Missouri’s frogging season begins at sunset June 30 and ends Oct. 31, according to a Missouri Department of Conservation news release.
Missouri has two frog species that are legal game — bullfrog and green frog. Bullfrogs are larger and therefore more sought-after, according to MDC officials.
The daily limit is eight frogs of the species combined, and the possession limit is 16 frogs of the species combined. Only the daily limit may be possessed on waters and banks of waters where hunting takes place.
Daily limits end at midnight, so froggers who catch their daily limits before midnight and want to return for more frogging after midnight must remove the daily limit of previously caught frogs from the waters or banks before returning for more.
Frogging can be done with either a fishing permit or a small-game hunting permit. Children under age 16 and Missouri residents 65 years of age or older are not required to have a permit.
Those with a fishing permit may take frogs by hand, hand net, atlatl, gig, bow, trotline, throw line, limb line, bank line, jug line, snagging, snaring, grabbing, or pole and line.
With a small game hunting permit, frogs may be harvested using a .22-caliber or smaller rimfire rifle or pistol, pellet gun, atlatl, bow, crossbow, or by hand or hand net. The use of artificial light is permitted when frogging.
For more information about frog hunting, visit huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/frog.