
If you have questions about purchasing a license call 1-800-5GO-HUNT.
The Youth Participation Initiative (YPI) Program provides funding for the purpose of educating children in the areas of hunting, fishing, conservation, and safety.
Find information about furbearer and trapping season, licenses, rules and regulations for trapping, and more.
The opening day of dove season is a day not to be missed for many Mississippi hunters. Wing shooters around the state should check out the variety of public dove hunting opportunities provided by the MDWFP.
Find information about dove fields throughout Mississippi.
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Bobwhite quail populations have declined substantially in Mississippi during the last 50 years. These declines have been due to changes in land use and management. Today, habitat management practices that produce the proper cover resources…
Learn about practices and programs that may be used to enhance quail and other wildlife habitats.
Check out updated fishing information from across the State.
The MDWFP provides technical guidance to private landowners interested in small game and other wildlife management.
See the results of quail call-counts conducted on selected WMAs each June and share your quail observations with the Bobscapes mobile app.
See quail hunting season dates and learn about hunting quail on public lands in Mississippi.
Loblolly pines and stately magnolia trees, rolling hills, spectacular seasonal flowers, and a year-round mild climate await visitors to Percy Quin State Park.
See the results of the statewide surveys of licensed quail hunters that the MDWFP has conducted since the early 1980s.
Find information about furbearer and trapping season, licenses, rules and regulations for trapping, and more.
Learn about foot hold, cable snare, and body grip types, and find information and images regarding how to place land-set, water-set, and snare traps.
Join us each week for the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast as we dive into our state's great outdoors by sharing stories about hunting, fishing, camping, conservation, and more.
Learn about the two game species of squirrels found in Mississippi and find information about squirrel hunting opportunities, habitat and population management, and more.
Learn about Mississippi's squirrel species, including the eastern gray squirrel and two distinct subspecies of fox squirrel.
Find information about what to do if you come across injured wildlife, as well as wildlife rehabilitation contacts and how to become a permitted rehabilitator.
Tree squirrels have relatively few diseases and parasites. However, one important parasite affecting squirrels in Mississippi and the Southeast is the larval stage of the warble botfly.
Tularemia, also known as Rabbit Fever, is perhaps the most serious disease associated with rabbits and human health. Squirrels and other rodents are also susceptible to Tularemia.
See the results of the statewide surveys of licensed squirrel hunters that the MDWFP has conducted since the early 1980s.