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Light Goose Conservation Order

Season Open

Dates:

Feb 07 2020 to Apr 30 2020

Hours:

One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset

Notes:

Hunting is limited to snow geese, blue geese, and Ross's geese.

Hunters with a Resident Lifetime Conservation Partner Permit or a Resident Lifetime Small Game Hunting Permit do not need to purchase a Conservation Order Permit.

A Missouri Small Game Hunting Permit, Missouri Migratory Bird Hunting Permit, and Federal Duck Stamp are not required during the Light Goose Conservation Order.

Conservation Order Permit

Limits:

There is no daily limit on snow, blue and Ross's geese during the Conservation Order.

Allowed

Shotguns, 10 gauge or smaller. During the Conservation Order, you may use shotguns that are capable of holding more than three shells. Use nontoxic shot only.
Electronic calls or electronically activated calls
Hunting dogs
Motor boats or sailboats may be used, but only if the motor has been shut off and/or the sails furled, and the boat’s progress therefrom has stopped.

Prohibited

Lead shot or other shot that has not been listed as nontoxic by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Rifles and pistols
Firearms that propel a single projectile at one discharge
Punt guns, battery guns, swivel guns, fully automatic firearms, traps, snares, nets, fish hooks, poisons, drugs, explosives, and stupefying substances
Motor vehicles or aircraft. Paraplegics and people missing one or both legs may hunt from a stationary vehicle.
Sink boxes or any other type of low-floating device that conceals the hunter beneath the surface of the water
Any sighting device that casts a beam of light on the game
Night vision or thermal imagery equipment
Live decoys
Bait