HB 1347 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the Nest Predator Bounty Program

HB 1347 creates a state program paying $10 for each tail of five specific predators (raccoons, striped skunks, badgers, opossums, and red foxes) to help protect ground-nesting birds. Residents of the state can earn up to $1,200 annually per household, with a total annual budget cap of $2 million. Participants must submit an affidavit detailing the harvest location, method, and time, and cannot claim bounties for roadkill or predators killed outside the state. Landowners harvesting predators on their own property do not need a trapping license, but all other participants must obtain one.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action May 15, 2025
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