
Windy Bar Island CA | Cape Girardeau | x | |
Woods (Woodson K) Mem CA | Crawford, Phelps | x | |
Yokum School CA | Wayne | x | |
Young CA | Jefferson | x |
Title
Bear Management Zone 3 Conservation Areas
Area Name | County | Bear Archery and Firearms | Bear Archery Only |
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Alfred Newton Gossett | Dallas | x | |
Allen (Wilbur) Mem CA | Wright | x | |
Amarugia Highlands CA | Cass | x | |
Balltown Access | Vernon | x | |
Baltimore Bend CA | Lafayette | x | |
Barclay CA | Dallas | x | |
Barnes (P F) CA | Texas | x | |
Bear Creek CA | Laclede | x | |
Ben Branch Lake CA | Osage | x | |
Bennett Spring Access | Dallas | x | |
Berrier (Dr. Harry and Mrs. Lina) Memorial | Cass | x | |
Bethel Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Big Buffalo Creek CA | Benton, Morgan | x | |
Birdsong CA | St. Clair | x | |
Blackjack Access | St. Clair | x | |
Blind Pony Lake CA | Saline | x | |
Blue Lick CA | Saline | x | |
Bluff Springs CA | Cedar | x | |
Boeckman Bridge Access | Miller | x | |
Bohigian CA | Phelps | x | |
Bois D?Arc CA | Greene | x | |
Brickley Hollow CA | Benton | x | |
Bridger (Jim) Urban CA | Jackson | x | |
Bristow CA | Vernon | x | |
Bruns (Dr Bernard) Access | Osage | x | |
Bruns Tract | Pettis | x | |
Brush Creek CA | Polk | x | |
Bryson?s Hope CA | Pettis | x | |
Buffalo Wallow Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Burnt Mill Cave CA | Camden | x | |
Bushwhacker Lake CA | Barton, Vernon | x | |
Buzzard Bluff Access | Wright | x | |
Canaan CA | Gasconade | x | |
Carpenter Mem CA | Morgan | x | |
Cephas Ford Access | Vernon | x | |
Chapel View Prairie CA | Henry | x | |
Charity Access | Dallas | x | |
Church Farm CA | Cole | x | |
Clear Creek CA | Barton, Vernon | x | |
Clifty Creek CA | Maries | x | |
Coffin Cave CA | Laclede | x | |
Compton Hollow CA | Webster | x | |
Comstock Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Cooper Hill CA | Osage | x | |
Corry Flatrocks CA | Dade | x | |
Cross Timbers Access | Hickory | x | |
Dave Rock CA | St. Clair | x | |
Davis (The Lester R) Mem Forest | Barton | x | |
Dixon Towersite | Pulaski | x | |
Dorris Creek Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Dorsett Hill Prairie CA | Cass | x | |
Douglas Branch CA | Vernon | x | |
Drover?s Prarie CA | Pettis | x | |
Drywood CA | Barton | x | |
Eck (Peter A) CA | Texas | x | |
Edmonson Access | Benton | x | |
Edward B. and Marie O. Risch | Barton | x | |
Ferguson-Herold CA | Lafayette | x | |
Fewel (Connor O) CA | Henry | x | |
Fiddlers Ford Access | Dade | x | |
Fiery Fork CA | Camden | x | |
Flight Lake CA | Vernon | x | |
Fort Leonard Wood Towersite | Pulaski | x | |
Fuson (John Alva, MD) CA | Wright | x | |
Gale (Larry R) Access | Camden | x | |
Gama Grass Prairie CA | Vernon | x | |
Gasconade Hills CA | Pulaski | x | |
Goose Creek CA | Dallas, Laclede | x | |
Grandfather Prairie CA | Pettis | x | |
Granny?s Acres CA | Benton | x | |
Harmony Mission Lake CA | Bates | x | |
Hartwell CA | Pettis | x | |
Hazel Hill Lake | Johnson | x | |
Hi Lonesome Prairie CA | Benton | x | |
Hite Prairie CA | Morgan | x | |
Honey Creek Access | Cole | x | |
Horse Creek Prairie CA | Dade | x | |
Horseshoe Bend NA | Texas | x | |
Indigo Prairie CA | Dade | x | |
Ionia Ridge CA | Benton | x | |
Kahrs-Boger Park | Pettis | x | |
Kearn (J.N. Turkey) Memorial WA | Johnson, Pettis | x | |
Kearn (W R) Mem CA | Pettis | x | |
Kickapoo Prairie CA | Lawrence | x | |
Kings Prairie Access | St. Clair | x | |
La Due Bottoms CA | Henry | x | |
Lamine River CA | Cooper, Morgan | x | |
Lawson (Mary) CA | Laclede | x | |
Lead Mine CA | Dallas | x | |
Liberty Bend CA | Clay | x | |
Linscomb WA | St. Clair | x | |
Little Prairie CA | Phelps | x | |
Little Sac Woods CA | Greene | x | |
Lone Jack Lake CA | Jackson | x | |
Long Ridge CA | Franklin | x | |
Lost Valley Fish Hatchery | Benton | x | |
Madden Ford Access | Miller | x | |
Manito Lake | Moniteau, Morgan | x | |
Maple Leaf Lake | Lafayette | x | |
Marion Bottoms CA | Cole, Moniteau | x | |
Marshall Junction CA | Pettis, Saline | x | |
Mo-No-I Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Mon-Shon Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Mora CA | Benton | x | |
Mule Shoe CA | Camden, Hickory | x | |
Murphy (John F) Mem SF and WA | Hickory | x | |
Niangua CA | Webster | x | |
Odin Access | Wright | x | |
Old Town Access | Bates | x | |
Osage Fork CA | Laclede | x | |
Osage Prairie CA | Vernon | x | |
Pa Sole Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Paint Brush Prairie CA | Pettis | x | |
Painted Rock CA | Osage | x | |
Paris Springs Access | Lawrence | x | |
Peabody CA | Bates | x | |
Phenix Access | Greene | x | |
Pikes Camp Access | Cole | x | |
Piney River Narrows NA | Texas | x | |
Pleasant Hope CA | Polk | x | |
Plowboy Bend CA | Moniteau | x | |
Poague (Haysler A) CA | Henry | x | |
Pomme De Terre Lake ML | Hickory, Polk | x | |
Prairie Home CA | Cooper, Moniteau | x | |
Proctor Towersite | Morgan | x | |
Providence Prairie | Lawrence | x | |
Rader Access | Webster | x | |
Redwing Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Rinquelin Trail Lake CA | Maries | x | |
Ripgut Prairie NA | Bates | x | |
Rocky Mount Towersite | Miller | x | |
Roubidoux Creek CA | Pulaski | x | |
Saline Valley CA | Miller | x | |
Sare (Dale) CA | Greene | x | |
Scrivner Road CA | Cole | x | |
Sentinel CA | Polk | x | |
Shawnee Trail CA | Barton | x | |
Shelton (Wade and June) Mem CA | Dade | x | |
Sky Prairie CA | Cedar | x | |
Sloan (Dr O E and Eloise) CA | Dade | x | |
Smith (Roger V and Viola Wachal) CA | Cole, Moniteau | x | |
Smoky Waters CA | Cole, Osage | x | |
Sni-A-Bar CA | Lafayette | x | |
Spring Creek Gap CA | Maries | x | |
Stockton Lake ML (excluding waterfowl refuge) | Cedar, Dade, Polk | x | |
Stony Point Prairie CA | Dade | x | |
Stringtown Bridge Access | Cole | x | |
Taberville Prairie CA | St. Clair | x | |
Talbot (Robert E) CA | Lawrence | x | |
Toronto Springs CA | Camden | x | |
Treaty Line Prairie CA | Barton | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Bethlehem) | Henry | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Brownington) | Henry | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Brush Creek) | Benton | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Cedar Creek) | Henry | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Cross Timbers) | Hickory | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Deepwater Creek) | Henry | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Gallinipper Creek) | St. Clair | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Gouge Eye) | Henry | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Leesville) | Henry | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Little Pomme de Terre) | Benton | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Little Tebo Creek) | Benton | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Sac Osage) | St. Clair | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Salt Creek) | St. Clair | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Tebo Islands) | Benton | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Upper Tebo Creek) | Henry | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Valhalla) | St. Clair | x | |
Truman Reservoir ML (Weaubleau Creek) | St. Clair | x | |
Turkey Creek CA | Cedar | x | |
Twenty-Five Mile Prairie CA | Polk | x | |
Urich CA | Henry | x | |
White (George O) SF Nursery | Texas | x | |
Wigwam School Access | Morgan | x | |
Wilson Camp Access | Miller | x |