It may be helpful to interpret the regulations in pieces. For instance, (1) the methods allowed for an area are the methods, regardless of season. (2) The season being hunted has specific methods allowed for it. If the area allows archery, and archery methods are allowed during firearms season, than you are in the clear as long as you hunt with a permit that is “in season”, unless further restricted by area/season rules.

When determining how/when/where you can hunt in relation to this question focus on these things:

  1. Does the location allow the method?: If archery methods are allowed on that area, you can hunt archery methods during any season the method is allowed. Since archery (long, compound, recurved bows, atlatl) is a “method” listed during firearms season, than you are good there unless other regulations prohibit further.




  1. Are you in season?: This boils down to the permit you are hunting on and the methods allowed for that season. If you intend to hunt with archery methods during the firearms season, when archery season is closed, you need firearms permits. As above, various methods are allowed during firearms season, including bows, etc.




-Dan Schepis
Conservation Agent- Clay County
This information is not from the Wildlife Code of Missouri and is solely intended to assist hunters determine when, where, and how, they may hunt as it pertains to CA’s. All legal inquiries should be directed to the Wildlife Code of Missouri for the current year.