It started the day before Thanksgiving 2025 with a report to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) of a mature bull elk found shot dead and left to rot inside the wildlife refuge at the
The Missouri paddlefish snagging season opened March 15 on several waters in the state, including Lake of the Ozarks, Harry S. Truman Reservoir, and Table Rock Lake. The season runs until April 30, except on
The Missouri Department of Conservation is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for poaching an adult bull elk at Peck Ranch Conservation Area in southern Missouri.
Missouri’s elk reintroduction launched in 2011 and its first elk hunting season was in 2020 – but with success comes a downside.
As 2025 ended, Missouri Department of Conservation officials were still looking to
Nonresident hunters visiting Missouri who want to pursue waterfowl, doves, and woodcocks are now required to purchase a new Non-Resident Migratory Bird Permit for $60.
As Illinois wraps up the first year of its 5-year CWD Pilot Program, neighboring states Iowa and Missouri are also altering their management approaches – including how they utilize hunters to help control the disease
The Missouri Department of Conservation last week announced regulation changes to spring turkey hunting that will reduce the nonresident harvest limit from two bearded turkeys to one.
Nonresident landowners will maintain a harvest limit
The Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation of something it feared – three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu.
Samples from the birds – two recovered
Fisheries biologists in Missouri confirmed a fourth northern snakehead was caught by an angler May 25 below Wappapello Lake Spillway in Wayne County.
Wappapello Lake is about 25 miles north of Poplar Bluff and
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