40 Miss. Code. R. 2-4.1 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] SMALL GAME HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS
A.
FROG:
1. Season: April 1 - September
30
2. Bag Limit: Only 25 may be
taken in any one night. A valid hunting or fishing license is
required.
B. RACCOON:
1. Season: July 1 - September 30
2. Bag Limit: 1 per party per night
C. OPOSSUM, RACCOON, AND BOBCAT:
1. First Season: October 1 - October 31
(sport hunting with dogs and guns for food & sport)
2. Bag Limit: 5 per day; 8 per
party
3. Second Season: November 1
- February 28 (sport hunting with dogs and guns for food, sport, and
pelt)
4. Bag Limit: No
limit
D. SQUIRREL:
1. Fall Season:
a. Season: October 1 - February 28
b. Bag Limit: 10 per day
2. Spring Season:
a. Season: May 15 June 1
b. Bag Limit: 10 per day
3. Youth Squirrel Hunts (On private lands and
authorized state and federal lands only in those areas open for squirrel
hunting)
a. Season: September 24 30
b. Bag Limit: 10 per day
c. 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 squirrel youth season in their regulations and open U. S. Forest Service
National Forest lands.
d. Persons
eligible to participate in this special hunt are:
i. Those who are fifteen (15) years of age or
younger.
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 alone in this state; otherwise they 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 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.
iv. A licensed hunter
supervising a child as provided in this section must hold a valid Mississippi
license for the species being hunted.
4. Whenever the opening date set above falls
on a Sunday, the season shall begin on the preceding Saturday.
E. BOBWHITE QUAIL:
1. Season: From Thanksgiving Day the first
Saturday in March next following.
2. Bag Limit: 8 per day
F. RABBIT:
1. Season: The Saturday nearest October 15 -
February 28
2. Bag Limit: 8 per
day
3. Whenever the opening date
set above falls on a Sunday, the season shall begin on the preceding
Saturday.
G. TRAPPING
SEASON:
1. Season: November 1 - March
15
2. Bag Limit: No Limit
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
A. FROG:
1. Season: April 1 - September 30
2. Bag Limit: Only 25 may be taken in any one night. A valid hunting or fishing license is required.
B. RACCOON:
1. Season: July 1 - September 30
2. Bag Limit: 1 per party per night
C. OPOSSUM, RACCOON, AND BOBCAT:
1. First Season: October 1 - October 31 (sport hunting with dogs and guns for food & sport)
2. Bag Limit: 5 per day; 8 per party
3. Second Season: November 1 - February 28 (sport hunting with dogs and guns for food, sport, and pelt)
4. Bag Limit: No limit
D. SQUIRREL:
1. Fall Season:
a. Season: October 1 - February 28
b. Bag Limit: 10 per day
2. Spring Season:
a. Season: May 15 June 1
b. Bag Limit: 10 per day
3. Youth Squirrel Hunts (On private lands and authorized state and federal lands only in those areas open for squirrel hunting)
a. Season: September 24 30
b. Bag Limit: 10 per day
c. 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 squirrel youth season in their regulations and open U. S. Forest Service National Forest lands.
d. Persons eligible to participate in this special hunt are:
i. Those who are fifteen (15) years of age or younger.
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 alone in this state; otherwise they 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 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.
iv. A licensed hunter supervising a child as provided in this section must hold a valid Mississippi license for the species being hunted.
4. Whenever the opening date set above falls on a Sunday, the season shall begin on the preceding Saturday.
E. BOBWHITE QUAIL:
1. Season: From Thanksgiving Day the first Saturday in March next following.
2. Bag Limit: 8 per day
F. RABBIT:
1. Season: The Saturday nearest October 15 - February 28
2. Bag Limit: 8 per day
3. Whenever the opening date set above falls on a Sunday, the season shall begin on the preceding Saturday.
G. TRAPPING SEASON:
1. Season: November 1 - March 15
2. Bag Limit: No Limit