Hunting - Trapping

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Aiming for quail slideshow video
Get the feel for a quail hunt with this engaging video slideshow featuring images from Conservationist photographer David Stonner.
Andy Dalton Shooting Range & Outdoor Education Center
Andy Dalton shooting range has a rifle/pistol range, trap/skeet ranges, shotgun patterning range, static and 3-D archery ranges, a training center including a 50-seat indoor classroom, and an outdoor pavilion.
Antler-Point Restriction article ConMag Spt 2008
Antler-Point Restriction article ConMag Spt 2008
August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area Shooting Range & Outdoor Education Center
Busch shooting range includes a rifle/pistol range, trap/skeet fields, shotgun patterning range, field archery ranges, broadhead archery pit ranges, and tree stand practice poles.
Calendar of Hunting Events
Hunting events across the state
Guide for the Kansas City Hunter (545KB)
Guide to hunting on conservation areas near Kansas City
Hunter Education
You can use this database to find hunter education classes in your county.
Jay Henges Shooting Range & Outdoor Education Center
Jay Henges shooting range includes a rifle/pistol range, a trap range, a shotgun patterning, and archery range
Lake City Shooting Range & Outdoor Education Center
The cost to shoot on the rifle/pistol range is $3.00/hour/per booth. Trap fees are $2.00/hour/shooter. Shooters are to provide required hearing and eye protection for shooting.
Missouri Hunter Education Program (764KB)
Learn more about Missouri's Hunter Education program.
Nontoxic Shot Only Rule
Beginning March 1, 2007, twenty-one conservation areas will have a nontoxic shot only regulation for all hunting with a shotgun.
Online Hunter Education
Information about taking hunter education online and participating in field days as an alternative to classroom hunter ed
Operation Gamethief and Operation Forest Arson (188KB)
Brochure about Operation Gamethief and Operation Forest Arson
Parma Woods Shooting Range & Outdoor Education Center
Parma Woods shooting range includes a rifle/pistol range, a covered and baffled firing range, and a training/meeting room.
Shooting Ranges On Missouri Department Of Conservation Areas
The Department meets or exceeds all national safety guidelines for shooting range design. Department ranges are safety inspected at least twice yearly to insure their maintenance and continued safety.
Shooting Ranges and Outdoor Education Centers (1.0MB)
A list of activities available at MDC manned and unmanned shooting ranges around Missouri
The MDC Hunting Page
The Missouri Department of Conservation's official hunting and trapping page.
Unstaffed Shooting Ranges
Find all Department unstaffed shooting ranges in the state. Department ranges are safety inspected at least twice yearly to ensure their maintenance and continued safety.
What can I do about problem wildlife?
Information and assistance on dealing with problem wildlife, and how to prevent wildlife from becoming a problem.
What can I hunt?
Missouri offers hunters a variety of game to pursue nearly year round.
Where can I hunt?
Links to public lands available for hunting, and rules for hunting on private lands.

External Links

Intellicast Weather Radar Maps
See what weather is heading your way before you take that fishing trip, hike, or other outdoor activitity.
Mid-America Hunting Association
The Mid-America Hunting Association is a do-it-yourself hunter organization of 230,000+ acres of private land hunting leases in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa for fair chase Mule and Whitetail Deer; Eastern and Rio Grande Turkey; duck and goose; pheasant and quail hunting.do it yourself hunter organization of 230,000+ acres of private land hunting leases in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa for fair chase Mule and Whitetail Deer; Eastern and Rio Grande Turkey; duck and goose; pheasant and quail hunting. All hunts are managed to limit hunter pressure, on the right habitat within the right region of each state with a history of production.
National Bowhunter Education Foundation
The NBEF promotes responsible bowhunting through education
National Hunting and Fishing Day
National Hunting and Fishing Day was established by Congress in 1972, to recognize the vital role that hunters and anglers play in wildlife conservation. Through special license fees and excise taxes on their equipment, sportsmen and sportswomen contribute over $3 million each day -- some $23 billion to date -- to pay for land acquisition, habitat improvement and other wildlife programs.
Recreation.gov: Hunting on Federal Land
A list of federal land in Missouri, where hunting is allowed.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory bird hunting activity and harvest during the 2004 and 2005 hunting seasons, Preliminary Estimates, July 2006
This report presents hunter activity and harvest estimates from the HIP surveys for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 hunting seasons. These estimates are preliminary, pending (1) final counts of the number of HIP registrants in each state each season, and (2) complete audits of all survey response data.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Mourning Dove Population Status, 2006
This report includes Mourning Dove Call-count Survey information gathered over the last 41 years within the conterminous United States.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Webless Migratory Game Bird Research Program, Project Abstrats - 2005
The Webless Migratory Game Bird Research ( WMGBR) Program was established in December 1994 with the first projects being funded in 1995. It was designed to provide cooperative funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), state wildlife agencies, and other sources for research on migratory game birds other than waterfowl.
U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department Data Services
Obtain precise times for; Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, and Twilight, Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day or an Entire Year at this site maintained by the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department.
WomenHunters
The WomenHunters Organization is dedicated to the encouragement, education and promotion of women in the hunting traditions.
Yahoo!: Hunting Links in Missouri
A Yahoo regional listing hunting related web links for Missouri.