JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX) - The registration process is now open for Missouri hunters to apply for permits to take part in the state's first black-bear hunting season.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) says hunters need to apply during May for one of 400 permits being offered by MDC for the hunting season, which will take place October 18–27. The maximum total harvest for the season will be 40 bears.
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The permits will be awarded by July 1.
Each permit will be for a specific BMZ and may be used on public or private property within the BMZ. Hunters who are issued permits must call MDC prior to hunting each day to determine if the BMZ-specific harvest quota has been met.
There area few other rules all hunters should know:
• The harvest limit will be one bear per permit.
• Only lone black bears may be taken. Hunters may not take bears that are known to be in the presence of others bears, including female black bears with cubs.
• Bears may not be disturbed, pushed, harassed, or taken from a den.
• Bear hunters must wear hunter orange, make reasonable efforts to retrieve shot bears, and may not leave or abandon commonly edible portions.
• All harvested bears must be Telechecked by 10 p.m. on the day of harvest.
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