A new deer hunting regulation has been added for the 2020 Firearm Deer Season that is specific for Atchison County. Hunters may no longer use a Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit in Atchison County. Antlerless deer may still be harvested in Atchison County, but only on a Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit or Landowner Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit. Atchison County will also be closed to firearms hunting during the antlerless portion of the firearm seasons. The following are also new for the 2020 fall deer and turkey seasons:

• Flood-prone areas in southeast Missouri are closed to hunting, except waterfowl, during deer and turkey seasons when river levels exceed certain limits.

• To slow the spread of CWD, there are new carcass transportation regulations.

• Clark County has been added to the CWD Management Zone.

• The antler-point restriction has been removed for Clark County and inside the Columbia city limits.

• Nonresident permit prices have gone up.

• Hunters may now fill two Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits in Lincoln and Montgomery counties, and in Cass County outside the urban zone.

• To qualify for no-cost resident landowner permits, you now must own at least 20 acres in one contiguous tract.

• Nonresidents who own at least 75 acres in one contiguous tract in Missouri may now buy deer and turkey hunting permits at reduced prices.

• To get landowner permits, you must submit information about your property by filling out a Landowner Permit application.

• Qualifying landowners may now receive two Resident Landowner Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits in Newton County.

• Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits may now be used in Scott County.

• New managed deer hunts have been added, and others have been removed or modified.

• Deer hunting regulations have changed for some conservation areas.

• A limited elk hunting season will be held in Carter, Reynolds, and Shannon counties.

• There is a new definition for handgun.

You can find additional information in the 2020 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulation Booklet. For more information, contact Conservation Agent Kyle Dick at 816-383-0404 or kyle.dick@mdc.mo.gov.