Furbearer & Trapping
Trapping Season: November 1 - March 15 (All Furbearer species and Nuisance species)
Bag & Possession Limits: None
Licenses:
Trapping and Fur Dealer Licenses may only be purchased at any location that sells MS hunting/fishing licenses, as well as online, the Jackson Office, or any Regional Office, State Lake, or State Park.
Trapping License:
- Resident $25.00
- Non-Resident $205.00
Fur Dealer's License:
- Resident $50.00
- Non-Resident $205.00
Trapper Harvest Surveys
The deadline for returns is May 1.
Rules & Regulations
Trap Set Examples
Annual Fur Sale/Auction
The Mississippi Fur Trappers Association sponsors an annual fur sale/auction in Kosciusko, MS at the Kosciusko Coliseum on the last Saturday of February. For additional information, contact the MS Trappers Association at (662) 563-6222.
Historical Trapper Harvest and License Data
- 1977 to 2003 Harvest Data
- 2004 to 2014 Harvest Data
- 2014-15 Harvest Data
- 2015-16 Harvest Data
- 2016-17 Harvest Data
- 2017-18 Harvest Data
- 2018-19 Harvest Data
- Trapping License Sales History 1983-2019
Additional Furbearer Resources
- Trapping Manual
- Stretching Beaver Instructions
- Beaver Table Instructions
- Beavertail Preparation
- Board Sizes Instructions
- Grading Terms
- Sizing Pelts
- Fur Harvester's Auction
- Fur Takers of America
- FTA Trappers College
- North American Fur Auction
- Wild-about-trapping
- Mississippi Fur Trappers Association
- National Trappers Association
