You can give wild animals (except bear bile bubbles) to someone else, but it will still be part of your daily limit for the day they are caught. Wildlife received as gifts will be included in the property line of the person to whom you are giving them. Dogs are prohibited when hunting fur carriers (badger, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, opossum, raccoon and striped skunk) in broad daylight from November 1 until the end of the November portion of the armed deer season and in counties that have an antlerless portion of the deer season. Grey and red squirrels may be harvested nationally, unless otherwise noted, and in the following DMAs: Amelia, Big Survey, Big Woods, Briery Creek, Cavalier, Chickahominy, Clinch Mountain, Crooked Creek, Dick Cross, Doe Creek, Fairystone (including Fairystone State Park and Philpott Reservoir), Featherfin, Gathright, Goshen, Hardware River, Havens, Hidden Valley, Highland, Hog Island (Carlisle Tract only), Horsepen, James River, Lake Robertson, Lands End (Salem Church Tract only), Little North Mountain, Mattaponi, Mattaponi Bluffs, Merrimac Farm, Oakley Forest, Pettigrew, Phelps, Powhatan (including Goochland Tract), Rapidan, Short Hills, Stewarts Creek, G. Richard Thompson, Robert W. Duncan, Turkeycock Mountain, Ware Creek and White Oak Mountain. Rifles and handguns (including muzzle-loading rifled rifles): Rifles and handguns are prohibited in Zones 10 to 14. Rifles and handguns are legal in Zones 1 to 9, except on DMAs filled with pheasant or quail season during pheasant or quail season. During spring turkey and deer and fall turkey seasons, you will not be able to bring wildlife other than waterfowl when river levels in certain flood-prone areas of southeastern Missouri exceed the established limits of local river gauges. Fully automatic weapons are prohibited for all hunts. Thresher squirrels may be harvested in all regions, unless otherwise noted, in all counties where the fox fishing season is open in the fall, and in the following DMAs: Big Survey, Clinch Mountain, Crooked Creek, Gathright, Goshen, Havens, Hidden Valley, Highland, Lake Robertson, Little North Mountain, Merrimac Farm, C. F. Phelps, Rapidan, Short Hills, Stewarts Creek and G.
Richard Thompson. This map shows in real time which areas are open or closed to hunting. Check it out before you embark on your turkey or deer hunt. It is illegal for anyone (other than landowners and tenants on the land they own or lease, and certain farm workers) to operate all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in Missouri streams and rivers, unless the ATV is located at an intersection that is part of the road network. Offences could lose their fishing and hunting privileges. Dogs are prohibited from hunting squirrels, rabbits and furry animals (badger, bobcat, coyote, grey fox, opossum, raccoon and striped skunk) during the day during the firearms portion of moose hunting in the following counties: During the November and antlerless sections (in areas where there are open areas) of the deer hunting season with Firearms, squirrels can only hunt with a rimfire rifle or a .22 gauge shotgun or lower and cannot: larger than No. 4. This does not apply to waterfowl hunters, trappers or landowners on their land. From September 1 to April 30, including Sundays, game birds can be caught in authorized hunting territories. A list of hunting grounds open to the public is available from the department`s Henrico office or on this website. A resident who hunts in a licensed hunting territory must have a hunting licence.
A non-resident must hold a non-resident hunting licence or a special non-resident hunting (shooting) licence, which is valid only within the authorized hunting territories. During training, dogs can hunt but not take wild animals that can be hunted with dogs. You will need a wildlife-friendly hunting license or an exemption if you are training dogs that hunt wildlife. Starting hunting is easier than you think, and hunting gray squirrels or rabbits is the perfect place to start. Hunting these species also offers experienced hunters a great opportunity to recruit new conservationists by passing on our hunting heritage to young people or adults who are new to hunting. It can even provide an open-air window for dilapidated hunters with busy lifestyles. Hunting lessons start 1/2 hour before sunrise and end 1/2 hour after sunset. (Exception: On DMAs filled with pheasants or quails during pheasant or quail season, hunting seasons are from sunrise to sunset.) When storing bears, deer, moose and turkeys, it must have that of the hunter: hunters must wear an orange hunter`s hat when hunting gray squirrels on FMAs, where pheasant or quail are stored during pheasant or quail season. This page should be used as a reference. It does not set the whole law, and it can change.
For more information on the laws and regulations governing squirrel hunting, see Massachusetts Code Regulations, 321 CMR 3.02(7) and several provisions of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 131. All hunters must treat nature with respect and follow ethical hunting practices. These include: No hunting (except waterfowl) during spring turkey or fall deer and turkey season, when the Mississippi River is equal to or greater than 35 feet on the Thebes gauge, IL. During the day of the November portion of the firearm deer hunting season, squirrels cannot be hunted, chased or captured with the help of dogs in Butler, Carter, Dent, Iron, Madison, Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon or Wayne counties. Hunting gray squirrels and rabbits generally requires less planning and equipment than hunting other species. All you need is a little preparation, a stopover port and a shotgun, a .22 caliber rifle or an air rifle. Dogs are prohibited when hunting deer, moose and turkey. Archery equipment: Archery equipment is legal. You need to use a device that works by bending and loosening a bowstring.
You must not use poison arrows, explosive points, mechanically fired bows or other devices that propel an arrow, arrow or bolt with gunpowder, compressed air or other means.