MDWFP: Hunters need to avoid displaced game
Due to heavy rainfall, waters in the drainage basins feeding the Mississippi River have begun to rise. As a result, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife,...
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Featured Turkey season opens this week
by Alex Paton
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...
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...
MDWFP worried your pig traps may harm native wildlife
by Jared Bounds
From the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks: MDWFP Concerned About Illegal Wild Hog Trapping Methods JACKSON – Wild hogs can be found in...
Fishing forecast bright for Mississippi Delta
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) fisheries biologists are expecting a great 2017 fishing season in the Mississippi Delta. Recent fish population sampling...
Location on Peal River to be dedicated as Natural Area
by Sarah Ulmer
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss.- Wildlife Mississippi, USDOT Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the Mississippi Department of Transportation plan to dedicate a natural area on the Pearl...
Jet Ski Collision Kills One Man, Another Taken to Jail
by kim
BRANDON, Miss.–An afternoon of fun on jet skis ended Tuesday with a man being killed on a Rankin County lake and John Simpson, of Rankin...
Gator Hunting Time is Coming, New Process for Applying
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Alligator season is coming. This year there is a new process to get your alligator permit. To cut down on people wasting permits, it...
Heading Out on the Water This Weekend? Why You Should Wear a PFD
by kim
GRENADA, Miss.–If you’re headed out to the lake and you plan to put a boat in the water this weekend, you need to be sure...
The Right to Hunt and Fish: Ward Says It’s to Defeat a Liberal Agenda and Protect Your Rights
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–On the Nov. 4 ballot will be an amendment to Mississippi’s constitution that would make hunting and fishing a right in Mississippi. You can...