16 public-land dove hunting fields available

WMAs across Mississippi offer fields just for dove hunters

Dove-hunting seasons will be kicking off in September, but if you don’t own a field you are just out of luck, right? Wrong.

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks offers a lot of opportunities — on both private lands and on 16 WMAs across the state.

WMAs offering prepared dove fields include:

• Copiah County WMA
• Mahannah WMA
• Howard Miller WMA
• Leroy Percy WMA
• Muscadine Farms WMA
• Indianola WMA
• O’Keefe WMA
• Charles Ray Nix WMA
• Malmaison WMA
• Hell Creek WMA
• Tuscumbia WMA
• Divide Section WMA
• Canal Section WMA
• Black Prairie WMA
• Yockanookany WMA
• Okatibbee WMA

Some of the fields have special regulations, so be sure to click on the WMA above in which you are interested to read all applicable rules.