Hunting in Missouri
Official agency resources
Missouri Department of Conservation
- Buy a license ↗
https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/permits
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/regulations
- Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/elk/elk-application-process
- GMU map ↗
https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/where-hunt-and-shoot
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/tagging-and-telecheck
- Hunter education ↗
https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/hunter-education
Authoritative source
For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in Missouri, go straight to the issuing agency.
Missouri Department of ConservationGame species in Missouri
See all species →Click any species to see every state where it's on the books.
Big Game
Wild Turkey
Upland Birds
Waterfowl
Small Game
Migratory
Unit boundaries
Game management unit boundaries for Missouri are being verified against the state agency source. Outdoors won't publish them until the source has been hand-checked.
In the meantime, use the agency link above for the official unit maps and the parks below for huntable public land in Missouri.
Huntable public lands in Missouri
Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
21,855.3 acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Great River National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Kinkaid Lake Purchase Unit
Conservation Area
1,252.72 acres
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
1,816.9 acres
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
7,519.8 acres
Mark Twain National Forest
National Forest
1,485,800 acres
Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
41.2 acres
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
10,455.5 acres
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
11,743.6 acres