Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Division 10 - Conservation Commission
Chapter 7 - Wildlife Code: Hunting: Seasons, Methods, Limits
Section 3 CSR 10-7.450 - Furbearers: Hunting Seasons, Methods

Universal Citation: 3 MO Code of State Regs 10-7.450

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This amendment prohibits the use of dogs to chase, pursue, or take furbearers during daylight hours in open counties during the new CWD portion.

(1) Badger, bobcat, gray fox, opossum, raccoon, red fox, and striped skunk may be taken in any numbers by hunting as follows: Badger, gray fox, and red fox from November 15 through January 31; bobcat from November 15 through the last day of February; and opossum, raccoon, and striped skunk from August 1 through October 15 and from November 15 through the last day of February.

(2) Pelts of furbearers may be possessed, transported, consigned for processing, and sold only by the taker with a valid permit throughout the year, except that bobcats or their pelts shall be delivered by the taker to an agent of the department for registration or tagging before selling, transferring, tanning, or mounting, but not later than April 10. Furbearers may be purchased and sold only under provisions of this rule, Chapter 10, and 3 CSR 10-4.135. No person shall accept payment for furbearers taken by another.

(3) Tagged bobcats or their pelts may be possessed by the taker throughout the year and may be sold only to a licensed taxidermist, tanner, or fur dealer as provided in Chapter 10. It shall be illegal to purchase or sell untagged bobcats or their pelts. After tanning, pelts may be possessed, bought, or sold without permit. Skinned carcasses of legally taken furbearers may be sold by the taker throughout the year.

(4) Coyotes, except as otherwise provided in this section, may be taken by hunting, and pelts and carcasses may be possessed, transported, and sold in any numbers throughout the year.

(A) Coyotes may not be chased, pursued, or taken during daylight hours from April 1 through the day prior to the beginning of the prescribed spring turkey hunting season.

(B) During the prescribed spring turkey hunting season, coyotes may not be chased, pursued, or taken except during legal shooting hours for turkey hunting using any legal spring turkey hunting season method by persons holding an unfilled Spring Turkey Hunting Permit; and
1. A Resident Small Game Hunting Permit; or

2. A Nonresident Furbearer Hunting and Trapping Permit.

(5) No furbearers may be chased, pursued, or taken during daylight hours with the aid of dogs from November 1 through the prescribed November portion of the firearms deer hunting season, during the antlerless and CWD portions of the firearms deer hunting season in counties open to deer hunting, during the firearms portion of the elk season in open counties, or with firearms from a boat at night.

(6) The dens or nests of furbearers shall not be molested or destroyed.

(7) Restrictions on possession shall not apply to tanned pelts, mounted specimens, or manufactured products.

*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended 1984.

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