Missouri Hunting Calendar
Credit Missouri Conservation Department | Wildlife Regulations
 
Badger Bear Beaver Bobcat Coyote Crow Deer Dove Elk Fox Groundhog Mink Muskrat Nutria Otter Paddlefish Pheasant Quail Rabbit Raccoon Snipe Sora/Virginia Rail Squirrel Striped Skunk Teal Turkey Waterfowl Woodcock
 
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Badger11/15/231/31/24 
Black Bear (exclusive)10/16/2310/25/23 
Beaver, Nutria Trapping11/15/233/31/24 
Bobcat11/15/232/28/24 
Common Snipe9/1/2312/16/23 
Coyote11/15/232/28/24 
Crow11/1/233/3/24 
Deer
. Archery9/15/23
11/22/23
11/10/23
1/15/24
 
. Firearms
Alternative Methods
12/24/231/3/24 
Antlerless (open areas only)10/6/2310/8/23 
Late Antlerless (open areas only)12/2/2312/10/23 
CWD Portion (open areas only)11/22/2311/26/23 
Early Youth
Late Youth
10/28/23
11/24/23
10/29/23
11/26/23
 
November11/11/2311/21/23 
Dove9/1/2311/29/23 
Elk
. Archery10/21/2310/28/23 
. Firearms12/9/2312/17/23 
Fox, Red or Grey11/15/231/31/24 
Groundhog5/8/2312/15/23 
Mink11/15/232/28/24(See Wildlife Code)
Muskrat11/15/232/28/24(See Wildlife Code)
Opossum11/15/232/28/24 
Otter11/15/232/28/24(See Wildlife Code)
Paddlefish on Mississippi3/15/23
9/15/23
5/15/23
12/15/23
 
Pheasant
. Regular11/1/231/15/24 
. Youth10/28/2310/28/23 
Quail
. Regular11/1/231/15/24 
. Youth10/28/2310/29/23 
Rabbit10/1/232/15/24 
Raccoon11/15/232/28/24 
Sora, Virginia Rail9/1/2311/9/23 
Squirrel5/28/232/15/24 
Striped Skunk11/15/232/28/24 
Teal9/9/239/24/23 
Turkey
. Archery9/15/23
11/22/23
11/10/23
1/15/24
 
. Firearms
Spring
4/15/245/5/24 
. Firearms
Fall
10/1/2310/31/23 
. Firearms
Youth
4/6/244/7/24 
WaterfowlSee Wildlife Code for zone seasons. See Waterfowl Hunting Digest or www.missouriconservation.org/7573.
Duck Bag Limit6 ducks daily, including no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 females), 2 scaup, 2 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 1 black duck, 1 hooded merganser, 1 canvasback and 1 pintail (during the prescribed season). The possession limit is 12, including no more than 8 mallards (no more than 4 females), 4 scaup, 4 wood ducks, 4 redheads, 2 black ducks, 2 hooded mergansers, 2 canvasbacks and 2 pintails.
Goose Bag LimitNo more than 20 blue, snow or Ross geese daily (no possession limit), 1 brant daily (2 in possession) and 1 white-fronted geese daily (2 in possession). See Wildlife Code for zone regulations.
Woodcock10/15/2311/28/23 
 
Wildlife Code of Missouri: www.missouriconservation.org/regs/code/
 
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