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The season opens next Saturday, 11/13. I hope all my fellow Missourians and out of state guys have a great and safe season. This will be my 47th year. I am looking forward it like it was my first!

Jim- never hunted Mo but going this year. Does the rifle tag allow you to hunt muzzleloader season if one does not shoot a buck during rifle?Good luck.

For resident hunters you have to buy muzzleloader tag for that season. If you don't mind me asking what part of the state are you hunting? Good luck to you too, thanks!

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Don't know your state that well. The farm is on the Iowa/Mo border north of Memphis, Mo. We hunt the Iowa side of the farm when we draw but was invited to try your state since we did not draw Iowa this year.

That's some of the least populated area in the state. I'm about 85 miles south of there. Hope you fellows have a good hunt.

Thanks Jim-the farm buildings are on the Mo side of the road. We have terrific deer country on the Iowa side but have never explored the Mo side. Our host is a terrific fellow and a real student of the whitetail. My buddy and I are blessed to have the invite and are stoked to spend some time in your state....plus we can use our regular deer rifles on this side of the road.:)

I will be up in St Clair County this year, like always. The deer are in a bad way up there on Corps land, but I still go. I had all but decided to skip this year, but the closer it gets, the more I want to go.

As for the tag, is there any confirmation to the ability to use an unfilled rifle tag during blackpowder? I have always been told that as a non resident, its one tag per season, period. If this is the case, that could change my entire strategy.

You're welcome. It sounds like you've got a great place lined up.

I can't answer you on the unfilled tag info but you can likely find it on the state website. Depending on where you live and how far you want to drive there are some better areas to hunt public land in Missouri. There's a state park within 10 miles of my place that joins corps ground. They rent cabins at the park. Were I hunting here from away I'd rent one of those cabins and a pontoon boat. the cabins are within 200 feet of the Mark Twain lake. I'd hunt the land all around the lake and some of it is excellent. You'd have company as it's public land but I think it could be made into a quality hunt. You might want to consider it for next year.

That is not true. An unfilled General season firearms tag may be used in antlerless and/or Alternative season. Alternative season includes muzzleloader's.

If I hunt Mo it'll be on my own land when I decide to. Sorry bastards. I own 130 acres and brother owns 270 acres 1 mile south of the IA-MO state line but since I live in CO and he is across the line in Iowa we would have to buy non-resident tags to hunt on our own land. Pay MO taxes on income from the land and feed the deer year round but they don't think that is enough.

I didn't realize they had gotten so stupid on the cost of a non-resident landowner permit.

As indicated above, our landowner is a Mo resident but owns land on the Iowa side of the line. He is an avid bowhunter and it has taken him five years to draw an Iowa bow tag... to hunt his own land! Yet at full non-resident cost as far as I know. To keep on topic...I am good with the cost as a non resident non property holder.

Alternative and firearms season use the same permit.

They haven't had the muzzleloader only tag for a long time now.

No muzzleloader tags anymore. Just firearms permits and those can be used in the alternative season.

Good to know...that seemed to be the way I read the regs. Thanks

I did not know they could be carried over except for rifle only. Thanks.

Yeah, Missouri is about half the cost of our neighboring states for no draw over the counter tags. See how easy to get and inexpensive it is for Kansas, Iowa and Illinois tags. What should happen is a reciprocal fee for non residents. If a non resident wants to grab an over the counter tag in Missouri and his home state charges $500 for non residents to hunt, then his tag fee in Missouri should be $500.