Mississippi Palisades State Park

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Huntable acres: 1,500
Habitat: Oak-hickory woodlands with steep topography of unglaciated ridges and deep ravines interspersed with hill prairies and ridge top fields.

Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.
All statewide hunting regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter.
Site requires use of windshield card, displayed on vehicle dashboard, to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
Only hunters possessing permits are allowed in the area during days of deer firearm seasons, and only permitted hunters are allowed in area until 1 pm during shotgun turkey seasons.
Hunting is restricted to those portions of the area posted as open to hunting, which is east of the main park road.
Hunters may not possess an uncased bow or loaded/uncased firearm outside of the posted hunting zones.
Hunters should be cautious about hikers and others in park area.
Hunters must park in one of the nine designated parking lots and must not block access to fields or gates.
A limited number of hunters are allowed to hunt deer and turkey during firearm season. Site specific permits required.
Only 1 non-piercing, portable tree stand or blind allowed per hunter. Tree stands or blinds may be left unattended from Sept 15 – Jan 31 if legibly marked with the owner’s name, address and telephone number.
Species-specific rules:

Archery
- Closed during firearm season otherwise statewide regulations apply.
Firearm
- Must obtain a Special Hunt Area permit issued through the permit office in Springfield.
- Permits valid for Carroll Co. are not valid for this site.
- First and second firearm deer season permits are available separately.
- Permit holders must register and show wildshield card at the park office by 5 am.
- tand by hunters must check-in for a drawing by 5 am each day. Stand by permits are $5 a day. No refills available.
Special CWD
- CWD deer hunters must obtain a Special Hunt Area permit.
- Permit holders must register and show Windshield Card at the park office by 5 am.
- Stand-by permits will not be issued for special CWD season.
- Leftover permits from other deer seasons can not be used.

Successful turkey hunters are required to record harvest as instructed on their permit.
Fall Archery
- Closed during firearm deer seasons
Spring
- Must obtain a Special Hunt Area permit issued through the permit office in Springfield.
- Permits valid for Carroll Co. are not valid at Mississippi Palisades.
- Spring turkey hunting is permitted during seasons 1 – 4 only.
- Preference is given to disabled hunters (3 permits in each of the 4 seasons).