bransonglobe.com STATE By Joe Jerek, Missouri Dept. of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri deer and turkey hunters can get the most current information on upcoming fall hunting from the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) 2020 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting & Regulations Information booklet, available where permits are sold and online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/ fall-deer-and-turkey-hunting-regulations-and-information. The booklet has detailed information on fall deer and turkey hunting seasons, limits, permits, managed hunts, regulations, conservation areas to hunt, post-harvest instructions, chronic wasting disease (CWD) updates, and more. Changes for the upcoming season include: • Flood-prone areas in southeast Missouri are closed to hunting, except waterfowl, during deer and turkey seasons when river levels exceed certain limits. • To slow the spread of CWD, there are new carcass transportation regulations. • Clark County has been added to the CWD Management Zone. • During Nov. 14–15, hunters who harvest a deer in the CWD Management Zone must take it on the day of harvest to a CWD sampling station. MDC is monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and will re-evaluate by Nov. 1 mandatory CWD sampling requirements. For the latest information, please visit mdc. mo.gov/cwd. • The antler-point restriction has been removed for Clark County and inside the Columbia city limits. • Nonresident permit prices have gone up. • Hunters may no longer use a Firearms Antlerless Deer WED 92 Partly Cloudy Slight Chance Showers & T-Storms 72 • Hunting Permit in Atchison County. Hunters may now fill two Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits in Lincoln and Montgomery counties, and in Cass County outside the urban zone. • To qualify for no-cost resident landowner permits, you now must own at least 20 acres in one contiguous tract. • Nonresidents who own at least 75 acres in one contiguous tract in Missouri may now buy deer and turkey hunting permits at reduced prices. • To get landowner permits, you must submit information about your property by filling out a Landowner Permit Application. • Qualifying landowners may now receive two Resident Landowner Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits in Newton County. • Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits may now be used in Scott County. • New managed deer hunts have Your Branson Area Weather Source Loving The Ozarks Branson Area 5 Day Outlook THU FRI • been added, and others have been removed or modified. Deer hunting regulations have changed for some conservation areas. • A limited elk hunting season • will be held in Carter, Reynolds, and Shannon counties. There is a new definition for handgun. Buy Missouri hunting and fishing permits from numerous venJuly 1 - 2, 2020 • 11 Get fall deer and turkey hunting info from new MDC booklet dors around the state, online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/permits, or through MDC’s free mobile app, MO Hunting, available for download through Google Play or the App Store. SAT SUN 95 93 91 93 Mostly Sunny Chance For Showers & T-Storms 74 Mostly Cloudy Possible Showers & Thunderstorms 70 4TH OF JULY!! Possible Scattered Showers & Storms 69 Mostly Sunny
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