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Habitat:The Mississippi State Fish and Wildlife Area is primarily a waterfowl management area. The site offers waterfowl, forest game and furbearer hunting with limited upland game opportunities. The area is a typical bottomland complex of sloughs, backwater lakes, timbered ponds, bottomland timber comprised largely of willow, maple, and cottonwood, and open river. Waterfowl hunting is restricted to marked blind sites and a designated walk-in area.

Site Specific Regulations

Statewide and associated species regulations apply at the site unless noted hereafter.

Non-Check Station Area:

Registered blind builders in non-check station areas must occupy blinds by ½ hour before shooting time each day, or the blind will be available to non-blind builders.

Walk-In Hunting:

Access by walk-in or boats without motors only.

Hunting hours are from 1/2 hour before sunrise until 12 pm. daily, no access before 4 am.

No permanent blinds.

Hunting parties will not hunt over less than 12 decoys or more than 24. Decoys must be picked up daily. No vehicles allowed.

No hunting within 200 yards of an occupied duck blind.

The northern acquisition at Rip Rap Landing is closed to waterfowl hunting.

Deer hunting (all available seasons) is allowed in all areas except access areas, waterfowl rest areas (closed 15 days prior to duck season) during duck season, or within 200 yards of an occupied duck blind.

It is unlawful to drive deer.

One non-piercing, portable stand per hunter. Hunters may leave stands unattended from Sept 15 – Jan 21, but stands must be legibly labeled with the hunter’s name, address, and telephone number.

It is unlawful to track deer with dogs on any Department-owned/managed site during hours when deer hunting is being conducted. Dogs must be certified as deer tracking dogs by a national dog tracking organization.

Deer hunters using a ground blind during any firearm deer season must display at least 400 inches of solid blaze orange material attached to the uppermost portion of the blind, and a substantial amount of orange must be visible for 360 degrees.

Waterfowl hunting hours follow statewide regulations, except in the Walk-in Area, which closes at 12 pm.

All waterfowl hunting must be done from within a staked and registered waterfowl blind, except in the Walk-in Area.

Blinds:

Blinds are allocated by public drawing for a three-year period.

Blinds must be built to site specifications and maintained in a safe, usable condition.

Blind builders are re-registered annually, and any blinds not registered or constructed are re-allocated.

All waterfowl hunting must be done from within a staked and registered waterfowl blind.

No more than 4 persons may occupy a blind at one time.

Hunters are required to hunt over a minimum of 12 decoys.

Blind builders must claim their blinds an hour before shooting time for teal, early goose, and the conservation order light goose seasons. If blind is not claimed, then it is open to first-come, first-served. There is no requirement to hunt from the blind sites during these seasons.

No person under 16 years old may hunt unless accompanied by an adult.

Deer

Archery

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except that the walk-in area opens at 12 pm daily and runs to the legal closing time during duck season

Firearm

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:

The site requires a county-specific permit issued through the statewide lottery.
The walk-in area opens at 12 pm daily and runs to legal closing time during duck season.