Featured Turkey season opens this week
Turkey season opens on Thursday, March 15th, and hunters will take to the field in search of the elusive gobbler. Most likely, they will find...
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Featured Turkey season around the corner for Mississippi hunters
by Alex Paton
For most, March is a time for beautiful spring weather and flowers in bloom. For Mississippi’s estimated 50,000 wild turkey hunters, it also brings something...
Featured Wildlife discusses Chronic Wasting Disease
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks hosted an information session Thursday evening to answer the public’s questions about the disease. MDWFP personnel discussed...
Officials urge safety as deer season begins
While archery season had begun in September along with primitive weapon season, firearm deer season has officially begun in Mississippi. According to the department of...
Dove season to open Saturday
by Alex Paton
Dove season will open, Saturday, September 2nd. “It’s kind of the first kick off of the season that hunters are looking forward to,” said Houston Havens,...
Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday kicks off Friday
The 2017 Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday, August 25 at 12:01am and ends Sunday at midnight. The law allowing the holiday was passed...
Feds announce funding for Mississippi wildlife and fisheries conservation
by Jared Bounds
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke this week announced $1.1 billion in annual funding for state wildlife agencies from revenues generated by the Pittman-Robertson...
Alligator hunt application runs through June 7th
by Jared Bounds
June 1st marked the first day of the application for an alligator hunting permit on Mississippi public waterways for 2017. But it’s more complicated than...
Squirrel hunting season starts Oct. 1, youth season this weekend
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- The official squirrel season starts on October 1st, but the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks says youth hunters can start this...
Deer carcasses banned from being brought to Mississippi
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- In May, the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks passed a rule that deer carcasses could no longer be brought into the...