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Deer season opens Mississippi’s white-tailed deer hunting season with guns opened November 20 and runs through December 1. Hunting
with dogs is allowed during this season. Legal deer include either sex
on private land and legal bucks on open public land. The
bag limit on antlered buck deer is one buck per day, not to exceed
three per license year, in all three Deer Management Zones in the
state. Legal bucks must meet the antler criteria within the appropriate
deer management zone. For youth 15 years of age
and younger, hunting on private lands and authorized state and federal
lands, one of the three buck limit may be any antlered deer regardless
of number of points, inside spread, or beam length. The bag limit on
antlerless deer is one per day not to exceed five per license year. It
is illegal to harm or kill a spotted fawn at any time. Hunters
are urged to practice good hunter ethics and follow all safety rules to
avoid hunting and firearm related accidents. When hunting deer during
any gun season on deer, a hunter must wear in full view at least five
hundred square inches of solid, unbroken, fluorescent orange. This
requirement does not apply to a hunter while the hunter is in a fully
enclosed deer stand. All persons born on or after
January 1, 1972, are required to complete a hunter education course
before purchasing a Mississippi hunting license. Each
resident of Mississippi ages 16 through 64, must obtain a hunting
license, except while hunting on lands titled in his/her name. Any
resident 65 or older, or any resident otherwise exempt from obtaining a
hunting license, must have documentation with him/her at all times
while hunting. All non-resident hunters, except
minors under the age of 16, are required to obtain a hunting license
while hunting in the State of Mississippi. In addition to any required
hunting license, purchase of a Wildlife Management Area User Permit is
required prior to hunting on any Wildlife Management Area. Other public
lands may require permits to hunt.
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