MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Representative Gipson
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-31.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND SQUIRREL SEASON THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH SUBJECT TO A DAILY BAG LIMIT OF THREE SQUIRRELS PER HUNTER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-7-31.3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-7-31.3. The open season on game animals except deer shall be as follows:
(a) On squirrel: The
season shall open on October 1 and run through * * * March 7 next following. However,
during the period of time from February 28 through March 7, the daily bag limit
on squirrel shall be three (3) per hunter. In addition, the commission is
authorized to set a season that shall open not earlier than May 15 and run not
later than June 1 next following.
(b) On rabbits: The season shall open on the Saturday nearest October 15 and run through February 28 next following, and when rabbits are depredating or destroying crops, the owner of the crops or his tenants may shoot the rabbits with guns.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.