PURPOSE: This rule establishes the season,
methods, and limits for hunting frogs.
Bullfrogs and green frogs may be taken from sunset, June 30
through October 31, by the holder of a hunting permit with a .22 caliber or
smaller rimfire rifle or pistol, pellet gun, bow, crossbow, atlatl, or by hand
or handnet. An artificial light may be used. Daily limit: eight (8) frogs in
the aggregate; possession limit: sixteen (16) frogs in the aggregate. Only the
daily limit of frogs may be possessed upon the waters and banks thereof where
daily limits apply. (See
3 CSR
10-6.615 for taking frogs by fishing methods.)
Notes
3 CSR 10-7.445
AUTHORITY:
sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section
252.240, RSMo 2000.* Original
rule filed Aug. 18, 1971, effective Dec. 31, 1971. Amended: Filed July 20,
1977, effective Dec. 31, 1977. Amended: Filed July 30, 1979, effective Jan. 1,
1980. Amended: Filed April 21, 1993, effective Jan. 1, 1994. Amended: Filed
April 24, 2000, effective March 1, 2001. Amended: Filed Sept. 14, 2005,
effective Feb. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29,
2008. Amended: Filed Sept. 30, 2010, effective March 1,
2011.
AUTHORITY: sections 40
and 45 of Art. I V, Mo. Const. and section
252.240, RSMo 2000.* Original
rule filed Aug. 18, 1971, effective Dec. 31, 1971. Amended: Filed July 20,
1977, effective Dec. 31, 1977. Amended: Filed July 30, 1979, effective Jan. 1,
1980. Amended: Filed April 21, 1993, effective Jan. 1, 1994. Amended: Filed
April 24, 2000, effective March 1, 2001. Amended: Filed Sept. 14, 2005,
effective Feb. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29,
2008. Amended: Filed Sept. 30, 2010, effective March 1, 2011 .
Amended by
Missouri
Register January 16, 2024/volume 49, Number 02, effective
12/18/2023.
