Mississippi Hunting Seasons 2012 – 2013

Mississippi has been blessed with an abundance of wildlife and outdoor resources for many years and the upcoming 2012 – 2013 hunting season will be no different. Early summer habitat and crops are showing signs of great potential as we have enjoyed plentiful rainfall and milder summer temperatures. Now is the time to start implementing your plans to have everything ready for this years hunting season.  Contact Sartain’s Heritage Properties to assist in making those plans happen. DOVE North Zone: (Above Hwy. 84 and areas south of Hwy. 84 and west of Hwy. 35) Sept. 1 – 23; Oct. 13 – Nov. 11; Dec. 15 – 31 South Zone: (Below Hwy. 84 and east of Hwy. 35) Sept. 1 – 9; Oct. 6 – Nov. 11; Dec. 21 – Jan. 13 Bag limit mourning & white-winged doves: 15 per day with possession limit of 30. Deer Delta Zone (3) & Hill Zone (1) Archery: Oct. 1 – Jan. 31 Youth Gun: Nov. 3 – Jan. 31 Primitive Weapon: Nov. 5 – 16 (Antlerless Only) Gun with dogs: Nov. 17 – 30 Primitive Weapon: Dec. 1 – 14 Gun without dogs (still season): Dec. 15 – 22 Gun with dogs: Dec. 23 – Jan. 17 Primitive Weapon: Jan. 18 -31 Coastal Zone (2) Archery: Oct. 15 – Jan. 31 (either sex); Feb. 1 – 15 (bucks only) Youth Gun: Nov. 3 – Feb. 15 Gun with dogs: Nov. 17 – 30 Primitive Weapon: Dec. 1 – 14 Gun without dogs (still season): Dec. 15 – 22 Gun with dogs: Dec. 23 – Jan. 17 Primitive Weapon: Jan. 18 -31 (either sex); Feb. 1 – 15 (bucks only) Squirrel North Zone – Sept. 29 – Feb 28 Central Zone – Oct. 13 – Feb.28 South Zone – Oct. 27 – Feb. 28 Rabbit Statewide – Oct. 13 – Feb. 28 Quail Nov. 22 – Mar. 2 Turkey Youth – March 8 – 14 March 15 – May 1 Waterfowl Seasons The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks approved the dates and bag limits for the 2012-2013 waterfowl hunting seasons at its August 15 meeting in Jackson.  Duck, merganser, and coot seasons will be November 23 – November 25, 2012; November 30 – December 2, 2012; and December 5, 2012 – January 27, 2013. The daily bag limit will be a total of 6 ducks, including no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 of which may be females), 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 4 scaup, 2 pintail, 1 canvasback, 1 mottled duck, and 1 black duck.  The merganser daily bag limit will be a total of 5 mergansers, only 2 of which may be hooded mergansers.  Coots will have a 15-bird daily bag limit.  The possession limit is twice the daily bag limit for ducks, mergansers, and coots. Canada, snow, blue, Ross’s, white-fronted goose, and brant seasons will occur from November 15, 2012 – January 27, 2013.  Canada geese will have a 3-bird daily bag limit and brant will have a daily bag limit of 1 bird.  The possession limit is twice the daily bag limit for both Canada geese and brant.  Snow, blue, and Ross’s geese will have a daily bag limit of 20 birds.  White-fronted geese will have a daily bag limit of 2 birds.  The possession limit for white-fronted geese is 4 and there is no possession limit for snow, blue, and Ross’s geese. In addition to the regular hunting season, there will again be a conservation order for snow, blue, and Ross’s geese during the following dates:  October 1 – November 14, 2012; January 28 – February 1, 2013; and February 4 – March 31, 2013 (only snow, blue, and Ross’s geese may be taken during the light goose conservation order). The youth waterfowl weekend will occur during the weekend of February 2- February 3, 2013.

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