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 10-7.705 - Elk: Hunting Season

(A) Archery portion: October 19 through 27, 2024; use archery methods only to take elk in open counties; firearms may not be possessed except any person may carry concealable firearms, as defined in Chapter 571, RSMo, on or about his/her person while hunting. Firearms possessed under this exception may not be used to take wildlife while archery hunting.

(B) Firearms portion: December 14 through 22, 2024; use any legal elk hunting method to take elk in open counties.

(A) During the firearms portion of the elk hunting season in open counties, other wildlife may be hunted only with pistol, revolver, or rifle firing a .22 caliber or smaller rimfire cartridge, or a shotgun and shot not larger than No. 4; except that waterfowl hunters, trappers, or landowners on their land may use other methods as specified in 3 CSR 10-7.410(1)(G); and except that deer hunters may use other methods as specified in 3 CSR 10-7.431(5) during the antlerless portion of the firearms deer season;

(B) During the firearms portion of the elk hunting season in open counties, persons holding an unfilled elk hunting permit and a Resident Small Game Hunting Permit may take furbearers during daylight hours using any legal elk hunting method;

(C) Furbearers may not be chased, pursued, or taken with the aid of dogs during daylight hours in open counties; and

(D) Squirrels and rabbits may not be chased, pursued, or taken with the aid of dogs during daylight hours in open counties.