Events & Announcements
MDWFP’s Marksmanship Program awarded grant
The state Marksmanship Program has received an $8,500 grant for the third year in a row, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced today. […]
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Youth Participation Initiative deadline approaching, MDWFP announces
Mississippi groups wanting to help recruit youth into hunting and fishing have until Aug. 15 to apply for funding from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the agency reported.
The Youth Participation Initiative was established to provide funding for the purpose of educating youth in the areas of hunting, fishing, conservation and safety. During 2010, the YPI Program provided a total of $144,999.00 to help fund 23 projects across Mississippi. […]
Dove
Dove field hunting permits now available, MDWFP says
Permits for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ private lands dove field hunts are available for purchase beginning today (Aug. 4), the agency reported. Each permit allows a hunter access to one of the MDWFP’s five leased fields during the first two dove seasons. […]
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2011-12 waterfowl season set
Hunting dates for the 2011-12 waterfowl season were set by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks during its monthly meeting July 19. […]
Events & Announcements
CORRECTED: Win a Mississippi Lifetime Sportsman License and help fund conservation
Mississippi outdoorsman can enter a drawing beginning Friday (Aug. 5) to win a Lifetime Sportsman License for only $5, the Mississippi Department Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks announced.
Proceeds from the giveaway will to toward funding MDWFP conservation efforts. […]
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Deer, early teal lottery applications accepted beginning Aug. 1
On Aug. 1st, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks will begin taking applications for early season teal and deer hunting on wildlife management areas.
Applicants must apply online at www.mdwfp.com before Sept. 1st.
There will be a charge of $5 for each permit application, with proceeds contributing to managing WMA lands. […]
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Early migratory game bird seasons set
The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks approved dates for the 2011-12 early hunting seasons for migratory game birds yesterday (July 19). […]
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Drought causes Deer Creek fish kill
Drought conditions has reduced the amount of water flowing through Deer Creek near Hollandale, resulting in a fish kill last week, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said.
The kill was reported to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality on July 13, and MDWFP biologists were dispatched to investigate the following day. […]
Bass Fishing
Bay Springs Lake receives 75,000 Florida bass
An estimated 75,000 Florida largemouth bass were dumped into Bay Springs Lake recently, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks reported. […]
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Early migratory bird hunting seasons to be considered at MCWFP meeting
The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks will determine dates for early migratory game birds during their monthly meeting scheduled for July 19 at the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks office in Jackson, the agency announced yesterday (July 7).
Seasons will be based on the early season framework released June 27 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
While seasons have yet to be set officially, these early season frameworks are expected to be very similar to recent years. […]
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Two more Delta lakes reopen after Mississippi River flooding
Wolf and Broad lakes have reopened to recreational fishing and boating after being closed becasue of flooding from the Mississippi River, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced today (July 6). […]
Bass Fishing
Tombigbee’s Smithville Pool receives 40,000 bass fingerlings
Officials recently poured about 40,000 largemouth bass fingerlings into the Smithville Pool of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to help bolster the healthy population already found there, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said today (July 6).
The 3-inch bass were provided by the Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery near Tupelo, and were surplus fish the hatchery had not planned to stock anywhere else. […]