Public Land Hunting & Fishing in Missouri

Free and permit-required public hunting and fishing areas in Missouri: national forests, BLM land, state WMAs, and wildlife refuges. 4 areas listed.

National Forests 1
Mark Twain National Forest
29 counties in southern Missouri Ozarks County · 1,500,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Mark Twain National Forest spans 1.5 million acres across the Missouri Ozarks in 29 counties, encompassing some of the m...
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State WMAs 2
Schell-Osage Conservation Area
Vernon County · 8,763 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Schell-Osage Conservation Area is one of Missouri's finest public waterfowl hunting areas, with managed impoundments alo...
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Poosey Conservation Area
Carroll, Chariton County · 9,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Poosey Conservation Area covers 9,000 acres of grassland, cropland, and wetland in the Grand River Bottoms of north-cent...
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Wildlife Refuges 1
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
Wayne County · 21,676 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Mingo NWR protects 21,676 acres of bottomland hardwood swamp in the "Bootheel" of extreme southeast Missouri, one of the...
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