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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 1 - Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) › Rule 40-2-1.34 - MUSCADINE FARMS WMA REGULATIONS

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Regulations for
				Muscadine Farms Wildlife Management Area in Washington County.
1. Muscadine Farms Tract:
SPECIES
SEASON
COMMENTS
SEPTEMBER TEAL - PERMIT ONLY
See SEPTEMBER TEAL HUNTING PERMITS in SPECIAL
								INSTRUCTIONS.
DUCK - PERMIT ONLY
See DUCK HUNTING PERMITS in SPECIAL
								INSTRUCTIONS.
YOUTH/VETERAN WATERFOWL
Open concurrent with statewide season.
OTHER MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
Same as Statewide Seasons. See OTHER MIGRATORY GAME
								BIRDS
TRAPPING
Feb. 1 - 28
POST SEASON LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER
See Federal Regulations
Open after waterfowl season.
YOUTH DOVE
Sept. 4
See DOVE in Special Instructions.
DOVE
Sept. 9 - last day of the
								1st statewide dove season
See DOVE in Special Instructions.
OTHER MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS: All other migratory
								game birds may be hunted in assigned units while on permitted waterfowl hunts
								during the legal season for the species. Outside of the regular duck season,
								migratory game birds may be hunted daily on the WMA during the legal season for
								those species.
NO OTHER SEASON shall be open and no other animals
								shall be hunted or disturbed.
2.
				Washington and Po-Lutken Tracts:
SPECIES
SEASON
COMMENTS
DEER -PERMIT ONLY
One youth with accompanying adult every Friday,
								Saturday, and Sunday Nov. 1 - Jan. 31.
Deer hunting is allowed by special permit only.
								Youth draw. Washington Tract ONLY.
RABBIT
Feb. 1 - Feb. 28
RACCOON
Jul. 1 - Sep. 30
Friday and Saturday nights only.
RACCOON, OPOSSUM & BOBCAT
Saturday nearest Oct. 15 - Oct. 31
Feb. 1 - Feb. 28
QUAIL
Thanksgiving Day through the first Saturday in
								March.
WOODCOCK
See Federal Regulations.
DOVE
See Federal Regulations
See LEGAL SHOT and SHOOTING HOURS in SPECIAL
								INSTRUCTIONS
Whenever the opening date set above falls on a Sunday, the
				  season shall begin on the preceding Saturday. NO OTHER SEASON shall be open and
				  no other animals shall be hunted or disturbed.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 1 - Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) › Rule 40-2-1.39 - THEODORE MARS WMA REGULATIONS

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Regulations for
				Theodore A. Mars, Jr. Memorial Wildlife Refuge in Pearl River County.
SPECIES
SEASON
COMMENTS
DEER
For deer hunting regulations see DEER DATA
								COLLECTION, LEGAL DEER, and DOG RESTRICTIONS in SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
Youth Archery
Oct. 15 - Saturday two weeks prior to opening day
								of Gun season.
Youth Gun
Saturday two weeks prior to opening day of Gun
								season - Feb. 15
YOUTH SQUIRREL
Sept 24 - 30
SQUIRREL
Oct. 1 - Feb. 28
TRAPPING
Nov. 1 - Feb. 28
RABBIT
Saturday nearest Oct. 15 - Feb. 28
QUAIL
Thanksgiving Day through the first Saturday in
								March
NO OTHER SEASON shall be open and no other animals
								shall be hunted or disturbed.
B.
				SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. WMA USER PERMIT: All
				persons using this wildlife management area, except those exempt from
				purchasing an annual hunting or fishing license, must carry on their person an
				annual statewide Wildlife Management Area User Permit. This permit is required
				in addition to completing the daily visitor use permit or by using the WMA
				Check-In App and any required license and may be purchased wherever licenses
				are sold.
2. BAG LIMITS: Same as
				statewide. All harvested deer count towards statewide bag limits, unless
				otherwise stated.
3. DEER DATA
				COLLECTION: All deer harvested must be recorded on the DAILY VISITOR USE PERMIT
				card or WMA Check-In App.
4. LEGAL
				DEER: Antlerless deer and bucks with hardened antlers visible above the natural
				hairline are legal for harvest.
5.
				DOG RESTRICTIONS:
a. Deer hunting with dogs is
				prohibited.
b. Small game hunting
				with dogs is allowed during any small game season.
c. Hunting, running, or pursuing hogs with
				the use of dogs is prohibited.
6. LEGAL WEAPONS: Only centerfire rifles,
				shotguns with slugs or buckshot, primitive weapons, and centerfire handguns may
				be used for deer hunting.
7.
				OFF-ROAD MOTORIZED VEHICLES/ATVs: ORVs/ATVs/Electric Bicycles are allowed on
				designated trails and for the retrieval of harvested deer or hogs only.
				Additionally, electric bicycles may be ridden on marked foot-traffic trails
				only by users 65 years of age and older. They may not be ridden on any leveed
				roads or trails.
8. HORSES:
				Horseback riding is allowed on designated roads and trails outside of deer
				hunting season.
9. CAMPING: No
				camping allowed.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 1 - Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) › Rule 40-2-1.42 - MCHENRY WMA REGULATIONS

Current through June 25, 2024
BE IT ORDERED, that the property owned by the MDWFP known as
				  "McHenry," located in Stone County, is hereby declared a wildlife management
				  project or refuge to be managed as a Wildlife Management Area, under the
				  authority of Miss. Code Ann. Section  49-5-13 and shall be open for shooting
				  range operations only. It shall remain closed to hunting, fishing, and
				  trapping.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §§
										49-1-29,  49-4-4, and  49-5-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.1 - ASKEW WATER RETENTION AREA CLOSED TO RUNNING DEER WITH DOGS

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 1942 is hereby amended.
BE IT KNOWN, that the State Game and Fish Commission, at a
				  special meeting held in Pascagou1a, Mississippi, on August 27, 1977, made known
				  its intentions under authority of Section
				  49-1-29
				  to close the Askew Floodwater Retention Area in Tunica, Tate, Pano1a and
				  Quitman Counties, to the running of deer with dogs.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.2 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS

Current through June 25, 2024
Note: Miss. Code Ann. §
									49-7-35, provides, "Whenever the
				  time fixed by statute for the beginning of a game season shall fall on a
				  Sunday, the season shall begin on the preceding Saturday."
A. 2023 - 2024 WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING
				SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS:
1. Velvet Season
				(effective July 1, 2022): Consecutive Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between
				September 10 - 20 on private lands and specified Wildlife Management Areas.
				Dates for 2023 shall be September 15-17.
a.
				Archery: Longbows, recurves, compound bows, and crossbows. There is no minimum
				or maximum draw weight. There is no minimum length arrow. Fixed or mechanical
				broadheads may be used.
b. Only
				legal bucks for the respective Deer Management Unit may be harvested.
c. The bag limit is one (1) legal buck and
				count towards the annual antlered deer bag limit.
d. Hunters (including license exempt hunters)
				must report their harvest by 10:00 PM the day of harvest. Hunters can report
				via the MDWFP smartphone application or MDWFP web portal.
e. All hunters, unless exempt or have a
				lifetime license, must possess a valid Velvet Season Permit. The cost of the
				permit shall be ten dollars ($10).
f. All harvested bucks must be submitted for
				CWD sampling to a MDWFP CWD drop-off freezer or to an MDWFP participating
				taxidermist within 5 days of harvest.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.3 - FULLY-ENCLOSED HUNTING BLINDS

Current through June 25, 2024
A. For the purposes
				of MISS. CODE ANN. §
									49-7-31.1(1),
				a "fully enclosed blind," is defined as:
1.
				Any elevated stand with three or more connected sides that hides or conceals
				the hunter from casual observation; or
2. Any ground level shooting house or blind
				having four connected sides and a roof, which hides or conceals the hunter from
				casual observation.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.4 - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING OF WILD ANIMALS OUTSIDE OF WILDLIFE ENCLOSURES

Current through June 25, 2024
A. To properly manage wildlife in
				Mississippi, MDWFP Biologists recommend a complete wildlife management program
				which includes:
1. Habitat management
				practices to improve overall habitat conditions;
2. Supplemental plantings that provide
				year-round forage;
3. Education of
				hunters and land managers;
4. Deer
				herd management to balance sex ratio, age structure, and population numbers
				within available habitat; and
5.
				Not allowing feeding to replace a complete wildlife management
				program.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.5 - SPECIAL HUNTS FOR YOUTH AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife,
				Fisheries, and Parks, in a partnership with any conservation organization or
				non-profit organization, may hold an annual deer hunt for disabled youths
				outside the open season on deer.
B.
				Youths eligible to participate in this special hunt are those 17 years of age
				and younger.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4,
				  49-7-38.1,
				  and
				  49-7-39.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.6 - REHABILITATION OF WHITE-TAILED DEER

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice W 3806 is hereby amended.
A. Persons or organizations may be issued an
				Administrative Possession Permit for the purpose of rehabilitating native
				wildlife for eventual release back into the wild.
B. As specifically pertains to white-tailed
				deer, possession of and rehabilitation activities shall be conducted at and
				restricted to the physical geographic location designated on the Administrative
				Possession Permit. Possession and rehabilitation activities at organizational
				members' residences, businesses, satellite facilities, or other physical
				locations not designated on the Administrative Possession Permit are
				prohibited.
C. Exceptions to this
				rule are:
1. Temporary possession by a
				licensed veterinarian who is providing medical care to an injured, orphaned, or
				diseased animal.
2. Temporary
				possession by an individual who is transporting an animal to the Permittee's
				designated rehabilitation facility, to a licensed veterinarian for medical
				care, or for release into the wild.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.7 - PROHIBITION ON CERVID CARCASS IMPORTATION, TO PROTECT MISSISSIPPI FROM CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE

Current through June 25, 2024
A. For the purpose
				of this rule, cervids include any member of the Cervidae family, including
				white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, sika deer, fallow deer, mule deer and
				caribou.
B. It is unlawful to:
1. Import, transport, or possess any portion
				of a cervid carcass originating from any other state, territory, or foreign
				country.
2. Transport any portion
				of a cervid carcass outside of a MDWFP-defined CWD Management Zone.
3. Transport any portion of a cervid carcass
				outside of a MDWFP-defined CWD Management Zone from Arkansas or Louisiana lands
				east of the Mississippi River that lie within that zone.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 2 - White-tailed Deer › Rule 40-2-2.8 - PROHIBITION ON USE OF NATURAL CERVID URINE

Current through June 25, 2024
A. For the
				purpose of this rule, cervids include any member of the Cervidae family,
				including white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, sika deer, fallow deer, mule
				deer and caribou.
B. Chronic
				Wasting Disease scientific research indicates infection prions are found in
				bodily fluids of cervids.
C.
				Beginning, July 1, 2019, it shall be unlawful to use scents or lures that
				contain natural cervid urine, biofluids, or biological material, for hunting
				purposes.
D. This prohibition
				shall not apply to any natural cervid urine product that has been certified as
				coming from a facility that has not tested positive for Chronic Wasting
				Disease, as long as the testing protocols include, but are not limited to,
				requirements that the producing facility:
1.
				complies with testing protocols adopted by the Archery Trade Association (ATA),
				to include record-keeping requirements and testing of the natural urine
				product;
2. does not allow
				importation of live cervids;
3.
				requires that all cervids exported from the facility be tested for chronic
				wasting disease upon death, and the results are reported to the facility;
4. is inspected annually by an
				accredited veterinarian, including inspection of the herd and applicable
				records; and
5. maintains a fence
				that is at least eight (8) feet high around the facility and, if the facility
				is located within thirty (30) miles of a confirmed positive detection of an
				occurrence of chronic wasting disease, is double-fenced to prevent direct
				contact between captive and wild cervids.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 3 - Wild Turkey › Rule 40-2-3.1 - WILD TURKEY SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
				Spring Season: March 15 - May 1, unless March 15 falls on a Sunday and the
				season shall be March 14 - May 1.
B. Non-Resident Draw Hunt
1. All non-residents must be drawn to hunt
				open public lands from March 15 - March 31.
2.. Open public lands include National
				Forests, National Wildlife Refuges, Corps of Engineers lands, etc., that have
				statewide seasons without special regulations. This includes MDWFP-operated
				Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) that are open with no special season or draw
				hunts during this time.
3. Drawn
				non-resident hunters may be accompanied by one non-hunting guest, aged 16 years
				or older.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 3 - Wild Turkey › Rule 40-2-3.2 - LAWFUL MEANS FOR TAKING WILD TURKEY

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 3420 is hereby amended.
BE IT ORDERED, that the hunting of turkeys during the spring
				  gobbler season shall be restricted to shotguns with shot no larger than number
				  two (2), and compound, recurve, and long bows. Provided, however, that any
				  quadriplegic may hunt turkey with a rifle.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4,
				  and
				  49-7-31.2.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 3 - Wild Turkey › Rule 40-2-3.3 - HUNTING OF WILD TURKEY OVER BAIT PROHIBITED

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 2382 is hereby amended.
A. No person, at any time, shall take, catch,
				kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill any wild turkey by means, aid or use,
				directly or indirectly, of any bait such as shelled, shucked or un-shucked corn
				or of wheat or other grain, or any other feed whatsoever that has been so
				deposited or scattered so as to constitute an attraction or enticement to, on,
				or over the area where such person or persons are attempting to kill or take
				them; provided, however, that wild turkeys may be taken over grains resulting
				from normal agricultural practices.
B. No person, at any time, shall take, or
				kill, or attempt to take or kill any wild turkey with the aid or use of a dog
				or live decoy.
C. No person, at any
				time, shall take, kill, or attempt to take or kill any wild turkey with the aid
				of records or tapes or sound reproducing devices or electrically amplified
				imitation turkey calls of any kind.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4,
				  and
				  49-7-33.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 3 - Wild Turkey › Rule 40-2-3.4 - MANDATORY TAGGING AND HARVEST REPORTING FOR WILD TURKEYS

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The MDWFP harvest reporting system shall
				be known as "Game Check" to maintain uniform terminology across
				states.
B. When hunting spring
				turkey, all hunters, regardless of license exemption status, are required to
				carry, on his or her person, a valid turkey harvest tag issued by the MDWFP.
				This requirement will be enacted during the 2025 spring turkey hunting season.
1. Before moving a turkey from the point of
				harvest, hunters must invalidate the turkey harvest tag by notching, punching,
				cutting, or otherwise physically altering the tag to denote the date of harvest
				in the appropriate fields.
2.
				Before moving a turkey from the point of harvest, hunters must physically
				attach the turkey harvest tag to the bird's leg. Harvest tags must remain
				attached to the carcass until the bird is processed.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4.1 - SMALL GAME HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS

Current through June 25, 2024
A. FROG:
1.
				Season: April 1-September 30
2.
				Bag Limit: Only 25 may be taken in any one night. A valid hunting or fishing
				license is required.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4.2 - REGULATIONS REGARDING THE HUNTING OF CROWS

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 3675 is hereby amended.
A. Be it ordered, as prescribed by Federal
				Migratory Bird Regulations, that there be an open season for hunting crows with
				firearms, bow and arrow and falconry as follows:
1. Open Season: From the first Saturday in
				November through the last day of February next following.
2. Bag and Possession Limit: No bag or
				possession limit
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4.3 - PRIVATE LANDS DOVE FIELD PROGRAM RULES AND REGULATIONS

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice W 3759 is hereby amended.
A. Hunting is allowed on Mondays, Wednesdays,
				and Saturdays after 12:00 PM, during the first two dove seasons only.
B. Hunters must hunt from a designated stand
				on the first two hunting days of the first dove season. A hunter's permit
				number will be their stand number for these two days. Hunters may be able to
				hunt from any designated stand location on a first-come-first-serve basis
				beginning on the third hunting day of the first season.
C. No more than two shooters per stand, of
				which only one may be an adult. Two youths may hunt from one stand, but only
				under the direct supervision of a licensed adult at least 21 years of age who
				is not hunting. One limit of doves is allowed per hunter per day.
D. Any hunter under 16 years of age is
				considered a youth and must be under the direct supervision of a licensed adult
				at least 21 years of age.
E. A
				child at least 12 years of age and under 16 years of age must have a
				certificate of satisfactory completion of a hunter education course approved by
				the department before hunting.
F.
				No littering. All spent shotgun hulls must be picked up and removed.
G. ATV's/ORV's may only be used on designated
				trails.
H. Vehicle parking will be
				in designated areas only.
I. No
				alcoholic beverages will be allowed.
J. All State and Federal laws will be
				enforced.
K. Any unsafe act or
				violation of any of these rules and regulations may lead to loss of hunting
				privileges on any MDWFP Private Lands Dove Field Program field.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4,
				  49-5-13,
				  and
				  49-5-23
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4.4 - DESIGNATION OF SARDIS WATERFOWL REFUGE

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 3073 is hereby amended.
A. Be it ordered that the following described
				lands in Lafayette County, Mississippi shall be closed from and after September
				1, 1990, to all waterfowl hunting, trespassing and to hunting of all game
				unless specifically authorized by order of the Commission from time to time;
				said described lands shall be known as Sardis Reservoir Waterfowl Refuge:
Township 7 South, Range 4 West, Lafayette County,
				  Mississippi
:
S 1/2 of Section 9
Entire Section 10
S 1/2 of S 1/2 Section 3
W 1/2 of the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4
W 1/2 of the SE 1/2 of the S 1/2 of SW¼
All that part of Section 11 West of Hurricane Creek
NE 1/4; E 1/2 of the NW¼; NE ¼ of the
				  SW¼; N½ of the SE¼ of Section 14
All of Section 15, less and except the SE 1/4 of the BE
				  1/4
Entire Section 16
NW 1/4 of NW 1/4; less and except that part south of Conn
				  Town Road;
E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 less and except 10 ac. in SE corner of
				  the E ½ of the NE 1/4 Section 21
N 1/2 of the NW 1/4; NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Section 22
N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 less and except that part east of the
				  Pumping station Road; N 1/2 of N 1/2 of the S 1/2 of NE 1/4 less and except
				  that part east of the Pumping Section Road;
SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of NW 1/4; HE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the
				  NW 1/4 Section 24
B.
				FIREARMS: No firearms shall be permitted on the area.
C. DOGS: Dogs are not allowed on the
				area.
D. FISHING:
1. No fishing on Refuge between November 1st
				and February 28th,
2. Fishing March
				1st through October 31st from boats only;
3. No wading or bank fishing permitted at any
				time.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4.5 - REGULATIONS AFFECTING THE SPRINGDALE WMA

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 3092.001 is hereby amended.
A. The following rules and regulations
				relative to the Springdale Wildlife Management Area are adopted.
B. Be it ordered that the Code of Federal
				Regulations 327 that applies to the area with specific restrictions under the
				posted restrictions section added as follows:
1. No vehicular access except maintenance and
				law enforcement personnel.
2.
				Special managed hunts allowed upon recommendation of Mississippi Department of
				Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
3.
				No firearms or projectile firing devices of any kind except those carried by
				law enforcement personnel and those permitted during special managed
				hunts.
4. Fishing allowed by means
				of foot traffic only.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4.6 - REGULATIONS AND DESIGNATION OF THE GRENADA WATERFOWL REFUGE

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 3418 is hereby amended.
A. The following boundary description and
				regulations shall apply to the Grenada Reservoir Waterfowl Refuge located in
				Calhoun County, Mississippi.
B.
				Grenada Reservoir Waterfowl Refuge lands are those encompassed by the following
				description:
Beginning at the junction of the Yalobusha River and Sabougla
				  canal, thence easterly and southerly along the south bank of the Yalobusha
				  River to the Old Sabougla Creek Run; thence southerly along the east bank of
				  Old Sabougla Creek Run to the south side of the old Dump Road; thence West to
				  the east side of Sabougla Canal; thence north along the east side of Sabougla
				  Canal to the intersection with the Yalobusha River.
C. All hunting, fishing and trespassing is
				prohibited unless specifically authorized by order of the Commission on
				Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4,
				  49-5-13,
				  and
				  49-5-23.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4-2.4 - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING OF WILD ANIMALS OUTSIDE OF WILDLIFE ENCLOSURES

Current through June 25, 2024
A. To properly manage wildlife in
				Mississippi, MDWFP Biologists recommend a complete wildlife management program
				which includes:
1. Habitat management
				practices to improve overall habitat conditions;
2. Supplemental plantings that provide
				year-round forage;
3. Education of
				hunters and land managers;
4. Deer
				herd management to balance sex ratio, age structure, and population numbers
				within available habitat; and
5.
				Not allowing feeding to replace a complete wildlife management
				program.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 4 - Small Game, Migratory Birds and other › Rule 40-2-4.7 - REGULATIONS FOR SPECIAL HUNTS AT ARKABUTLA LAKE

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice W1 3716 is hereby amended.
A. Participants in the Arkabutla Lake
				Physically Challenged Deer Hunt may use modern firearms, as per Corps of
				Engineers regulations, for deer hunting during the month of December.
B. Legal bucks for this special hunt are
				defined as any deer with antlers visible above the natural hairline.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4,
				  49-5-13,
				  and
				  49-5-23.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 5 - Regulations regarding alligators › Rule 40-2-5.1 - GENERAL REGULATIONS REGARDING ALLIGATORS

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
				Feeding or enticement of alligators.
1. No
				person shall intentionally feed or entice with feed any wild American alligator
(Alligator mississippiensis).
However, this shall not apply
				to:
a. Those persons feeding alligators
				maintained in protected captivity for educational, scientific, commercial, or
				recreational purposes; or
b.
				Department personnel, or persons licensed or authorized by the Mississippi
				Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (herby referred to as the
				Department) when capturing/relocating alligators by baiting or enticement.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 5 - Regulations regarding alligators › Rule 40-2-5.4 - ALLIGATOR HUNTING SEASON FOR PELAHATCHIE BAY (Rankin County)

Current through June 25, 2024
A. An American alligator (
Alligator mississippiensis)
hunting season will be opened in portions of Pelahatchie Bay on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in the State of Mississippi and is hereby referred to as the following with described restrictions.
1. SEASON DATES: As described below, an alligator hunting season will be open from 12 p.m. on the first Friday in May and ending at 12 p.m. on the following Monday and from 12 p.m. on the second Friday in May and ending at 12 p.m. on the following Monday, for persons issued special permits as described below:
2. PELAHATCHIE BAY HUNTING ZONE DESCRIPTION: Only the portions of the waterway of Pelahatchie Bay on Ross Barnett Reservoir between North Shore Parkway and Hwy 471. The following areas of Pelahatchie Bay are closed to vessels in the act of alligator hunting:
a. All areas of the south shoreline and for 100 yards away from the shoreline between North Shore Parkway and Eagle's Point Dr.
b. All areas of the north shoreline and for 100 yards away from the shoreline between North Shore Parkway and Northwind Dr.
c. All other portions of Ross Barnett Reservoir are closed to alligator hunting.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 6 - Regulations regarding trapping and fur dealing › Rule 40-2-6.1 - TRAPPING AND FUR DEALING

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Lure.
1. Lure is allowed for trapping furbearers,
				beaver, nutria, coyote, and fox, provided that no more than two and one-half
				(2.5) cubic inches of such lure may be placed or located within twenty (20)
				feet of any trap.
2. All lure
				within twenty (20) feet of any trap must be covered and not visible from above.
				However, there are no lure restrictions when used inside live-cage type traps
				that do not exceed forty-two (42) inches in length, fifteen (15) inches in
				width, and twenty (20) inches in height.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 7 - Nuisance Animals › Rule 40-2-7.1 - GENERAL REGULATION FOR THE TAKING OF NUISANCE ANIMALS

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Miss. Code Ann. §
									49-7-1,
				as amended, classifies nutria, beaver, fox, skunks, coyotes and wild hogs, as
				"nuisance" animals. Pursuant to the authority stated therein, the Commission
				issues this regulation for the taking of nuisance animals:
B. Nuisance animals may be hunted, trapped,
				taken, killed, chased, or pursued on private lands.
1. Landowners and any leaseholders may hunt
				nuisance animals year-round at any time of day or night with no weapon/caliber
				restrictions on property titled in their name or otherwise owned, or leased by
				them.
2. Designated agents of the
				landowners / leaseholders may hunt nuisance animals year-round at any time of
				day or night with no weapon / caliber restrictions, provided they have written
				permission from the landowner or leaseholder in his or her possession, when
				hunting nuisance animals. Permission letters must be signed and dated by the
				landowner or leaseholder, shall include:
a.
				the contact information of the landowner or leaseholder;
b. the contact information of the permitted
				person; and
c. a specific a date of
				expiration.
3. Persons
				hunting nuisance animals during any open gun season on deer will be required to
				wear, in full view, 500 square inches of solid unbroken hunter orange, unless
				they are hunting from a fully enclosed stand.
4. Nuisance animals may be hunted with the
				aid of electronic calls.
5. Any
				part of any nuisance animal that has been lawfully taken, may be sold year
				round, with the exception of wild hog meat, as set forth elsewhere in this
				rule. The only nuisance animals that may be sold alive are coyotes and fox per
				40 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Rule
				8.1 (General Rules for Fox, Coyote and
				Rabbit Pens).
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 7 - Nuisance Animals › Rule 40-2-7.2 - BEAVER CONTROL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice W2 3169 is hereby amended.
A. Be it ordered that landowners receiving
				assistance with beaver control through the Mississippi Beaver Control
				Assistance Program (BCAP) shall be charged fees according to the following
				schedule:
B. SERVICES WITHOUT COST
1. Initial Assessment of beaver
				problems/damage.
2. Technical
				assistance
a. An instructional session that
				will provide private landowners with knowledge and ability to resolve their own
				beaver damage problems.
b. Loaning
				of Wildlife Services equipment, i.e., conibear traps, leghold traps, cage traps
				and snares unless the loaned equipment is not returned.
3. Work conducted on:
a. State Highways and properties that effect
				state highways.
b. County Roads and
				properties that effect county roads in BCAP participating counties.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 8 - Regulations regarding animals in captivity and enclosures › Rule 40-2-8.1 - GENERAL RULES FOR FOX, COYOTE AND RABBIT PENS

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 3510.001 is hereby amended.
A. Fox/Coyote Enclosures
1. Permit applications for enclosures shall
				be on a form prescribed by the MDWFP and shall contain the following
				information:
a. Owner of enclosure
b. Size of enclosure (in acres)
c. Location of enclosure
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 8 - Regulations regarding animals in captivity and enclosures › Rule 40-2-8.2 - REGULATIONS FOR ENCLOSURES PREVENTING THE FREE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF WHITE

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Possession of White-tailed Deer.
1. No person may possess a live white-tailed
				deer in Mississippi unless that person possesses a valid permit issued by the
				Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP).
2. No person may sell a live white-tailed
				deer pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. §
										49-7-51.
3. Orphaned or injured white-tailed deer may
				not be placed in high-fenced enclosures without written permission from the
				MDWFP.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 8 - Regulations regarding animals in captivity and enclosures › Rule 40-2-8.3 - REGULATIONS FOR ANIMALS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS TO HUMANS

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 3523.002 is hereby amended.
A. INTRODUCTION
1. It is unlawful for any person to import,
				transfer, sell, purchase or possess any wild animal classified as inherently
				dangerous by law or regulation unless that person holds a permit or is exempt
				from holding a permit.
2. Public
				zoos, university research facilities, governmental agencies, temporary
				exhibitor and rehabilitation/sanctuary facilities may be exempted from having a
				permit if the exemption is approved by the Commission or DWFP.
3. Any permit issued under this act shall be
				valid for one (1) year and only for the species specified. A permit is required
				for each wild animal possessed. A permit for a female wild animal shall cover
				her progeny only while her progeny are physically dependent upon her or until
				her progeny are three (3) months old, whichever period is longer.
4. It is unlawful for any person to sell,
				transfer, deliver or give a wild animal classified as inherently dangerous to
				any other person unless the other person holds a permit for the wild animal or
				is exempt from holding a permit.
5.
				The following wild animals are classified as animals inherently dangerous to
				humans:
a. Order Primates:
i. Family Pongidae (includes gibbons,
				orangutans, chimpanzees, siamangs, and gorillas) - all species;
ii. Family Cercopithecidae: Genus Macaca
				(macaques) - all species; Genus Papio (mandrills, drills, and baboons) - all
				species; Genus Theropithecus (gelada baboon);
b. Order Carnivora:
i. Family Canidae: Genus Canis (wolves,
				jackals, and dingos; all species, including crosses between wolves and domestic
				animals); excluding coyote (Canis latrans); Chrysocyon brachyurus (maned wolf);
				Cuon alpinus (red dog or dhole); Lycaon pictus (African hunting dog);
ii. Family Ursidae (bears) - all
				species;
iii. Family Mustelidae -
				Gulo gulo (wolverine);
iv. Family
				Hyaenidae (hyenas) - all species;
v. Family Felidae: Genus Leo or Panthera or
				Neofelis (lions, tigers, jaguars, and leopards) - all species; Acinonyx iubatus
				(cheetah); Felis concolor (cougar) - all subspecies;
c. Order Proboscidea: Family Elephantidae
				(elephants) - all species;
d. Order
				Perissodactyla: Family Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses) all species;
e. Order Artiodactyla:
i. Family Hippopotamidae: Hippopotamus
				amphibius (hippopotamus);
ii.
				Family Bovidae: Syncerus caffer (African buffalo).
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 8 - Regulations regarding animals in captivity and enclosures › Rule 40-2-8.4 - REGULATIONS FOR GAME AND FURBEARING ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Game and furbearing animals are defined as
				the following: white-tailed deer, black bear, gray squirrel, fox squirrel,
				cottontail rabbit, swamp rabbit, raccoon, opossum, bobcat, river otter,
				muskrat, mink, and weasel.
B.
				Possession of live game and furbearing animals is prohibited with the following
				exceptions:
1. Public zoological gardens or
				educational institutions. Public zoological garden and/or educational
				institution shall be defined as a permanent cultural institution which owns and
				maintains captive wild animals under the direction of a professional staff,
				provides its collection with appropriate care, and exhibits them in an
				aesthetic manner to the public on a regularly scheduled basis.
a. "Public Zoo" shall further be defined as
				having as its primary business the exhibition, conservation, and preservation
				of wild animals in an educational and scientific manner.
b. Public zoos must be accredited by the
				American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA), the Zoological Association of
				America (ZAA), or be designated as the official zoo of a municipality.
c. Public zoos shall hold a USDA
				Class "C" Exhibitor's License.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 8 - Regulations regarding animals in captivity and enclosures › Rule 40-2-8.5 - DECOMMISSION OF ENCLOSURES CONTAINING WHITE-TAILED DEER

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Enclosures and/or permitted facilities
				preventing the free ingress and egress of wild animals, may, by fully complying
				with the terms, conditions, and provisions of this rule, cease operations as a
				wildlife enclosure, without being in violation of 40 Miss. Admin. Code, Part 2,
				Rule 8.2.D.6.
B. Before an
				enclosure may be decommissioned, the enclosure owner must submit a decommission
				application to the MDWFP. After receipt of the application, the enclosure owner
				will be contacted by an employee of the MDWFP, designated by the Executive
				Director, to begin the process. Every application for decommissioning shall be
				evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
C. Biologists from the Wildlife Bureau of the
				MDWFP will inspect the facility and evaluate the risks of ceasing operations
				based upon an established set of criteria for releasing captive animals into
				the wild. Such criteria have been developed by and in consultation with the
				State Veterinarian and other professionals to assess the risk of introducing
				disease into the wildlife population and/or domestic livestock.
1. Criteria for "low risk" and "high risk"
				facilities may only be altered based upon clear and convincing evidence of
				significant changes in technology, biological testing, or other objective
				methods for identifying risk factors such as disease. Copies of applicable
				criteria may be provided upon request.
2. Other factors affecting risk evaluation
				may include, but are not limited to: evidence of movement of deer between
				facilities, reasonable belief of importation of deer from outside the state, or
				other instances of noncompliance with established rules for the operations of
				wildlife enclosures.
3. Presence of
				breeding facilities - at the time of the request or at any time during the
				existence of the facility - and/or other species (exotics) will qualify a
				facility as "high risk."
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 8 - Regulations regarding animals in captivity and enclosures › Rule 40-2-8.6 - ENCLOSURES THAT PREVENT THE FREE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER - ADMINISTRATIVE QUARANTINE

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Administrative
				Quarantine.
1. An enclosure suspected of
				violating any applicable law, rule, or regulation regarding enclosures that
				prevent the free ingress and egress of white-tailed deer, may be placed under
				administrative quarantine until any investigation is concluded.
2. Administrative quarantine shall be imposed
				upon any enclosure determined to be the destination of an act of unlawful
				importation of live white-tailed deer into the State of Mississippi. Upon
				conviction, the operator(s) of such an enclosure must:
a. Cease any and all breeding operations.
				Existing breeding pens must be depopulated.
b. Quarantine, and the reporting requirements
				thereof, shall be imposed for a minimum of ten (10) years.
c. Should the facility (operators) fail to
				perform required testing and reporting, or otherwise violate the terms of the
				quarantine, all white-tailed deer within the enclosure shall be euthanized and
				tested for CWD.
d. Should
				depopulation be required as set forth above, the enclosure may be prohibited
				from being registered to contain white-tailed deer in the future.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 9 - Regulations for the Opening and Closing of Hunting Seasons › Rule 40-2- 9.1 - OPENING AND CLOSING DAYS FOR HUNTING SEASONS

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
				Miss. Code Ann. §
									49-7-35,
				provides, "Whenever the time fixed by statute for the beginning of a game
				season shall fall on a Sunday, the season shall begin on the preceding
				Saturday." It is the intent of the Commission that, whenever the date for the
				opening day of any hunting season for white-tailed deer, bobwhite quail, wild
				turkey, small game, or fur-bearing animals, shall fall on a Sunday, for that
				year, the opening day shall be the Saturday immediately preceding the Sunday
				opening day.
B. On July 1, 2020,
				Senate Bill 2723 of the 2020 Regular Legislative Session, went into effect,
				amending Miss. Code Ann. §
									49-7-31,
				§
									49-7-31.2,
				§
									49-7-31.3,
				and §
									49-7-31.4,
				granting the Commission the authority to extend hunting seasons, as follows:
1. When the open season on deer ends on a
				Friday, the season shall be extended until thirty (30) minutes after sunset on
				the following Sunday.
2. When the
				open seasons for bobwhite quail and/or wild turkey end on a Friday, the season
				shall be extended until thirty (30) minutes after sunset on the following
				Sunday.
3. When the open seasons
				for small game end on a Friday, the seasons shall be extended until thirty (30)
				minutes after sunset on the following Sunday.
4. When the open season on fur-bearing
				animals, including any additional open season on raccoon, ends on a Friday, the
				season shall be extended until thirty (30) minutes after sunset on the
				following Sunday.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 3 - Fisheries › Chapter 1 - General Fisheries rules › Rule 40-3-1.1 - Regulations Regarding Prohibited or Invasive Species

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice F2 1405 is hereby amended.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person or
				persons to transport into the state, offer for sale or have in their possession
				within the state live forms of the following fishes:
Scientific names, Genus names or Family
						  name
Common Names
Clarias batrachus
Walking Catfish
All species in the Genera
Pygocentrus,
						  Pristobrycon,Pygopristis, Serrasalmus
Piranhas
All species in the Family
Channidae
Snakeheads
All species in the Family
Synbranchidae
Swamp Eels
B.
				Any person or persons having these species in their possession shall
				immediately notify the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
				of such possession.
C. Conservation
				Officers shall take possession of these fishes and dispose of them in any
				humane manner to prevent their introduction into any waters within the State of
				Mississippi.
D. Except for legally
				permitted aquaculture facilities, it shall be illegal for any person, firm,
				company or agency to stock, release or cause to be released into any private or
				public pond, lake, stream, river or any other water body within the state any
				nonnative aquatic species as defined in Section
				49-7-1
				except for common carp (
Cyprinus carpio
) goldfish
				(
Carassius auratus
), koi (
Cyprinus carpio
),
				and grass carp (
Ctenopharyngodon idella
). Rainbow trout
				(
Oncorhynchus mykiss
) may only be stocked in private ponds but
				not in any other water body unless as specified in MISS. CODE ANN. §
									49-7-80.
MISS. CODE ANN.
				  §§
										49-1-29,
				  49-4-4,
				  49-7-80.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 3 - Fisheries › Chapter 1 - General Fisheries rules › Rule 40-3-1.2 - SHOOTING PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC ACCESS

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice 1664 is hereby amended.
BE IT ORDERED effective this date that the discharging of
				  firearms of any type and for any purpose on the public access areas, commonly
				  called boat launching ramps, owned or leased by the Commission, on the lakes
				  and streams of Mississippi, is hereby prohibited.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										49-1-29
				  and
				  49-4-4.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 3 - Fisheries › Chapter 1 - General Fisheries rules › Rule 40-3-1.3 - REGULATIONS REGARDING SPORT FISHING

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
				The following rules and regulations relative to sport fishing are adopted:
1. Each person with a valid sport fishing
				license or those exempt under 49-7-5 may fish no more than 100 single hooks (in
				aggregate) among the following devices as described:
a. Sport fishing trotlines, throw lines, limb
				lines, and set hooks may have no more than a total of 100 single hooks in
				aggregate and these hooks shall be spaced at least two (2) feet apart and fixed
				to where they cannot slip together. It is illegal to set trotlines so that they
				extend more than half way across any stream, channel, drain or other body of
				water. A guideline without any hooks that does not impede navigation may be
				used.
b. No more than 25 yo-yos may
				be fished by an individual. No more than two (2) single hooks may be attached
				to a yo-yo. When fished on a line, yo-yo's, limb lines, and set hooks must be
				attached at least two (2) feet apart and fixed so that they cannot slip
				together.
c. No more than 25 free
				floating fishing devices (FFFD) (Jugs) may be fished by an individual. Also, no
				more than two (2) single hooks may be attached to each of these devices. In
				Mississippi waters that border adjacent states, the legal number of FFFDs shall
				be that of the adjacent state or the Mississippi limit, whichever is greater,
				not to exceed 50 FFFDs by any individual.
d. On Eagle Lake in Warren County, Lake
				Washington in Washington County, Sardis Lake in Panola, Lafayette and Marshall
				Counties, Enid Lake in Lafayette, Panola and Yalobusha Counties, Grenada Lake
				in Grenada, Calhoun and Yalobusha Counties and Arkabutla Lake in Tate and
				Desoto Counties, all Yo-Yos and FFFDs must be legibly marked with either
				waterproof ink, stamped, or tagged to display the license holders MDWFP number.
				Exempt anglers shall mark these gears with their full name, residence address
				and zip code. Yo-Yo tags shall be attached above the water line. All tags shall
				be furnished by the angler.
e.
				Yo-Yos & FFFDs must be attended during daylight hours on borderline waters
				between Arkansas and Mississippi, Eagle Lake, Lake Washington, Sardis Lake,
				Enid Lake, Grenada Lake and Arkabutla Lake. Attended means devices (whether
				set, baited, or tripped) must remain in sight of the angler during daylight
				hours. These devices may be fished at night without attendance, except at Lake
				Washington where yo-yos must be attended at all times other than between the
				hours of 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., when yo-yos may be unattended (tripped, with
				hook out of the water). Unattended yo-yos may be seized/confiscated by MDWFP
				Law Enforcement officers.