Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 40 - Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks › Part 2 - Wildlife › Chapter 1 - Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) › Rule 40-2-1.40 - CHARLIE CAPPS WMA REGULATIONS

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Regulations for
				Charlie Capps Wildlife Management Area in Bolivar County.
SPECIES
SEASON
COMMENTS
DUCK- Permit Only -Except for youth/veteran duck
								hunts.
See DUCK HUNTING PERMITS in SPECIAL
								INSTRUCTIONS.
YOUTH/VETERA N DUCK
Open concurrent with statewide season.
SEPTEMBER TEAL
Open concurrent with statewide season
May hunt teal on any available open water.
								Excluding Conservation League Lake
OTHER MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
See OTHER MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS in SPECIAL
								INSTRUCTIONS.
POST SEASON LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER
See Federal Regulations
Open after waterfowl season.
TRAPPING
Feb. 1 -28
FISHING
Feb. 16 - Oct. 31
See FISHING in SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
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 bag limits.
3. LEGAL
				SHOT: Only non-toxic shot may be used for hunting waterfowl.
4. DUCK HUNTING PERMITS: All duck hunts,
				except for the youth/veteran hunts and early teal season, are draw hunts only.
				You may apply online at
www.mdwfp.com
. See
				application for hunt dates, application deadlines, and other information about
				permitted hunts. Early teal season hunting is allowed in the borrow area only
				(see map at
www.mdwfp.com/wma
).
5. DOG RESTRICTIONS:
a. Retrievers allowed during migratory game
				bird hunts. All other dogs are prohibited.
b. Hunting, running, or pursuing hogs with
				the use of dogs is prohibited.
6. OFF-ROAD MOTORIZED VEHICLES/ATVs:
				ORVs/ATVs/Electric Bicycles are allowed on designated roads or trails for
				hunting access only. No vehicles allowed on impoundment levees. 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.
7. HORSES: No horses
				allowed
.
8.
				CAMPING: No camping allowed.
9.
				SHOOTING HOURS: Shooting hours for waterfowl end at 12 p.m. Waterfowl hunters
				must check-out by 1 p.m., except during the youth waterfowl hunt which shall
				run concurrent with the statewide waterfowl youth hunt.
10. 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 duck
				season, migratory game birds may be hunted daily on the WMA during the legal
				season for that species.
11.
				NON-HUNTING USE OF THE AREA: During Waterfowl seasons, non-hunting use of the
				area is allowed by foot traffic only on Sundays and Tuesdays from 12 p.m. until
				3 p.m.
12. FISHING:
a. No fishing from November 1 - February
				15.
b. Fishing is allowed from
				sunrise to sunset.
c. Only bank
				fishing and non-motorized boats may be used.
d. Daily Creel Limits:
i. Largemouth bass: 5 per day.
ii. Crappie: 20 per day.
iii. Bream: 100 per day.
iv. Catfish: 10 per day.