Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 G N O H OT PA OL D OPPA N Conservation Department Offices Director, Department of Conservation Sara Parker Pauley The Conservation Commission Don C. Bedell Steven D. Harrison Mark L. McHenry Wm. L. (Barry) Orscheln Missouri Department of Conservation PO Box 180 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 573-751-4115 mdc.mo.gov Central Region Northwest Region Southwest Region Equal opportunity to participate in 3500 East Gans Road 701 James McCarthy Drive 2630 N. Mayfair and benefit from programs of the Columbia, MO 65201 St. Joseph, MO 64507 Springfield, MO 65803 Missouri Department of Conservation 573-815-7900 816-271-3100 417-895-6880 is available to all individuals without Kansas City Region Ozark Region St. Louis Region regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, 12405 SE Ranson Road 551 Joe Jones Blvd. 2360 Highway D sexual orientation, veteran status, or Lee’s Summit, MO 64082 West Plains, MO 65775 St. Charles, MO 63304 disability. Questions should be directed 816-622-0900 417-256-7161 636-441-4554 to the Department of Conservation, Northeast Region Southeast Region PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 3500 S. Baltimore 2302 County Park Drive 573-751-4115 (voice) or 800-735-2966 (TTY), or to Chief, Public Civil Rights, Kirksville, MO 63501 Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department 660-785-2420 573-290-5730 of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240. To report poaching or game-law violations, call Operation Game Thief 800-392-1111 Rewards are available for information leading to the arrest of game-law violators. You can remain anonymous. 2 Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 Table of Contents G N O H OT PA OL D OPPA N 4 Bear Hunting in Missouri 8 General Information 8 Hunter-Orange Requirement 5 Season at a Glance 8 Assisting Other Hunters 6 Permits 8 Bait 6 Permit Requirements 9 Giving Away Game 6 Random Drawing for Bear Hunting Permits 9 Sunrise/Sunset Times 6 Purchasing Permits 10 Black Bear Management Zones 7 Permit Allocation for Resident Landowners - 12 W-ildlife C-ode of- Missou-ri - I 14 After the Harvest 14 Notch Your Permit 14 Telecheck Your Bear 15 Mail a Premolar to MDC Note: According to rule 3 CSR 10-5.216 of the Wildlife Code of Missouri, if you have been convicted of multiple or major violations of the Code in the past five years, the Conservation Commission may consider suspending or revoking your hunting, trapping, and/or fishing privi- leges regardless of any previous court action. The point system the Commission uses to assess Code violations is explained at short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkV. Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 3 Bear Hunting in Missouri RI U O S S MI N G I N TI N U H R A E B G N O H OT PA OL D OPPA N Black bears are becoming more common and widespread the sustainable harvest of a valuable natural resource, while across the southern half of Missouri. The Conservation also allowing for the bear population to continue to grow. Department has determined that the state’s bear Additionally, as bear numbers continue to increase, hunting population can sustain a limited and highly regulated harvest. will serve as an essential component of black bear population This provides opportunity for Missourians to participate in management. 4 Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 Season at a Glance Dates Limits E Oct. 18–27, 2021, or until the harvest quota is reached in each One black bear of either sex with the following restrictions: C N Black Bear Management Zone (BMZ). ◾ You are required to call 800-668-4045 prior to hunting each A L 0 day to determine if the harvest quota has been met. This G Location A line will be updated no later than midnight on each day of T A Black bear hunting is allowed south of the Missouri River in the black bear hunting season. N O three Black Bear Management Zones (BMZs). You may hunt ◾ Harvest numbers will be assessed daily after 10 p.m. Should S A only in the BMZ specified on your permit. A map of the zones a harvest quota be reached, the season will close for that E S and written descriptions of the zone boundaries are found on BMZ on the following day. Page 10. ◾ The director of the Conservation Department may close hunting early within a BMZ if harvest reaches 80 percent of Shooting Hours the quota. One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset ◾ If the harvest quota is met or the director closes the season for the BMZ in which you are hunting, you may not harvest Attention a black bear. Black bear permits are allocated through a random drawing. ◾ Black bears that have taken refuge in a den may not be See Page 6. harvested or harassed. ◾ Only lone black bears may be harvested. You may not har- vest a bear that is with one or more other bears, including female bears with cubs. Allowed Prohibited ◾ Centerfire rifles or handguns using expanding-type bullets ◾ Self-loading firearms with capacity of more than 11 such as lead or copper cartridges in magazine and chamber combined. Some ◾ Shotguns with slugs only exceptions apply. See 3 CSR 10-7.900 of the Wildlife Code of ◾ Air-powered guns, .40 caliber or larger, charged only from Missouri. an external high-compression power source (external hand ◾ Ammunition propelling more than one projectile at a single pump, air tank, or air compressor) discharge (such as buckshot) ◾ Muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearms, .40 caliber or larger ◾ Full hard metal case projectiles and capable of firing only a single projectile at one dis- ◾ Fully automatic firearms charge. In-lines and scopes are allowed. ◾ Dogs ◾ Multiple-barreled muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearms ◾ Bait (see Page 8) and/or muzzleloading or cap-and-ball handguns, including ◾ Electronic calls and electronically activated calls revolvers, .40 caliber or larger, are allowed and may be car- ◾ Artificial lights, night vision equipment, thermal imagery ried in addition to a muzzleloading or cap-and-ball rifle. equipment, or telemetry equipment ◾ Longbows, compound bows, and recurve bows. Hand-held ◾ Hunting bears while they are in a stream or other body of string-releasing devices, illuminated sights, scopes, and water quickpoint sights are allowed. ◾ Hunting from a boat with a motor attached ◾ Crossbows ◾ Hunting with the aid of a motor-driven land conveyance or aircraft ◾ Additional methods may be prohibited by local ordinances. Required Permit Resident Black Bear Hunting Permit To harvest one black bear in the Black Bear Management Zone (see Page 10) specified on the permit. Bear hunting permits are available to Missouri residents only and are distributed by random drawing (see Page 6). If selected, you may purchase your bear hunting permit beginning July 1. You must have completed an approved hunter-education course, or were born before Jan. 1, 1967, to purchase a bear hunting permit. Age 11 and older ........................................ $25 Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 5 Permits Anyone who hunts, takes, or attempts to take a black bear Permit Allocations and Harvest Quotas must have a Resident Black Bear Hunting Permit. You must sign, carry, and show, upon request, your permit to any officer Each year, the Conservation Department establishes how who enforces the Wildlife Code of Missouri. many Resident Black Bear Hunting Permits will be allocated for each Black Bear Management Zone (BMZ). The Depart- Resident Black Bear Hunting Permit ment also sets a harvest quota for each BMZ. To pursue, take, possess, and transport one black bear during During the hunting season, harvest numbers will be the black bear hunting season. You may hunt only in the Black assessed daily after 10 p.m. Should a harvest quota be Bear Management Zone specified on your permit. reached, the season will close for that BMZ on the following Age 11 and older ........................................ $25 day. The director of the Conservation Department may close hunting early within a BMZ if harvest reaches 80 percent of Permit Requirements the quota. You are required to call 800-668-4045 prior to hunting each To purchase a Resident Black Bear Hunting Permit you must: day to determine if the harvest quota has been met. This line ◾ Be a resident of Missouri will be updated no later than midnight on each day of the ◾ Be at least 11 years old TS ◾ Have an approved hunter-education card or qualify for an black bear hunting season. If the harvest quota is met or the MI exemption (see below) director closes the season for the BMZ in which you are hunt- R PE ◾ Be selected through the random drawing to participate in ing, you may not harvest a black bear. black bear season (see below) Zone 1 ◾ Permits allocated: 200 Hunter-Education Requirement ◾ Harvest quota: 20 black bears You must complete an approved hunter-education course Zone 2 before you can purchase a black bear hunting permit unless: ◾ Permits allocated: 150 ◾ You were born before Jan. 1, 1967. ◾ Harvest quota: 15 black bears ◾ You have a developmental disability. See Rule 3 CSR 10-5.205 of the Wildlife Code of Missouri. Zone 3 If you can prove you completed a hunter-education course ◾ Permits allocated: 50 in another state, you are not required to take Missouri’s ◾ Harvest quota: 5 black bears course. You must be 11 years or older to enroll in Missouri’s Purchasing Permits hunter-education course. For more information, visit mdc.mo.gov/huntereducation. If you have been selected to participate in the black bear hunting season, you may purchase your permit beginning Random Drawing for Bear Hunting Permits July 1 using any of the methods below. Black bear hunting permits are allocated through a random ◾ Over the counter from any permit vendor. No surcharges drawing. You must be a Missouri resident to apply. will be assessed. ◾ The application period is May 1–31. Results are available ◾ Online anytime at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits. Use your beginning July 1. credit card to pay. No surcharges will be assessed. Print ◾ It costs $10 to apply. This fee is nonrefundable. your permit at home and have it in hand immediately. ◾ You must apply for a specific Black Bear Management Zone. ◾ From your smartphone using the free MO Hunting app (see ◾ You may submit only one application per year. Only one Page 7). Use your credit card to pay. No surcharges will be hunter is allowed per application. assessed. Your permit will appear on the app immediately ◾ You cannot transfer (give) your permit to another hunter. after purchase. Please do not apply if you won’t be able to hunt. ◾ By telephone at 800-392-4115. Use your credit card and pay To apply, visit mdc.mo.gov/buypermits. a $1 surcharge. Allow 10 days for delivery. Replacing a Lost Permit If you lose your permit, simply download the MO Hunting app to your Android or Apple mobile device, log in with your Conservation Number, and a valid, electronic version of your permit will appear on the app. Any active, valid permit can be reprinted from home at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits. Replace- ment permits can also be purchased from any vendor for $2. 6 Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 MO Hunting App Qualifying for Resident Landowner Status for the Bear Permit Drawing The Conservation Department’s free MO Hunting app offers a quick, easy, and convenient option for carrying your permits A Missouri resident is a person who does not claim any afield, voiding a permit after harvesting a bear, deer, elk, or tur- resident privileges (for example, hunting, fishing, trapping, key, and Telechecking your harvest. The app, which is free and driver’s license, or registered voter) in another state or country available for Android and Apple mobile devices, allows you to: and whose legal residence or domicile has been in the state ◾ Purchase permits. of Missouri for at least 30 days prior to obtaining a landowner ◾ See all the hunting, fishing, and trapping permits you have permit. purchased — even if they were purchased from a vendor, In addition to being a Missouri resident, you also must online, or by telephone. meet one of the following criteria: ◾ Carry valid, electronic permits afield. ◾ You must own at least 20 acres in one contiguous tract ◾ Electronically “notch” (void) your bear, deer, elk, and turkey within the Black Bear Management Zone (BMZ) for which permits directly from the app. you are applying. ◾ Telecheck your bear, deer, elk, or turkey using an easy-to-fill ◾ You must be a member of the landowner’s immediate form. Telecheck will upload a confirmation number to the household and have the same legal residence as the land- S T app. Note: Wildlife labeling requirements still apply. See owner for at least the last 30 days. MI R Page 14. ◾ You must be a general partner of a resident limited liability E P To log in to MO Hunting, you’ll need your Conserva- partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability limited tion Number. This nine-digit number can be found on your partnership, or a general partner of a general partnership Heritage Card, Conservation Permit Card, or on any current or formed by written agreement and the partnership must previous permit. For help locating your Conservation Num- own at least 20 acres in one contiguous tract within the ber, call 573-522-0107 during regular business hours or go to BMZ for which you are applying. short.mdc.mo.gov/ZkH. ◾ You must be an officer of a resident or foreign corporation MO Hunting is available in the Google Play and Apple App and the corporation must own at least 20 acres in one con- stores. You can also get MO Hunting and learn more about the tiguous tract within the BMZ for which you are applying. app at mdc.mo.gov/mobile/mobile-apps. ◾ You must be a managing member of a resident limited liability company and the company must own at least 20 Social Security Number Requirement acres in one contiguous tract within the BMZ for which you Federal Statute 42 U.S.C. § 666 and Missouri Revised Statute are applying. 454.403 require buyers of Missouri hunting, fishing, and trap- ◾ You must be an officer of a benevolent association orga- ping permits to provide their Social Security number. This nized pursuant to Chapter 352 of the Revised Statutes of requirement also applies to landowner permits. Individuals who Missouri and the association must own at least 20 acres do not have a Social Security number will be required to affirm in one contiguous tract within the BMZ for which you are that information. Falsifying a Social Security number may result applying. in revocation of privileges or criminal charges. Social Security ◾ You must be a settlor of a revocable trust and own at least numbers are securely stored and used in support of the Mis- 20 acres in one contiguous tract within the BMZ for which souri Department of Social Service’s child support enforcement. you are applying. ◾ You must be a permissible distributee of an irrevocable Permit Allocation for Resident Landowners trust and own at least 20 acres in one contiguous tract within the BMZ for which you are applying. At least 10 percent of the available bear hunting permits will be awarded to Missouri resident landowners who have quali- fying property in the specific Black Bear Management Zone Submit Your Property Information (BMZ) for which they are applying. Landowners will follow the same procedure to enter the random drawing as general To qualify for landowner status, you must submit applicants (see Page 6), and if awarded a black bear hunting information about your property by filling out a Land- permit, may hunt anywhere within the specified BMZ. If there owner Permit Application at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits. are fewer landowner applicants than the number of permits Your Landowner Permit Application must be approved allocated to them, the permits not issued to landowners will before you apply to the drawing for black bear hunting be awarded to general applicants. permits. Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 7 General Information Hunter-Orange Requirement Properly Cook All Game During the black bear hunting season, all persons hunting Trichinellosis is a disease people can get from eating under- bears and their companions must wear a cap or hat and a cooked meat that is infected with microscopic parasites. Most shirt, vest, or coat of the color commonly known as hunter people associate trichinellosis with eating undercooked pork, orange, which must be plainly visible from all sides. Camou- but in recent years, more cases have been attributed to eating flage orange garments do not meet this requirement. undercooked wild game such as bear. Early symptoms of trichinellosis include diarrhea, abdomi- Assisting Other Hunters nal cramps, nausea, and vomiting. These may be followed by Adults who accompany youth hunters ages 11–15 do not fever, muscle pains, facial swelling, and fatigue. Symptoms need a black bear hunting permit. The adult must be 18 or can last from weeks to months, and can vary in severity. older and be hunter-education certified or born before Janu- Properly cooking meat will prevent trichinellosis. Wild ary 1, 1967. At all other times during the black bear hunting game should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160 season, a filled or unfilled Resident Black Bear Hunting Permit degrees. A meat thermometer should be used because color is required to assist others in taking bears. A permit is not is not a good indicator of doneness. Smoking, freezing, or cur- required to accompany a hunter as long as the accompanying ing game meat does not kill all Trichinella parasites. individual does not assist in any manner in the taking of bears. Keep Carcasses Out of Streams and Lakes Bait It is illegal to place a bear carcass or any of its parts into any Using bait to hunt black bears is illegal. Bait is defined as well, spring, brook, branch, creek, stream, pond, or lake. any type of food that is placed or scattered in an attempt to Hunting Near Floodwaters or Fire attract bears to the area. Bait includes — but is not limited to — grain, livestock feed, bird food, pet food, food produced Wildlife, except waterfowl, may not be pursued or taken N for human consumption, and concentrated food powder. while trapped or surrounded by floodwaters or while fleeing O TI Scents and minerals, including salt, are not bait; mineral from floodwaters or fire. Note: Flood-prone areas in south- A M blocks with food additives are bait. Note: Salt products and east Missouri are closed to all hunting, except for waterfowl, OR minerals are prohibited year-round within Chronic Wasting during the fall deer and turkey hunting seasons when river F N Disease Management Zone counties. For additional infor- levels exceed certain limits on local river gauges. To see if an I L mation, see the Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and area is open or closed for bear hunting, visit mdc.mo.gov/ A R Information booklet, which is available in July at MDC offices, semofloods. E N permit vendors, and online. GE An area is considered baited for 10 days following com- Black Bear Hunting on Conservation Areas plete removal of bait. You are in violation of baiting if you take Black bear hunting is allowed on many conservation areas. To or attempt to take a black bear with the aid of bait, when you find a list of conservation areas open for black bear hunting, know or reasonably should know that the area is or has been visit mdc.mo.gov/bearhunting. baited. It is illegal to place bait in a way that causes other Tree Stands on Conservation Areas hunters to be in violation of the baiting rule. Retrieval of Game Portable tree stands may be placed only between Sept. 1 and Jan. 31 on Conservation Department areas. Unattended If you kill or injure a bear, you must make a reasonable effort stands must be plainly labeled with your full name and to retrieve and include the animal in your season limit. How- address, or Conservation Number. You may not use nails, ever, this does not authorize trespass. screw-in steps, or any material that would damage the tree. Tree stands must be removed before Feb. 1. Wanton Waste Portable Blinds on Conservation Areas It is illegal to intentionally leave or abandon any portion of any wildlife that is commonly used as human food. Portable blinds are permitted on conservation areas, but they must be removed from the area daily and may not be left unattended between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. It is recommended that blinds be labeled with the contact information of the owner and hunter-orange be displayed on the exterior of the blind to aid other hunters in locating and avoiding the blind. 8 Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 G N O H OT PA OL N D O NOPPA ATI M R O F Giving Away Game Sunrise/Sunset Times N I L You may give your harvested bear (excluding the gallbladder) Black bear hunting is allowed from one-half hour before A R to another person, but the bear counts toward your season sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. The sunrise and sunset NE E limit. Bears that are given away must be labeled with the times listed below are for Jefferson City and points on the G taker’s full name, address, date taken, and Telecheck confirma- same longitude north or south. For locations east, subtract tion number. one minute from the time listed for each 13 1/2 miles (airline) of distance. For locations west, add one minute for each 13 Possession, Storage, and Sale 1/2 miles. Properly checked bears may be possessed by anyone if Rise Set labeled with the taker’s full name, address, date taken, and DAY A.M. P.M. Telecheck confirmation number. The Telecheck confirmation Oct. 18 7:21 6:26 number must remain attached to the carcass until a meat Oct. 19 7:22 6:24 processor begins working on the animal. Bears left at commercial processing or cold storage plants Oct. 20 7:23 6:23 must be claimed by May 1 following the season taken. Oct. 21 7:24 6:22 Legally taken wildlife and wildlife parts, after mounting or Oct. 22 7:25 6:20 tanning, may be bought and sold. A bill of sale is required and must include the seller’s full name, address, and the number Oct. 23 7:26 6:19 and species of these parts, and the full name and address of Oct. 24 7:27 6:18 the purchaser. The bill of sale shall be retained by the pur- Oct. 25 7:28 6:17 chaser while these parts are in his/her possession. Oct. 26 7:29 6:15 Black Bear Gallbladders Oct. 27 7:30 6:14 Regardless of the state where the bear was harvested, black bear gallbladders may not be bought, sold, offered for sale, transferred, or given away. Extracted black bear gallbladders may not be transported into or within Missouri. Black Bear Hunting Digest — 2021 9 Black Bear Management Zones You must hunt in the Black Bear Management Zone (BMZ) that is specified on your permit. There is a quota (limit) for how many bears may be harvested in each BMZ. Harvest numbers will be assessed daily after 10 p.m. Should a harvest quota be reached, the season will close for that BMZ on the following day. The director of the Conservation Department may close hunting early within a BMZ if harvest reaches 80 percent of the quota. You are required to call 800-668-4045 prior to hunting each day to determine if the harvest quota has been met. This line will be updated no later than midnight on each day of the black bear hunting season. If the harvest quota is met or the director closes the season for the BMZ in which you are hunting, you may not harvest a black bear. 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