2015-16 Late Seasons

[msoutdoors]

Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 4, 2015

Mississippi’s Waterfowl Late Seasons Announced
Jackson – The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks approved dates for the 2015 – 2016 waterfowl hunting seasons. “Breeding populations were strong again in 2015, which will result in a liberal season framework of 60 days with a 6-duck daily bag limit,” said Houston Havens, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Waterfowl Program Leader.

Duck, merganser, and coot seasons will be November 27 - November 29, 2015; December 4 - December 6, 2015; and December 9, 2015 - January 31, 2016. The duck daily bag limit will be a total of 6 ducks, including no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 of which may be females), 3 wood ducks, 3 scaup, 2 redheads, 2 pintail, 2 canvasback, 1 mottled duck, and 1 black duck. The merganser daily bag limit will be a total of 5 mergansers, only 2 of which may be hooded mergansers. Coots will have a 15-bird daily bag limit. The possession limit is 3 times the daily bag limit for ducks, mergansers, and coots.

The youth waterfowl hunting days will be November 21, 2015 and February 6, 2016. Late-season Canada, snow, blue, Ross’s, white-fronted goose, and brant seasons will occur from November 19, 2015 - January 31, 2016. Late-season Canada geese will have a 3-bird daily bag limit, and brant will have a daily bag limit of 1 bird. The possession limit is 3 times the daily bag limit for Canada geese and brant. Snow, blue, and Ross’s geese will have a daily bag limit of 20 birds. White-fronted geese will have a daily bag limit of 3 birds. The possession limit for white-fronted geese is 9, and there is no possession limit for snow, blue, and Ross’s geese. In addition to the regular hunting season, there will again be a conservation order for snow, blue, and Ross’s geese during the following dates: October 1 – November 18, 2015; February 1 – 5, 2016; and February 7 – March 31, 2016.

For more information regarding waterfowl in Mississippi, visit our website at http://www.mdwfp.com/waterfowl or call us at (601) 432 – 2199. Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/mdwfp or on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/MDWFPonline.

[champcaller]

3 specks

[eSJay]

3 specks

You called it Champ!
That's HUGE! Is that the only change numbers wise?

[Herrmen]

3 specks

You called it Champ!
That's HUGE! Is that the only change numbers wise?

Canvasbacks went back to 2. They were 1 last year.

[novacaine]

3 speck is GREAT!

[rjohnson]

Screw a canvasback! Can't manage to kill one of the suckers lol

[drake09]

I hadn't seen that many canvas backs in cpl year around where I hunt I manged to kill one 3 years ago it's hanging on my wall now

[hntrpat1]

i killed my single canvasback every time i went last season. Two will be welcome

[rjohnson]

i killed my single canvasback every time i went last season. Two will be welcome

Need any company this year???

[hntrpat1]

We might could work something out if you're willing to get a La lic