Public Use Opportunities Hunting. Wildlife observation and photography. Yazoo Wildlife Association Field Day. National Wildlife Refuge Week. It is strictly a hunter safety necessity.
Duck hunters don t wear orange so the risk is too great.
Duck hunters are given 44 days to hunt the refuge while deer hunters have only 16 days. In addition, deer hunters are limited in numbers by a drawing. Duck hunters are not limited. One of the refuges in our complex, Mathews Brake, has no firearms deer hunting and is open to duck hunters the entire season. This is a waterfowl refuge designed to provide feeding and resting areas for migrating and wintering ducks.