by MBJ Staff Published: May 1,2013
Tags: deer, duck, goose, hunt, hunter, hunting, law, legislation, legislative, Legislature, review, waterfowl, white-tailed deer, wildlife, wildlife management
JACKSON — Questions have arisen over the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ management of selected wild game in Mississippi (i.e., the waterfowl, turkey and deer management programs), according to the PEER Committee. Also, some citizens have questioned the expanded use of privately owned pens for deer management and whether the use of such [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2013
Tags: bill, gun, hunt, hunter, hunting, law, legislation, legislative, Legislature, season, weapon
JACKSON — Some hunters who use modern rifles may no longer have to sit out primitive weapon deer season in Mississippi. A bill that would allow hunters to use weapons of choice on private land during this brief part of deer season is headed to the desk of Gov. Phil Bryant. Bryant spokesman Mick Bullock [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 26,2013
Tags: cellphone, communications, fish, fisherman, fishing, hunt, hunter, huntinmg, license, outdoors, smartphone, technology, telecommunications
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks (MDWFP) has released its hunting and fishing Android application. The Android version of the MDWFP iPhone application contains a variety of tools and information for Mississippi hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts. Users can download the application for free in the Google Play store “The MDWFP [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 11,2013
Tags: bird, ecosystem, gamebird, hunt, hunter, hunting, natural resources, Nature, outdoors, state agency, Turkey, tyracking, wildlife
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is seeking information from hunters to keep track of turkey populations in the state. Adam Butler, wild turkey program biologist, said the spring gobbler hunter survey is one of the most reliable data sets used to monitor Mississippi turkeys. Currently, more than 1,200 turkey hunters [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 7,2013
Tags: bird, duck, ecosystem, environment, higher education, hunt, hunter, hunting, mallard, outdoors, public university, study, waterfowl, wildlife, wildlife management conversation
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Results from a Mississippi State University study of mallard ducks in the state’s South Delta revealed information that could help shape conservation and habitat management programs. For several years, Brian Davis, assistant professor in MSU’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture and researcher in MSU’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, has been [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: bill, commodity, crop, duck, farm, farmer, farming, federal, goose, government, hunt, hunter, hunting, law, lawmaker, legal, legislative, outdoors, rice, waterfowl
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Congressional delegations from Mississippi and Arkansas have backed legislation to clarify that hunting over a rolled rice field is not illegal field baiting. The legislation promoted by U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both R-Miss., died in the past Congress. U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., whose district is the largest rice [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2012
Tags: agency, angling, computer, fish, fisherman, hardware, hunt, hunter, hunting, license, outdoors, software, state, strwamline, technology, wildlife
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks (MDWFP) has streamlined its outdoor services on San Diego-based ACTIVE Network’s ActiveWorks Outdoors technology platform. MDWFP is the first Outdoors customer to consolidate information, like game harvest reporting and registration information, into a single database, according to the company. Earlier this year, ACTIVE Network successfully [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 14,2012
Tags: agency, agriculture, bait, bill, environment, farm, farmer, farming, federal government, hunt, hunter, hunting, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, wildlife
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have introduced legislation to prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from penalizing farmers and sportsmen for rolling their fields during hunting season. Drought conditions this summer in Arkansas and Mississippi caused harvested rice farms to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 6,2012
Tags: alligator, animal, environment, game management, habitat, harvest, hunt, hunter, hunting, hunting season, outdoors, reptile, sportsman
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI — When state wildlife officials decided to expand alligator hunting this year — not once but twice — local officers got a tiny bit worried. At first, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said the hunt could take place on public waterways across two-thirds of the state, including all of southwest [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: animal, application, city, deer, government, homeowner, hunt, hunter, hunting, municipal, municipality, permit, white tail deer, wildlife, wildlife control
OXFORD — Officials are trying to control the local deer population, and they’re urging homeowners to let certified bow hunters harvest deer from their property. Emergency management coordinator Jimmy Allgood tells The Oxford Eagle he has all the hunters he needs. But for the program to be effective, he needs homeowners to sign up. Allgood [...] [...]
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