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June 7, 2026

Hunting for real starts the day August ends, with dove season opening statewide Sept. 1.

Get ready to shoot as September arrives

August 13, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi hunters won’t have to wait long in September to get started shooting. Seasons begin as soon as the calendar page is flipped. […]

Spring squirrel season will open on May 15

May 6, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi hunters will again have a chance to take squirrels this month when the statewide spring season opens May 15. It ends on June 1. […]

Photographer captures images of giant multicolored squirrel

April 10, 2019 From News Reports

The giant Malabar squirrel isn’t native to the United States, but what small game hunter wouldn’t love to pursue this colorful animal? […]

Quail and rice recipe

February 21, 2019 Jerry Dilsaver

This wonderful quail dish is a bird hunter’s delight. […]

Beagle music: a harmony you won’t soon forget

February 4, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

There is nothing more pleasant to the ears than the sound of a pack of beagles in pursuit of a rabbit. […]

The author shows off a pair fox squirrels (black color phase) and one gray killed with a shotgun near the Mississippi River. The black phase it more prevalent in the Delta Counties.

Bushytail bonanza – Find the food and find late-season squirrels

February 1, 2019 David Hawkins

Hit the hardwoods and finish your hunting season with a limit of Mississippi squirrels. […]

Cold-weather dove hunts can mean furious action, if hunters can find a food source that attracts both local and migrating birds.

Don’t forget doves

January 9, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

A major change in the federal migratory bird framework is giving Mississippi dove hunters additional opportunities to take the fast-flying birds this month. […]

Rabbit hunters were doubly pleased about Saturday's arrival of the season, since it coincided with the first cool front of the fall.

Jonathan Thames was wearing a big smile Friday while stocking up on 20-gauge 7½ shotgun shells at a sporting goods store in Flowood, and he was as happy as a high school kid on the final day of school. […]

October is a great time for small game hunters. Squirrel season opened Oct. 1 and rabbit season opens on Oct. 13.

Small game: Squirrel first, then rabbits

October 8, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

October is a big month for small-game enthusiasts, with the opening of the statewide squirrel season on Oct. 1 and the statewide rabbit season on Oct. 13, giving both several weeks of hunting before the opening of gun season on deer on Nov. 17. […]

Dove hunters, especially those in South Mississippi, get more opportunities in October. Retrievers enjoy the second season since it’s cooler.

Dove hunting continues

October 5, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi wing-shooters will have plenty of opportunities to take doves in October, but the focus shifts to the southeastern corner of the state for most of the month. […]

Young Jack Allen enjoys a successful moment with the family’s squirrel dog Honey Girl on an October hunt last year.

Puttin’ on the dog

October 1, 2018 Michael O. Giles

Hunting squirrels with dogs offers hunters an opportunity to get in the woods and to sample Mississippi small-game hunting. […]

Squirrel season opens on Monday (Oct. 1) statewide in Mississippi.

Squirrel season opens statewide

October 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s squirrel hunters can start chasing the bushy-tailed quarry statewide on Monday, and results from the first five days of the youth season show it could be spotty. […]