Mo. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 10-7.600
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 19, October 1, 2024
Section 3 CSR 10-7.600 - Deer Management Assistance ProgramPURPOSE: This amendment would reduce the minimum
(1) Landowners with property located in any county may enroll property in the department-sponsored deer management assistance program in accordance with the following: (A) An enrolled property shall be at least two-hundred and fifty (250) acres, except inside the boundaries of cities or towns an enrolled property shall be at least twenty-five (25) acres. Individual parcels of land, regardless of ownership, may be combined to satisfy the acreage requirement for an enrolled property provided each parcel of land is no more than one half (0.5) air miles from the boundary of another parcel being combined to form an enrolled property. An enrolled property, or parcels being combined to create an enrolled property, may be dissected by public roads.(B) Landowners shall submit an application and have a deer management plan approved by the department to enroll property in the program. Application and deer management plan approval shall be on an annual basis.(2) In addition to the take of deer in accordance with statewide deer hunting regulations, additional antlerless deer may be taken during the archery deer hunting season and the firearms deer hunting season on properties enrolled in the department-sponsored deer management assistance program in accordance with the following: (A) Persons hunting or pursuing additional antlerless deer on enrolled properties must possess the prescribed deer management assistance program permit. Deer management assistance program permits may only be obtained by the persons and in quantities authorized by the participating landowner with property enrolled in the program. A Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, Nonresident Landowner Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit, Nonresident Archer's Hunting Permit, or a Nonresident Landowner Archer's Hunting Permit is required of nonresidents as a prerequisite to this permit. Nonresidents hunting or pursuing deer on a Nonresident Deer Management Assistance Program Permit shall be properly licensed for the season they are hunting. Properly licensed during the archery deer hunting season shall mean possession of one (1) of the archery permits (either filled or unfilled) required by this rule as a prerequisite for obtaining a Nonresident Deer Management Assistance Program Permit. Properly licensed during the firearms deer hunting season shall mean possession of one (1) of the firearms deer hunting permits (either filled or unfilled) required by this rule as a prerequisite for obtaining a Nonresident Deer Management Assistance Program Permit;(B) All deer management assistance program permits are valid only on the enrolled property they were issued for, or in the case of multiple landowners of enrolled property, only on the portion of the enrolled property where the permit holder has obtained landowner permission to pursue and take deer; and(C) Additional antlerless deer may be taken on enrolled properties only in accordance with the statewide deer hunting regulations in this chapter. All applicable statewide season, method, permit, limit, tagging, and checking requirements apply, except deer management assistance program permits filled while hunting on an enrolled property are not included in the antlerless permit limits established by 3 CSR 10-7.437.Adopted by Missouri Register January 15, 2019/Volume 44, Number 2, effective 3/1/2019Amended by Missouri Register July 1, 2019/Volume 44, Number 13, effective 6/15/2019Amended by Missouri Register July 1, 2020/Volume 45, Number 13, effective 7/1/2020Amended by Missouri Register January 15, 2021/Volume 46, Number 2, effective 2/28/2021Amended by Missouri Register July 1, 2021/Volume 46, Number 13, effective 7/1/2021Amended by Missouri Register July 1, 2022/Volume 47, Number 13, effective 7/1/2022Amended by Missouri Register April 1, 2024/volume 49, Number 07, effective 5/31/2024.