It is illegal to use dogs or other pets to take deer. Dogs can only be used on a leash to hunt or chase injured deer. The orange hunter requirements apply to hunting deer, rabbit, pheasant, quail, turkeys (when the fall season coincides with firearms season) and squirrels that hunt from November 1 to January 31. It is illegal to hunt or capture wild animals or birds using bait. Liquid perfumes can be used. Electrically operated call or sound reproducers can only be used to hunt annoying animals and crows. It is illegal to use snares, salt and bait to catch deer. Raccoons, foxes, opossums, beavers and bobcats can be legally hunted at night, with or without light and with dogs, except during the spring turkey season. For legal deer, see “Deer Hunting” for legal sizes and catch restrictions. All deer hunters must wear at least 500 square inches of solid and continuous fluorescent orange material in daylight during firearms season on deer. Plunder permits to kill deer when destroying crops are issued only by a PFSD officer after an approved supervised field inspection.
If a person is convicted of killing deer out of season, they can be fined at least $100 and their licence can be revoked by the Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Commission for one year. Anyone who hunts or kills deer with a lighting device is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000, five days` imprisonment and loss of hunting, fishing and fishing privileges for three years. This does not apply to deer killed in an accident involving a motor vehicle. Any equipment used to hunt or kill deer at night with a confiscated lighting device is considered contraband and will be seized by the law enforcement officer. This equipment is subject to degradation and may become the property of the State of Mississippi. From November 12, 2022 to January 31, 2023, hunters must follow the hunter orange dress code to hunt deer with a firearm in a reduction zone. Hunters must obtain permission from landowners to hunt on private property. When hunting deer during a deer firearms hunting season, a hunter must wear at least five hundred (500) square inches of solid fluorescent orange, unless hunting in a stand at least twelve feet above the ground or in a fully enclosed or blind stand of deer. However, hunters must wear hunter orange when going to and from their booth. Hunters are also encouraged to wear a light when going into the forest before daybreak or leaving after dark. Deer hunting is a popular hunting option in much of the state.
To increase your chances of hunting success, head south toward Switzerland County, west of Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge and Pike County, where you`ll find the Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area. Deer populations and catch numbers have remained constant in these areas, so your chances of making good use of your deer tags are high. Turkey hunting with dogs is prohibited. During the spring turkey season, it is illegal to keep dogs in areas where turkey season is open, except in licensed pens. Dogs are not allowed to hunt deer during archery season, primitive weapon season or hunting season. Requests for dog field trials must be submitted to the Ministère de la Faune, des Pêches et des Parcs at least 14 days prior to the start of the study. Deer reduction areas may be modified annually at the discretion of the MNR Director based on the management needs of the deer population. Please visit deer.dnr.IN.gov to see an up-to-date map and area descriptions. Weapons that can be legally used during primitive weapons season are all archery equipment and primitive firearms. “Primitive firearms” intended for deer hunting are defined as single or double barrelled muzzle-loading rifles of .38 calibre or higher; OR breech-loading metal cartridge rifles (.35 calibre or more) and replicas, reproductions or reproductions of such rifles with an exposed hammer; OR single or double barrel muzzle-loading shotguns, bullet or single screw shotguns.
All primitive muzzle-loading weapons must use black powder or a black powder substitute with percussion caps, #209 shotgun primers, or flintlock ignition. “Black powder substitute” is defined as a substance designed, manufactured and specifically intended for use as a propellant in muzzle-loading firearms or other black powder firearms, with the exception of advanced smokeless powder. Metal cartridges can be loaded with black powder or modern smokeless powder (cartridges purchased in sports stores). Telescopic sights are allowed during hunting with any primitive firearm during primitive firearm season. During an open season for deer with primitive weapons after the 30th century. November A person may only use any legal weapon of his or her choice on private property if he or she owns the land, leases the hunting rights on the land, is a member of a hunting club that leases the hunting rights on the land, or a guest of the aforementioned person. If the person must have a hunting licence, they must have a licence to carry a primitive weapon, a sports licence or a sporting licence for life. Protected or regulated wild animals, live, dead or their flesh, cannot be sold, exchanged or exchanged. (Exceptions: fur-bearing animals, squirrel tails, deer skins, antlers, hooves and feathers of cured wild birds can be sold. Everything must be taken legally.) Hunters, including those using archery equipment, must meet the requirements of the hunter orange when hunting deer during the following seasons: firearms (November 12-27, 2022), muzzle magazines (3. until December 18, 2022) and deer reduction (November 12, 2022 – Jan.