Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 5 - Museum of Natural Science › Chapter 2 - Regulations regarding non-game and endangered species › Rule 40-5-2.1 - REGULATIONS REGARDING FALCONRY

Current through June 25, 2024
Public Notice W 1923 is hereby amended.
A. In addition to falconry regulations found
				in Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations Part 21, published October 8, 2008 the
				following regulations are enacted for falconry in Mississippi:
1. Permits will become valid when issued by
				the Department and will expire on the fifth June 30th following their issuance
				unless a different period is specified on the permits or renewals. Permits are
				renewable. Permits shall not be transferred to other persons. Permits may be
				revoked or renewals denied for violation of provisions of this regulation.
				Permit cost will be $100.00.
2. An
				apprentice falconer shall possess only the following raptors: American kestrel
				(
Falco sparverius
), red-tailed hawk (
Buteo
				jamaicensis
), or red-shouldered hawk (
Buteo
				lineatus
).
3. An
				apprentice falconer must capture from the wild his or her first raptor and hunt
				with said bird for one complete hunting season.
4. No falconer may take, purchase, receive,
				or otherwise acquire, sell, barter, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any
				raptor unless such permittee submits a Federal Form 3-186A (Migratory Bird
				Acquisition/Disposition Report), completed in accordance with the instructions
				on the form, to the Department within 10 calendar days of any such
				transaction.
5. Nonresident Taking:
a. Before taking or attempting to take a
				raptor from the wild in Mississippi, a nonresident must have a valid General or
				Master level falconry permit from his state of residence, a Mississippi
				nonresident hunting license and a special Mississippi nonresident taking
				permit.
b. Special Mississippi
				nonresident taking permits shall be issued only to those nonresidents whose
				states of residence provide the same privileges to residents of
				Mississippi.
c. Nonresident
				falconers will be allowed to take one (l) legal raptor per year in
				Mississippi.
6.
				Transport: Holders of Mississippi falconry permits may transport within
				Mississippi the raptors held under their permits and remove the raptors from
				Mississippi for meets, trials, and hunting in other states and bring them back
				again into Mississippi without obtaining Mississippi importation permits;
				provided, however, that such permission to remove raptors from and return them
				to Mississippi is invalid if the falconry permittee fails to obtain any permit
				or license required for his activities by the state into which he takes the
				raptors.
7. A falconry permittee
				may not propagate raptors without prior acquisition of a valid raptor
				propagation permit issued in accordance with appropriate federal and state
				regulations.
8. Captive
				Propagation: Raptor propagation and activities associated with it are permitted
				in accordance with Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 21.30.
				Additionally, a Mississippi propagation permit is required. All permittees
				shall submit one copy of each federally-required report to the Department at
				the same time as submitted to federal authorities.
9. A permittee that is a holder of valid
				federal and state raptor propagation permits may sell, purchase or barter, or
				offer for sale, purchase or barter, captive-bred raptors marked with seamless
				bands or ISO compliant microchips to other permittees who are authorized to
				possess the raptors.
10. An officer
				of the Department may inspect the falconry permittee's raptors, records,
				facilities or equipment at any reasonable hour.