This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: unread-chapter — description: 40 Miss. Admin. Code Part 2, CHAPTER 1 (Rules 1.1 through 1.48 — 47 rules, the document printing no 1.20 and no 1.33 — across PDF pages 1-137 of this same document) sets deer seasons, either-sex days, bag limits, weapon restrictions and permit requirements for every state Wildlife Management Area individually. Rule 2.2's seasons are for private land and 'open public lands', and Rule 9.1.C says in terms that WMA opening and closing days 'shall still be set by the Commission … as set forth elsewhere in these rules'. This extraction reads none of Chapter 1. Mississippi is correct about what it says and silent about every WMA.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: unread-rules — description: Rules 2.3 through 2.8 (PDF pages 147-153, immediately after Rule 2.2) carry the hunter-orange exemption for elevated stands and enclosed blinds (2.3), the supplemental-feeding/baiting rule including the CWD Management Zone feeding ban (2.4), special hunts for youth and individuals with disabilities (2.5), rehabilitation (2.6), the cervid carcass import/export prohibition (2.7) and the natural cervid urine prohibition (2.8). All are white-tailed deer regulation. None is a season or a bag limit and none is read here.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: cross-reference — description: Rule 2.2 C.2 and C.3 define the primitive-weapon and gun seasons by reference to 'primitive firearms as defined in Part 4, Rule 1.3 of this title'. Part 4 (Law Enforcement) is a DIFFERENT PDF on the registrar's portal and is not fetched or read. What a legal primitive weapon is therefore is not in this record — only that the seasons are restricted to one.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: undefined-unit — description: Rule 2.2 A.6.a grants a youth season on private land to the 'Northeast, North Central, East Central, Southwest, Hills, and Delta Deer Management Units'. Rule 2.2 defines and gives seasons for exactly FOUR units — Delta (A.2), Hills (A.3), Southeast (A.4) and North Central (A.5) — and Hills is defined residually as 'all areas except the Delta, North Central, and Southeast'. NORTHEAST, EAST CENTRAL and SOUTHWEST are named by the rule and defined nowhere in it. This is a gap in the source, not in the reading, and it is published rather than smoothed over.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: unit-boundaries — description: Deer Management Unit boundaries are stated as highway descriptions ('west of I-55 and north of I-20 plus areas south of I-20 and west of U.S. Highway 61') and, for North Central, as six named counties. No boundary is given as a legal description or a coordinate, and this document prints no figure of any kind — measured: 0.0% image and 0.0% curve on all twelve cited pages. A hunter locating themselves on a boundary cannot do it from this record alone.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: underived-formula — description: Three date statements in this record are FORMULAS and are transcribed unresolved. (1) Rule 2.2 A.1 sets the Velvet Season as 'consecutive Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between September 10 - 20' and then resolves it itself for 2026 ('September 11-13'), so that one is carried both ways. (2) Rule 2.2 A.6.c sets the youth season on authorised state and federal lands as 'Saturday two weeks prior to opening day of Gun season through the Friday prior to Thanksgiving' and resolves nothing. (3) Rule 9.1 moves EVERY date in Rule 2.2: an opening day falling on a Sunday moves to the preceding Saturday, and a season ending on a Friday runs to sunset on the following Sunday. Resolving these to calendar dates is a DERIVATION, and this compilation transcribes. The dates published here are the dates the rule prints, before Rule 9.1 is applied.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: missing-rule — description: Part 2, Chapter 2 (White-tailed Deer) opens at RULE 2.2. There is no Rule 2.1 anywhere in the 218-page Part 2 document. Whether 2.1 was repealed, renumbered or is filed elsewhere is not answerable from this document, and no attempt is made to answer it.
huntregs is not the law and is not an official edition of any state’s regulations: no state agency writes, reviews, publishes or approves it, and where a page here differs from the agency document it cites, the agency document is the regulation and this page is wrong.
It is an editorial compilation of state agency regulation documents: every row is carried verbatim out of one named document, cited by title, identified by the sha256 of the exact bytes we read, and printed beside the source lines it was read from.
What we do carry
rows verbatim — no row is summarised, and every field the source row carried is rendered, including the ones we have no column for;
each record’s own declaration of what it does not contain, printed in full and unedited, above the rows rather than under them;
our own withdrawals — dated, with the reason as written, and the state’s rows gone from every route while the withdrawal stands.
What we do not carry
the law itself. Every state page links the agency’s own document; that is the thing to read.
declared gaps. Where a record says regulation exists that it does not carry, that regulation is not here — it is named, in the record’s words, and it is still missing.
zone, unit or boundary geometry. The compilation holds no maps and this app draws none; several records declare that as a gap themselves.
shooting hours. Clock, sunrise and sunset text is shown exactly as written — nothing here computes a sunrise, a sunset or a timezone.
legal advice, or any judgement about whether a particular hunt is lawful for you.
every state. Some have no record in this compilation at all and some are withheld by the verification ledger today; which is which is measured on the index page each time it is loaded, not listed here.
Error direction — If this record is wrong, it is most likely wrong toward saying you MAY do something you may not.
That is the direction that ends in a citation, or in a hunter on ground the state has closed. Read the signals below before you use any row on this page.
Derived by rule from this record's own declared gaps, its own integrity fields and its own rows. It is not a score and there is no confidence number: the counts below count signals, nothing more.
3 over-permissive · 5 undeterminable · 0 under-permissive · 7 declared gap(s), 7 of which the record says carry regulation · 119 row(s) scanned
8 signal(s), most dangerous first. The evidence lines below are the rule's own excerpts, cut at 220 characters; every gap is printed in full and verbatim under what this record does not carry.
overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [obligation='requirement', restriction='restrict', limit_or_quota='bag limit', hours_method_zone='weapon restriction']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation
known_gaps[0]: 40 Miss. Admin. Code Part 2, CHAPTER 1 (Rules 1.1 through 1.48 — 47 rules, the document printing no 1.20 and no 1.33 — across PDF pages 1-137 of this same document) sets deer seasons, either-sex days, bag limits, weapon…
overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [prohibition='prohibit', limit_or_quota='bag limit', visibility='hunter-orange', disease_or_bait='baiting']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation
known_gaps[1]: Rules 2.3 through 2.8 (PDF pages 147-153, immediately after Rule 2.2) carry the hunter-orange exemption for elevated stands and enclosed blinds (2.3), the supplemental-feeding/baiting rule including the CWD Management Z…
overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [restriction='restrict']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation
known_gaps[2]: Rule 2.2 C.2 and C.3 define the primitive-weapon and gun seasons by reference to 'primitive firearms as defined in Part 4, Rule 1.3 of this title'. Part 4 (Law Enforcement) is a DIFFERENT PDF on the registrar's portal a…
unknowncannot be determined: the gap carries regulation but its description names neither a restriction nor an opportunity in terms this rule can read (kind='undefined-unit'). Boundary, map and definition gaps land here and belong here — not knowing which unit you are in cuts both ways
known_gaps[3]: Rule 2.2 A.6.a grants a youth season on private land to the 'Northeast, North Central, East Central, Southwest, Hills, and Delta Deer Management Units'. Rule 2.2 defines and gives seasons for exactly FOUR units — Delta …
unknowncannot be determined: the gap carries regulation but its description names neither a restriction nor an opportunity in terms this rule can read (kind='unit-boundaries'). Boundary, map and definition gaps land here and belong here — not knowing which unit you are in cuts both ways
known_gaps[4]: Deer Management Unit boundaries are stated as highway descriptions ('west of I-55 and north of I-20 plus areas south of I-20 and west of U.S. Highway 61') and, for North Central, as six named counties. No boundary is gi…
unknowncannot be determined: the gap carries regulation but its description names neither a restriction nor an opportunity in terms this rule can read (kind='underived-formula'). Boundary, map and definition gaps land here and belong here — not knowing which unit you are in cuts both ways
known_gaps[5]: Three date statements in this record are FORMULAS and are transcribed unresolved. (1) Rule 2.2 A.1 sets the Velvet Season as 'consecutive Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between September 10 - 20' and then resolves it itse…
unknowncannot be determined: the gap carries regulation but its description names neither a restriction nor an opportunity in terms this rule can read (kind='missing-rule'). Boundary, map and definition gaps land here and belong here — not knowing which unit you are in cuts both ways
known_gaps[6]: Part 2, Chapter 2 (White-tailed Deer) opens at RULE 2.2. There is no Rule 2.1 anywhere in the 218-page Part 2 document. Whether 2.1 was repealed, renumbered or is filed elsewhere is not answerable from this document, an…
unknown4 page boundary/boundaries beside the cited range were never inspected (1 of them where the UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE). A table that continues past a citation loses whole rows — the missing rows could be further seasons (under) or the restrictions on the ones published (over), and this is the check five states went OFFLINE for skipping.
p137 (beside cited p138) — **THE UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE (4 vertical rules) AND THE CITED PAGE DOES NOT** — this is the c…
what this rule cannot see
It reads this record's OWN prose. A restriction nobody declared is invisible to it — and an undeclared restriction is what takes a state offline.
It takes each gap's carries_regulation flag at face value. A gap mis-declared as non-regulatory is a silent miss.
It cannot weigh. One missing county list and fourteen missing pages of special-permit hunts each score once. There is no severity here, and that is why no score is shown.
It classifies a whole gap, never a row. A gap that qualifies four rows and a gap that qualifies all of them read identically.
Across the published records the record-level answer is almost always over. That is a statement about how regulation is written — what is missing from a compilation is usually a restriction — not a ranking of states.
Record integrity
Current through — the document this record was read from, and nothing later than it:
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
The document is those bytes. A URL is a name; if the publisher replaces the file behind it, this hash stops matching and the mismatch is the finding.
We fetched it on 2026-08-08. That is our retrieval date, not a publication date. This record carries no date on which its publisher issued, adopted, amended or last revised that document, so this page states none. Any effective, issue or adoption date the document states of itself is inside the citation above, in the publisher’s own words — nothing here lifts it out or restates it as a fact of ours.
The publisher is named inside that citation, in the publisher’s own words. This record carries no publisher field of its own, so nothing here names one separately.
The record states its own regulation year as 2026. That is the record’s field, not a currency claim: a record may state a year older than the day we fetched it, and where it does, it says so here.
Do not take our word for it. The document every row on this page was read out of is one tap away, and checking us against it is exactly what the citation, the sha256 and the source lines under each row are for.
If that document says something this page does not, the document is the regulation and this page is wrong. The copy we read is the one whose sha256 is above; if the publisher has replaced the file since 2026-08-08, yours will not match ours, and that difference is the thing worth knowing.
What this record does not carry
derived Mississippi declares 7 gaps, of which 7 are regulation this compilation does not carry.
7 gap(s) the record says carry regulation
These are regulation that exists and is not in here. They are printed in full, in the record's own words.
unread-chapter
40 Miss. Admin. Code Part 2, CHAPTER 1 (Rules 1.1 through 1.48 — 47 rules, the document printing no 1.20 and no 1.33 — across PDF pages 1-137 of this same document) sets deer seasons, either-sex days, bag limits, weapon restrictions and permit requirements for every state Wildlife Management Area individually. Rule 2.2's seasons are for private land and 'open public lands', and Rule 9.1.C says in terms that WMA opening and closing days 'shall still be set by the Commission … as set forth elsewhere in these rules'. This extraction reads none of Chapter 1. Mississippi is correct about what it says and silent about every WMA.
derived family: unread page or section
Who does have it
Not us. Mississippi’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
unread-rules
Rules 2.3 through 2.8 (PDF pages 147-153, immediately after Rule 2.2) carry the hunter-orange exemption for elevated stands and enclosed blinds (2.3), the supplemental-feeding/baiting rule including the CWD Management Zone feeding ban (2.4), special hunts for youth and individuals with disabilities (2.5), rehabilitation (2.6), the cervid carcass import/export prohibition (2.7) and the natural cervid urine prohibition (2.8). All are white-tailed deer regulation. None is a season or a bag limit and none is read here.
derived family: unread page or section
Who does have it
Not us. Mississippi’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
cross-reference
Rule 2.2 C.2 and C.3 define the primitive-weapon and gun seasons by reference to 'primitive firearms as defined in Part 4, Rule 1.3 of this title'. Part 4 (Law Enforcement) is a DIFFERENT PDF on the registrar's portal and is not fetched or read. What a legal primitive weapon is therefore is not in this record — only that the seasons are restricted to one.
derived family: cross-reference
Who does have it
Not us. Mississippi’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
undefined-unit
Rule 2.2 A.6.a grants a youth season on private land to the 'Northeast, North Central, East Central, Southwest, Hills, and Delta Deer Management Units'. Rule 2.2 defines and gives seasons for exactly FOUR units — Delta (A.2), Hills (A.3), Southeast (A.4) and North Central (A.5) — and Hills is defined residually as 'all areas except the Delta, North Central, and Southeast'. NORTHEAST, EAST CENTRAL and SOUTHWEST are named by the rule and defined nowhere in it. This is a gap in the source, not in the reading, and it is published rather than smoothed over.
derived family: undefined unit or boundary
Who does have it
Not us. Mississippi’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
unit-boundaries
Deer Management Unit boundaries are stated as highway descriptions ('west of I-55 and north of I-20 plus areas south of I-20 and west of U.S. Highway 61') and, for North Central, as six named counties. No boundary is given as a legal description or a coordinate, and this document prints no figure of any kind — measured: 0.0% image and 0.0% curve on all twelve cited pages. A hunter locating themselves on a boundary cannot do it from this record alone.
derived family: undefined unit or boundary
Who does have it
Not us. Mississippi’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
underived-formula
Three date statements in this record are FORMULAS and are transcribed unresolved. (1) Rule 2.2 A.1 sets the Velvet Season as 'consecutive Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between September 10 - 20' and then resolves it itself for 2026 ('September 11-13'), so that one is carried both ways. (2) Rule 2.2 A.6.c sets the youth season on authorised state and federal lands as 'Saturday two weeks prior to opening day of Gun season through the Friday prior to Thanksgiving' and resolves nothing. (3) Rule 9.1 moves EVERY date in Rule 2.2: an opening day falling on a Sunday moves to the preceding Saturday, and a season ending on a Friday runs to sunset on the following Sunday. Resolving these to calendar dates is a DERIVATION, and this compilation transcribes. The dates published here are the dates the rule prints, before Rule 9.1 is applied.
derived family: undefined unit or boundary
Who does have it
Not us. Mississippi’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
missing-rule
Part 2, Chapter 2 (White-tailed Deer) opens at RULE 2.2. There is no Rule 2.1 anywhere in the 218-page Part 2 document. Whether 2.1 was repealed, renumbered or is filed elsewhere is not answerable from this document, and no attempt is made to answer it.
derived family: undefined unit or boundary
Who does have it
Not us. Mississippi’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
Coverage
100.0% of pypdf text lines across the 12 cited pages of a 218-page code, repaired for pypdf intra-word splits
derived: this percentage is over the units named above, on the pages this record cites. It is not a percentage of the state's regulation. The gaps above are what a full percentage would have to count and cannot.
12 page(s) cited
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
217
218
4 page boundary/boundaries never inspected
p137 (beside cited p138) — **THE UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE (4 vertical rules) AND THE CITED PAGE DOES NOT** — this is the category that produced Iowa. RENDER IT AND READ IT BEFORE BELIEVING ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS STATE, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.
p148 (beside cited p147) — neither page draws vertical rules — the Arkansas class, and this method cannot see prose, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.
p216 (beside cited p217) — neither page draws vertical rules — the Arkansas class, and this method cannot see prose, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.
p219 (beside cited p218) — THERE IS NO SUCH PAGE; the document ends at p218. The cited range reaches a document boundary, which is the one honest reason a neighbour cannot be inspected.
23 library repair(s)
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58 swept source line(s) in 3 reason group(s) — NOT declared gaps
These are not gaps.
ruled_out entries are source lines the extractor accounted for and did NOT publish, each with the reason it gave. They are not declared gaps: a declared gap is regulation the record says exists and it does not carry.
27 × — 40 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, R. 8.6 (ENCLOSURES THAT PREVENT THE FREE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER) — heading on PDF p.216, which this adapter does not cite, so this block is its administrative-quarantine sections A and B plus its own note (`History: Promulgated February 2019.`). White-tailed deer regulation, but neither a season nor a bag limit.
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.
B. Notice of Administrative Quarantine. For any enclosure associated with a conviction
for unlawful importation of live white-tailed deer into the State of Mississippi, which
has been placed under administrative quarantine, a “Notice of Administrative
Quarantine” shall be prepared and filed for record in the land records of the county or
counties where the enclosure is located. The Notice shall set forth the reason(s) and
duration of the Administrative Quarantine, including but not limited to, the infractions
committed on the property, which could have a negative impact upon the native wildlife
and ecosystems.
History: Promulgated February 2019.
Source: MISS. CODE ANN. §§49-1-29, 49-4-4, 49-7-58, 49-7-58.1, 49-7-58.2, 49-7-58.3, and 49-
7-58.4.
18 × — 40 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, R. 2.3 (FULLY-ENCLOSED HUNTING BLINDS) — a separate rule opening on p.147 after Rule 2.2's own history/source note on the same page. It carries the hunter-orange exemption for elevated stands and enclosed blinds and is a declared gap; it is not a season or a bag limit and is not read here.
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.
B. It is the intent of the Commission that this definition shall apply to tripod type stands,
ladder stands, blinds and/or "shooting houses” or any other stand, whether located on the ground
or elevated above ground, that can be covered so as to hide the hunter from view of game or other
hunters.
C. Hunters shall not be required to wear five hundred (500) square inches of solid unbroken
hunter orange when:
1. Hunting from a deer stand that is elevated twelve (12) feet or more above the ground; or
2. Hunting in a fully enclosed blind.
D. Although hunters are not required to wear the 500 square inches of hunter orange while
hunting in the above described stands, they must comply with the requirement when traveling to
and from the stands.
History: Updated April 2014
Source: MISS. CODE ANN. §§49-1-29, 49-4-4, and 49-7-31.1.
13 × — 40 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, R. 1.48 (ALLIGATOR WMA REGULATIONS) — heading on PDF p.135, with no rule heading between there and RULE 2.2 on p.138, so this block is the tail of its numbered item list (8, 10, 11, 12 — the document prints no 9) together with ITS OWN note, `Source: …§§49-1-29, 49-4-4, and 49-5-13.` / `History: Promulgated April 2026..`. That note is printed immediately above the White-tailed Deer chapter heading and is NOT Rule 2.2's; Rule 2.2's own note is on p.147 and cites 49-7-31 and 49-7-41 instead of the WMA power 49-5-13. WMA deer seasons are a declared gap.
8. LEGAL WEAPONS: Deer seasons are restricted to archery and primitive
weapons. Youth hunters may use centerfire rifles or shotguns with slugs for deer during youth
deer and primitive weapon seasons.
10. OFF-ROAD MOTORIZED VEHICLES/ATVs: Off-road use of
ORVs/ATVs/Electric Bicycles is allowed for retrieval of harvested deer or hogs. 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.
11. HORSES: Horseback riding is prohibited during WMA deer and turkey
seasons. At all other times, horseback riding is restricted to roads open to motorized vehicles and
designated ATV trails. Raccoon hunting from horses is allowed during nighttime hunting hours.
12. CAMPING: No camping allowed.
Source: MISS. CODE ANN. §§49-1-29, 49-4-4, and 49-5-13.
Any date that comes back is computed by you, in this app, for the year you picked. The source does not print it and this compilation does not assert it.
season (31)
Velvet Season (effective July 1, 2022)
Consecutive Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between September 10 – 20 on private lands, authorized state and federal lands, and specified Wildlife Management Areas. Dates for 2026 shall be September 11-13.
resolves from an anchor date each year — the verbatim rule above is the regulation
This formula could not be resolved. The verbatim rule above is the regulation, and nothing is computed from it here.
1. Velvet Season (effective July 1, 2022): Consecutive Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday between September 10 – 20 on private lands, authorized state and federal lands, and
specified Wildlife Management Areas. Dates for 2026 shall be September 11-13.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
a. Archery: October 1 – November 20 (Either-sex on private land and
open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
b. Early Primitive Weapon: November 9 – 20 (ANTLERLESS
DEER ONLY on private land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
c. Gun (with dogs): November 21 – December 1 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
d. Primitive Weapon: December 2 – 15 (Either-sex on private and
open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4
below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
e. Gun (without dogs): December 16 – 23 (Either-sex on private
land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
f. Gun (with dogs): December 24 – January 20 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
January 21 – 31 (Either-sex on private land; legal bucks only on open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
g. Archery /Primitive Weapon: January 21 – 31 (Either-sex on private
land; legal bucks only on open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land;
see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
a. Archery: October 1 – November 20 (Either-sex on private land,
open public land, and Holly Springs National Forest)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 140, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
b. Early Primitive Weapon: November 9 – 20 (ANTLERLESS
DEER ONLY on private land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
c. Gun (with dogs): November 21 – December 1 (Either-sex on
private land and Holly Springs National Forest; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
December 2 – 15 (Either-sex on private land, open public land, and Holly Springs National Forest) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
d. Primitive Weapon: December 2 – 15 (Either-sex on private land,
open public land, and Holly Springs National Forest) (Weapon of choice may be used on
private land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
e. Gun (without dogs): December 16 – 23 (Either-sex on private land
and Holly Springs National Forest; legal bucks only on all other open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
f. Gun (with dogs): December 24 – January 20 (Either-sex on
private land and Holly Springs National Forest; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
January 21 – 31 (Either-sex on private land and Holly Springs National Forest; legal bucks only on open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
g. Archery /Primitive Weapon: January 21 – 31 (Either-sex on
private land and Holly Springs National Forest; legal bucks only on open public land)
(Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
a. Archery: October 15 – November 20 (Either-sex on private land and
open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
b. Gun (with dogs): November 21 – December 1 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
c. Primitive Weapon: December 2 – 15 (Either-sex on private and
open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4
below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
d. Gun (without dogs): December 16 – 23 (Either-sex on private
land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
e. Gun (with dogs): December 24 – January 20 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
January 21 – January 31 (Either-sex on private land; legal bucks only on open public land) and February 1 – 15 (Legal bucks only on private land and open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
f. Archery / Primitive Weapon: January 21 – January 31 (Either-sex
on private land; legal bucks only on open public land) and February 1 – 15 (Legal bucks
only on private land and open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land;
see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
a. Archery: October 1 – November 20 (Either-sex on private land
and open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
b. Early Primitive Weapon: November 9 – 20 (ANTLERLESS
DEER ONLY on private land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
c. Gun (with dogs): November 21 – December 1 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
d. Primitive Weapon: December 2 – 15 (Either-sex on private
and open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons
C.4 below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
e. Gun (without dogs): December 16 – 23 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 142, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
f. Gun (with dogs): December 24 – January 20 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
January 21 – 31 (Either-sex on private land; legal bucks only on open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
the record's citation_page field says page 142, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
g. Archery /Primitive Weapon: January 21 – 31 (Either-sex on
private land; legal bucks only on open public land) (Weapon of choice may be used on private
land; see Legal Weapons C.4 below)
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
a. Northeast, North Central, East Central, Southwest, Hills,
and Delta Deer Management Units: Private lands: November 7 – January 31.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Saturday two weeks prior to opening day of Gun season through the Friday prior to Thanksgiving.
resolves from an anchor date each year — the verbatim rule above is the regulation
compute this formula for 2026 yourself (user-computed, not published)
USER-COMPUTED, NOT PUBLISHED. The regulation states a formula, not a date. This date was computed by you, in this app, for a year you chose. The source does not print it, this compilation does not assert it, and it is not part of the record. Check the derivation steps against the verbatim text before relying on it.
Nothing could be computed from this text for 2026.
anchored on: the opening day of another provision's gun season
Check the arithmetic — this is the whole derivation:
the source says, verbatim: "Saturday two weeks prior to opening day of Gun season through the Friday prior to Thanksgiving."
start: INDETERMINATE — this formula is measured from another provision (opening day of gun season), which this row does not state. Supply refs={'gun season': {'start': ..., 'end': ...}} to compute it, or read that row's own dates.
Thanksgiving 2026 = the 4th Thursday of November = Thursday November 26, 2026
the 1st Friday before November 26, 2026 = Friday November 20, 2026
start: not determined — this formula is measured from another provision (opening day of gun season), which this row does not state. Supply refs={'gun season': {'start': ..., 'end': ...}} to compute it, or read that row's own dates.
Depends on another provision: gun season (open) — read that row; it is not computed here.
The record still says what the record says: its resolution is formula_unresolved and it carries no dates for this row. Nothing above is part of it.
c. Authorized state and federal lands: Saturday two weeks prior to
opening day of Gun season through the Friday prior to Thanksgiving.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.”
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.”
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
A. 2026 – 2027 WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS:
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Delta Deer Management Unit – Areas west of I-55 and north of I-20 plus areas south of I-20 and west of U.S. Highway 61. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include National Forests, Corps of Engineers lands, etc., that have statewide seasons without special regulations.
2. Delta Deer Management Unit – Areas west of I-55 and north of I-20 plus
areas south of I-20 and west of U.S. Highway 61. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include National
Forests, Corps of Engineers lands, etc., that have statewide seasons without special
regulations.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Hills Deer Management Unit – All areas except the Delta, North Central, and Southeast Deer Management Units. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include National Forests, excluding the Holly Springs National Forest, Corps of Engineers lands, etc., that have statewide seasons without special regulations.
3. Hills Deer Management Unit – All areas except the Delta, North
Central, and Southeast Deer Management Units. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include
National Forests, excluding the Holly Springs National Forest, Corps of Engineers lands,
etc., that have statewide seasons without special regulations.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Southeast Deer Management Unit - Areas south of U.S. Highway 84 and east of MS Highway 35. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include National Forests, Corps of Engineers lands, etc., that have statewide seasons without special regulations.
4. Southeast Deer Management Unit - Areas south of U.S. Highway 84 and east
of MS Highway 35. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include National Forests, Corps of Engineers
lands, etc., that have statewide seasons without special regulations.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
North Central Deer Management Unit – All portions of Alcorn, Benton, Desoto, Marshall, Tate, and Tippah counties. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include National Forests, Corps of Engineers lands, etc., that have statewide seasons without special regulations.
5. North Central Deer Management Unit – All portions of Alcorn, Benton,
Desoto, Marshall, Tate, and Tippah counties. OPEN PUBLIC LANDS include National
Forests, Corps of Engineers lands, etc., that have statewide seasons without special
regulations.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
e. Persons eligible to participate in Youth Deer Hunts
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
C. Legal Weapons for use during the following seasons:
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
E. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). In an effort to detect and contain CWD,
MDWFP enacts the following tools:
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
F. Hunting with Dogs on Homochitto National Forest:
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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:
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:
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
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.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
b. Only legal bucks for the respective Deer Management Unit may be
harvested.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
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.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
All hunters, unless exempt or have a lifetime license, must possess a valid Velvet Season Permit. The cost of the resident permit shall be ten dollars ($10).
e. All hunters, unless exempt or have a lifetime license, must possess a
valid Velvet Season Permit. The cost of the resident permit shall be ten dollars ($10).
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
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 — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
i. This special deer hunt is established pursuant to the
authority granted the Commission in MISS. CODE ANN. §49-7-37(2), (3), & (4).
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
ii. All deer hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid
unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while this special hunt is in effect.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 139, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
WITH PRIMITIVE WEAPONS DURING THE EARLY PRIMITIVE WEAPONS HUNT.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 140, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
i. This special deer hunt is established pursuant to the
authority granted the Commission in MISS. CODE ANN. §49-7-37(2), (3), & (4).
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
All deer hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while this special hunt is in effect. ONLY ANTLERLESS DEER MAY BE HARVESTED WITH PRIMITIVE WEAPONS DURING THE EARLY PRIMITIVE WEAPONS HUNT.
ii. All deer hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid
unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while this special hunt is in effect. ONLY
ANTLERLESS DEER MAY BE HARVESTED WITH PRIMITIVE WEAPONS DURING
THE EARLY PRIMITIVE WEAPONS HUNT.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
i. This special deer hunt is established pursuant to the
authority granted the Commission in MISS. CODE ANN. §49-7-37(2), (3), & (4).
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
ii. All deer hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid
unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while this special hunt is in effect.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
the record's citation_page field says page 141, and this row's source lines do appear there — but they appear on other pages of this state too, so the page is consistent, not proved
WITH PRIMITIVE WEAPONS DURING THE EARLY PRIMITIVE WEAPONS HUNT.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Authorized state and federal lands include Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U. S. Corps of Engineers managed lands which designate the youth deer season in their regulations and open U. S. Forest Service National Forest lands.
d. Authorized state and federal lands include Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U. S. Corps of Engineers
managed lands which designate the youth deer season in their regulations and open U. S. Forest
Service National Forest lands.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
i. Children who are fifteen (15) years of age or younger.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
A child at least twelve (12) years of age and under sixteen (16) years of age must have a certificate of satisfactory completion of a hunter education course approved by the department before hunting in this state or be in the presence and under the direct supervision of a licensed or exempt hunter at least twenty-one (21) years of age when hunting.
ii. A child at least twelve (12) years of age and under sixteen
(16) years of age must have a certificate of satisfactory completion of a hunter education
course approved by the department before hunting in this state or be in the presence and under
the direct supervision of a licensed or exempt hunter at least twenty-one (21) years of age
when hunting.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
A child under the age of twelve (12) must be in the presence and under the direct supervision of a licensed or exempt hunter at least twenty-one (21) years of age when the child is hunting.
iii. A child under the age of twelve (12) must be in the
presence and under the direct supervision of a licensed or exempt hunter at least twenty-one
(21) years of age when the child is hunting.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
iv. A licensed hunter supervising a child as provided in this
section must hold a valid Mississippi license for the species being hunted.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
v. Youth may carry and use any firearm with which they can
safely hunt, and in compliance with other applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Both youth and adults must wear 500 square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange or pink, except while the hunters are in a fully enclosed deer stand / blind or hunting from a deer stand that is elevated twelve (12) feet or more above the ground. All hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while traveling to and from the stand / blind.
vi. Both youth and adults must wear 500 square inches of solid
unbroken fluorescent orange or pink, except while the hunters are in a fully enclosed deer
stand / blind or hunting from a deer stand that is elevated twelve (12) feet or more above the
ground. All hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange or pink
while traveling to and from the stand / blind.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Archery hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while these special hunts are in effect, except when the hunter is in a fully enclosed deer stand / blind or hunting from a deer stand that is elevated twelve (12) feet or more above the ground. During these hunts, archery hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while traveling to and from the stand/blind.
vii. Archery hunters must wear 500 square inches of solid
unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while these special hunts are in effect, except when the
hunter is in a fully enclosed deer stand / blind or hunting from a deer stand that is elevated
twelve (12) feet or more above the ground. During these hunts, archery hunters must wear
500 square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange or pink while traveling to and from
the stand/blind.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
viii. Bucks and antlerless deer may be harvested during the Youth
Deer Hunts.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
1. Antlered Buck Deer: Legal bucks must meet the following antler
criteria within the appropriate deer management unit.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Army managed lands are authorized to harvest antlerless deer on days designated by Federal Regulations. Contact local National Wildlife Refuge, Corps of Engineers, or U.S. Army for details.
b. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and
U.S. Army managed lands are authorized to harvest antlerless deer on days designated by
Federal Regulations. Contact local National Wildlife Refuge, Corps of Engineers, or U.S.
Army for details.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
1. 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.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
2. Primitive Weapons: primitive firearms as defined in Part 4, Rule 1.3 of
this title and Archery as defined above.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Gun: There are no caliber or magazine capacity restrictions on firearms. Primitive firearms as defined in Part 4, Rule 1.3 of this title and Archery as defined above may be used during the gun seasons.
3. Gun: There are no caliber or magazine capacity restrictions on firearms.
Primitive firearms as defined in Part 4, Rule 1.3 of this title and Archery as defined above
may be used during the gun seasons.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
During any open season on deer with primitive weapons after November 30, a person may use any legal weapon of choice, including air bows and pre-charged pneumatic weapons, on private lands ONLY, if the person is: a. The title owner of the land; b. The lessee of the hunting rights on the land; c. A member of a hunting club leasing the hunting rights on the land; or d. A guest of a person specified in subparagraph (a), (b) or (c). e. If the person is required to have a hunting license, the person must have a primitive weapon license, Sportsman's License, or a Lifetime Sportsman's License.
4. During any open season on deer with primitive weapons after November 30,
a person may use any legal weapon of choice, including air bows and pre-charged pneumatic
weapons, on private lands ONLY, if the person is:
a. The title owner of the land;
b. The lessee of the hunting rights on the land;
c. A member of a hunting club leasing the hunting rights on the land; or
d. A guest of a person specified in subparagraph (a), (b) or (c).
e. If the person is required to have a hunting license, the person must
have a primitive weapon license, Sportsman's License, or a Lifetime Sportsman's License.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Any antlered buck deer may be taken by permit if it is necessary to manage deer on lands under the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) or on Wildlife Management Areas.
a. Any antlered buck deer may be taken by permit if it is necessary to
manage deer on lands under the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) or on
Wildlife Management Areas.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
b. Any antlered deer harvested under this permit must be identified
with a tag immediately upon possession.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
All harvested antlerless deer that exceed an individual hunter’s daily or annual bag limit must be tagged prior to moving with a DMAP or FMAP tag provided by the Department.
b. All harvested antlerless deer that exceed an individual hunter’s daily
or annual bag limit must be tagged prior to moving with a DMAP or FMAP tag provided by
the Department.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
a. MDWFP may issue either-sex DMAP CWD Management Tags
to participating private lands within a 3-mile radius of any known CWD positive detection.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
b. The DMAP CWD Management Tags may be used during any
open deer season with no weapon restrictions.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
i. Applications must be submitted prior to tags being issued.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
ii. The tag must be affixed to the deer prior to moving.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
iii. All deer harvested with these tags must be submitted for
CWD sampling within seven (7) days.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
At the conclusion of deer season, all properties receiving tags must submit a report prior to March 1 to MDWFP that details total annual deer harvest from the property, including the total number of tags used.
iv. At the conclusion of deer season, all properties receiving
tags must submit a report prior to March 1 to MDWFP that details total annual deer harvest
from the property, including the total number of tags used.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
From November 1, – January 31, all dog hunting groups or individuals hunting with dogs must obtain a permit to use dogs to hunt any animal or to train dogs on areas open to deer hunting with dogs on Homochitto National Forest.
1. From November 1, – January 31, all dog hunting groups or individuals
hunting with dogs must obtain a permit to use dogs to hunt any animal or to train dogs on areas
open to deer hunting with dogs on Homochitto National Forest.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
2. There is no cost for this permit. A permit will be issued to the dog hunting
group.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
3. All hunters hunting with this group must be listed on the permit prior
to hunting; except youth 15 years of age and younger.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
4. All hunters hunting with dogs or with the dog hunting group must have
the permit on their person while hunting.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Five (5) guest permits will be available in addition the individuals listed on the permit. Guest permits will be valid for 4 consecutive days and must be filled out with the date, hunter’s name, hunting license number, and signed by the hunter prior to use.
5. Five (5) guest permits will be available in addition the individuals listed on
the permit. Guest permits will be valid for 4 consecutive days and must be filled out with the
date, hunter’s name, hunting license number, and signed by the hunter prior to use.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
6. All guests must have the permit on their person while hunting.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Guest permits must be turned in to the USFS Meadville office for replacement guest permits to be issued. When guest permits are turned in, a season permit will be issued for these individuals and replacement guest permits will be issued to the group.
7. Guest permits must be turned in to the USFS Meadville office for
replacement guest permits to be issued. When guest permits are turned in, a season permit
will be issued for these individuals and replacement guest permits will be issued to the group.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
8. Permit numbers must be visually displayed on the back window of all
vehicles in the hunting group.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
A permit number will be provided with each individual permit issued. Hunters must display this permit number using 3-inch, block numbers in contrast to the background color.
9. A permit number will be provided with each individual permit issued.
Hunters must display this permit number using 3-inch, block numbers in contrast to the
background color.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Permits will be available from the U.S. Forest Service Meadville office. Office location: 1200 Highway 184 East, Meadville, MS 39653. Office hours: 8 am - 4:30 pm (Monday – Friday).
10. Permits will be available from the U.S. Forest Service Meadville office.
Office location: 1200 Highway 184 East, Meadville, MS 39653. Office hours: 8 am - 4:30
pm (Monday – Friday).
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Dogs must wear a functional tracking collar and be identified at all times with the permit number and the owner's contact information. Dogs must be kept on the Homochitto National Forest lands that allow deer hunting with dogs.
11. Dogs must wear a functional tracking collar and be identified at all times
with the permit number and the owner's contact information. Dogs must be kept on the
Homochitto National Forest lands that allow deer hunting with dogs.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
A person who violates any of the provisions of this regulation is guilty of a Class III offense, as provided in Miss. Code Ann. §49-7-101, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Twenty Five ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36, will be enforced.
12. A person who violates any of the provisions of this regulation is guilty of a
Class III offense, as provided in Miss. Code Ann. §49-7-101, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than Twenty Five ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00). Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36, will be enforced.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
In addition thereto, an administrative review panel of MDWFP and U.S. Forest Service officials may, upon two (2) convictions or documented evidence of two (2) violations of this regulation within a 3-year period, revoke the dog hunting permit for a period of Twenty (20) days open to hunting deer with dogs. Upon three (3) convictions or documented evidence of three (3) violations of this regulation within a 3-year period, the dog hunting permit may be revoked for a period of one (1) year.
13. In addition thereto, an administrative review panel of MDWFP and U.S.
Forest Service officials may, upon two (2) convictions or documented evidence of two (2)
violations of this regulation within a 3-year period, revoke the dog hunting permit for a period
of Twenty (20) days open to hunting deer with dogs. Upon three (3) convictions or documented
evidence of three (3) violations of this regulation within a 3-year period, the dog hunting permit
may be revoked for a period of one (1) year.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Any person who files a false affidavit in justice court alleging a violation or violations of this rule, provides false information regarding a violation of this rule, or facilitates a situation which will cause a violation of this rule to occur may be subject to prosecution for perjury and, if found guilty, punished under the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. §97-9-19, and/or be subject to a civil suit for false prosecution by the person accused of the violation.
14. Any person who files a false affidavit in justice court alleging a violation or
violations of this rule, provides false information regarding a violation of this rule, or facilitates
a situation which will cause a violation of this rule to occur may be subject to prosecution for
perjury and, if found guilty, punished under the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. §97-9-19, and/or
be subject to a civil suit for false prosecution by the person accused of the violation.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
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.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
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.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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.
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 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
The above and foregoing rule regarding opening and closing days, applies to private lands and open public lands. Season opening and closing days on wildlife management areas under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, shall still be set by the Commission pursuant to the authority set forth at MISS. CODE ANN. §49-5-13, and as set forth elsewhere in these rules.
C. The above and foregoing rule regarding opening and closing days, applies to private
lands and open public lands. Season opening and closing days on wildlife management
areas under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and
Parks, shall still be set by the Commission pursuant to the authority set forth at MISS.
CODE ANN. §49-5-13, and as set forth elsewhere in these rules.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Source: MISS. CODE ANN. §§49-1-29, 49-4-4, 49-7-31, and 49-7-41.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
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Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
c. The bag limit is one (1) legal buck and count towards the
annual antlered deer bag limit.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Hunters fifteen (15) years of age and younger may harvest any antlered buck regardless of antler size for all three (3) of their three (3) buck bag limit.
ix. Hunters fifteen (15) years of age and younger may harvest
any antlered buck regardless of antler size for all three (3) of their three (3) buck bag limit.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Hills Deer Management Units Legal Buck: The bag limit on antlered buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 31). Southeast Deer Management Unit Legal Buck: The bag limit on antlered buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 15 – Feb. 15). Two antlered buck deer must have either a minimum inside spread of ten (10) inches OR a minimum main beam length of thirteen (13) inches. One of the three (3) bucks may be any antlered deer on Private Land and on the Holly Springs National Forest.
a. Hills Deer Management Units Legal Buck: The bag limit on antlered
buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 31).
Southeast Deer Management Unit Legal Buck: The bag limit on antlered buck deer is one (1)
buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 15 – Feb. 15). Two antlered
buck deer must have either a minimum inside spread of ten (10) inches OR a minimum main
beam length of thirteen (13) inches. One of the three (3) bucks may be any antlered deer on
Private Land and on the Holly Springs National Forest.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Delta Deer Management Unit Legal Buck: The bag limit on antlered buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 31). Two antlered buck deer must have either a minimum inside spread of twelve (12) inches OR a minimum main beam length of fifteen (15) inches. One of the three (3) bucks may be any antlered deer on Private Land.
b. Delta Deer Management Unit Legal Buck: The bag limit on
antlered buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 1
– Jan. 31). Two antlered buck deer must have either a minimum inside spread of twelve
(12) inches OR a minimum main beam length of fifteen (15) inches. One of the three (3)
bucks may be any antlered deer on Private Land.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
North Central Deer Management Unit: On private lands, the bag limit on antlered buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed four (4) per annual season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 31). The bag limit on antlered buck deer on the portions of Holly Springs National Forest that lies within the North Central Deer Management Unit is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 31). Legal bucks may be any antlered deer.
c. North Central Deer Management Unit: On private lands, the bag
limit on antlered buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed four (4) per annual season
(Oct. 1 – Jan. 31). The bag limit on antlered buck deer on the portions of Holly Springs
National Forest that lies within the North Central Deer Management Unit is one (1) buck per
day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 31). Legal bucks may be any
antlered deer.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Statewide: Hunters fifteen (15) years of age and younger may harvest any antlered buck regardless of antler size for all three (3) of their three (3) buck bag limit.
d. Statewide: Hunters fifteen (15) years of age and younger may
harvest any antlered buck regardless of antler size for all three (3) of their three (3) buck bag
limit.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Holly Springs National Forest, Tombigbee National Forest, Bienville National Forest, and Homochitto National Forest: Bag limit on antlerless deer is one (1) per day, not to exceed five (5) per annual season.
c. Holly Springs National Forest, Tombigbee National Forest,
Bienville National Forest, and Homochitto National Forest: Bag limit on antlerless deer is one
(1) per day, not to exceed five (5) per annual season.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
Southeast Deer Management Unit, including Desoto National Forest: Bag limit on antlerless deer is one (1) per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season.
d. Southeast Deer Management Unit, including Desoto National
Forest: Bag limit on antlerless deer is one (1) per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual
season.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
e. North Central Deer Management Unit: Bag limit on antlerless deer
is ten (10) per annual season (Oct. 1 – Jan. 31).
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
c. Antlered buck deer taken by permit shall not be subject to the daily
bag limit or the annual bag limit on antlered deer.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
The annual and daily bag limit on antlerless deer shall not apply to private lands under the DMAP or the Fee-based Antlerless Program (FMAP) as approved by the Department.
a. The annual and daily bag limit on antlerless deer shall not apply to
private lands under the DMAP or the Fee-based Antlerless Program (FMAP) as approved by
the Department.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
c. Any deer harvested with the DMAP CWD Management Tags
shall not be subject to the daily or annual bag limit.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
a. Antlerless deer are defined as any female deer and any male
deer without hardened antler above the hairline. Spotted fawns are not to be killed.
Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 40: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Part 2: Wildlife — Rule 2.2 (White-Tailed Deer Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits) and Rule 9.1 (Opening and Closing Days for Hunting Seasons); published by the Mississippi Secretary of State as registrar
