| Window | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Season | 18 OCT – 01 DEC 2026 | 45d |
As publishedOct 18, 2026 - Dec 1, 2026
Missouri Small Game Hunting Permit + Migratory Bird Hunting Permit required.HIP certification is a nationwide federal requirement for migratory game bird hunting applicable in Missouri, but the exact confirming sentence was not located on MDC's published pages.
MDC's field guide and a University of Missouri Extension guide agree that Missouri is chiefly a migration corridor for woodcock rather than a core breeding or wintering state — "statewide as a migrant," with only one part of the state supporting confirmed summer/breeding residency. This is a habitat-type/breeding-residency claim, not a hunting-density claim; the Oct 18–Dec 1 hunting season falls within the statewide-migrant window, not the narrower summer-resident window.
The Singing-ground Survey, which is the instrument behind every woodcock population figure, does not run routes in Missouri. There is no state-level woodcock trend to report.
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