The 2024 woodcock season runs October 15 through November 28 with a daily bag limit of three birds, plus notes on the American woodcock and Wilson’s snipe.

Missouri dove season traditionally opens on September first every year, allowing hunters to easily plan permits and field scouting.

Missouri ruffed grouse hunting remains closed since 2000 by the Missouri Department of Conservation due to severe population decline.

Missouri pheasant hunting season dates, population limits, and habitat factors explain why the state hunting window lasts only two months.

Missouri squirrel hunting runs from late May to mid-February with daily bag limits of ten gray or fox squirrels.

Missouri rabbit season dates run annually from October first through February fifteenth, providing four months for hunters.

Missouri quail hunting regulations establish an eight bird daily bag limit and a sixteen bird possession limit across the state.

Missouri quail season dates run from November first through January fifteenth, offering upland hunters two and a half months of bobwhite hunting.

Antler rules set by the Missouri Department of Conservation: a bull needs one antler with four points an inch long, or a main beam of 12 inches or longer.

Missouri elk season dates, covering the archery and firearms portions managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation.