Duck Creek Conservation Area hunting in Missouri

Area rules at Duck Creek Conservation Area

MDC area rules for Duck Creek Conservation Area, as published for 2026-27.

Booklet rows for parts of Duck Creek Conservation Area

Wildlife Code entries for Duck Creek Conservation Area

• Portions of this department area are closed to protect waterfowl from October 15 through the end of the last segment of the appropriate zone's duck season.
• Portions of this department area are closed to protect waterfowl from October 15 through the end of the last segment of the appropriate zone's Canada goose season.
• Nontoxic shot is required for all hunting with a shotgun on this area. Use or possession of lead shot is prohibited.
• Waterfowl hunting is prohibited after 1:00 p.m. on designated portions of the following department areas: (A) Amarugia Highlands Conservation Area (B) Bob Brown Conservation Area (C) Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (D) Coon Island Conservation Area (E) Duck Creek Conservation Area (F) Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area (G) Fountain Grove Conservation Area (H) Grand Pass Conservation Area (I) King Lake Conservation Area (J) B. K.
• Waterfowl may be taken only by holders of a valid area Daily Waterfowl Hunting Tag and only from a blind or in a designated area, except that hunters may retrieve dead birds and pursue and shoot downed cripples outside the designated area. Waterfowl hunters must check out immediately after the close of their hunting trip and prior to processing birds by accurate completion and return of the Daily Waterfowl Hunting Tag to designated locations. These department areas are closed to waterfowl hunting on December 25.
• An unstaffed range is located on this department area. Target shooting is not allowed anywhere on this area except for designated shooting range(s).
• Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Ranges may be closed to public use at any time for maintenance or department sponsored events or programs.

Deer hunters on Duck Creek Conservation Area are limited to archery methods only; antlerless permits may be used. Turkey methods on Duck Creek Conservation Area: archery and firearms. The booklet splits Duck Creek Conservation Area into 4 rows with their own deer methods; code A allows antlerless permits, B archery antlerless permits only and C none. Lead shot is out for any shotgun hunting on Duck Creek Conservation Area. Deer and turkey may be hunted only on MDC areas that appear in the booklet table; Duck Creek Conservation Area is on it.

Sources: area page, area regulations, deer quick view; booklet table: 2026 Fall Deer and Turkey booklet, pp. 42-55. Checked October 29, 2026.

Deer rules that reach Duck Creek Conservation Area

Duck Creek Conservation Area takes its deer rules from Bollinger County, where the firearms antlerless fill limit is 2. Antlerless portions run here in October and December. Bollinger County falls under the CWD feed and mineral ban. BMZ 2 reaches Bollinger County; the zone has 750 permits and closes early if 22 bears are taken. For 2026 MDC dropped the CWD portion, the CWD Management Zone and the antler-point restriction. Rules can change at the county line inside Duck Creek Conservation Area; the table compares them.

2026 Fall Deer and Turkey booklet county rules, MDC CWD rules and 2026 bear digest; checked October 29, 2026.

County harvest around Duck Creek Conservation Area

These are county numbers.

In 2025, 3,992 deer were Telechecked in Bollinger County, 1,844 of them does. Bollinger County turkey hunters took 651 birds in spring 2026; 31 came off public land. The MDC dashboard lists 0 CWD positives in Bollinger County across the years in the table.

MDC 2025 deer harvest summary, MDC turkey harvest summaries and MDC CWD dashboard; earlier years from the yearly reports. Checked October 29, 2026.

Same type of ground as Duck Creek Conservation Area, close by

Duck Creek Conservation Area final checklist

Carry your permit, notch it or the MO Hunting app right away, and Telecheck a deer or turkey by 10 p.m. on the day of harvest.

Sources: source · source · source · source · source; regulations from the 2026 Fall Deer and Turkey booklet. Checked October 29, 2026.