Missouri deer and turkey hunters can get the most current information on fall hunting from the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) “2019 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting & Regulations Information” booklet, available where permits are sold and online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov.
A news release from MDC says the booklet has detailed information on fall deer and turkey hunting seasons, limits, permits, managed hunts, regulations, conservation areas to hunt, post-harvest instructions and more.
Changes for 2019 include:
· New counties have been added to the CWD Management Zone. Other counties have been removed.
· During Nov. 16-17, hunters who harvest a deer in the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone must take their deer on the day of harvest to a designated CWD sampling station.
· An antler point restriction has been reinstated in Benton, Boone, Callaway, Carroll, Cole, Cooper, Grundy, Livingston, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, and Shelby counties.
· Adults no longer need a permit to assist properly licensed youth hunters during the youth portions of firearms deer season.
· Lessees are no longer eligible for no-cost resident landowner permits.
· Hunters may now fill two firearms antlerless permits in Audrain, Christian, Clark, Dallas, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, and Ralls counties.
· Qualifying landowners in Andrew, Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway counties may now receive only one no-cost firearms antlerless permit.
· Qualifying landowners in Christian, Lawrence, Pulaski, Ripley, Shannon, and Webster counties may now receive two no-cost firearms antlerless permits.
· Barton, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Jasper, Lawrence, Maries, Newton, Oregon, Phelps, Pulaski, Ripley, Shannon, Texas, Webster, and Wright counties are now open during the antlerless portion of firearms deer season.
· New managed deer hunts have been added, and others have been removed or modified.
· Deer hunting regulations have changed for some conservation areas.
· Nontoxic shot is now required on several conservation areas that did not require it in the past.
You can find out more by visiting MDC’s website at www.mdc.mo.gov.