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June 6, 2026

A great acorn crop this past fall has Mississippi squirrel hunters excited about the tail end of this season.

Mississippi squirrel hunting takes off in February

January 30, 2020 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi squirrel hunters can’t wait for February to arrive. Mississippi’s season runs through Feb. 28. The limit is eight per day, per hunter. […]

Bushytails 101: Mississippi squirrels beware

January 13, 2020 Michael O. Giles

Veteran squirrel hunter Jeffrey Wood charts the steps it takes to make squirrel hunting in January an activity that can’t be missed. […]

The author and a black, Mississippi River fox squirrel he took with a bow on a river island stalk for deer.

Black squirrels with a bow

November 1, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

The author explains how he’s taken black fox squirrels along the Mississippi River and surrounding bottomland hardwoods with a bow. […]

Kids under 16 years of age can hunt squirrels in Mississippi during the Sept 24-30 season.

September squirrels? Only if you’re a young ‘un

September 9, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Some Mississippians will have a chance to put fresh squirrel on their menus this month. There just has to be a youth involved. […]

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? […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Spring squirrel hunting is a real treat for many Mississippi hunters who take advantage of the 2-week season.

Is May too hot for squirrels?

May 15, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi gets its fourth-annual spring squirrel season in Mississippi in 2018, but it has yet to lure many sportsmen to participate, with most citing “too hot to hunt” as the reason. […]

A dying art, it might seem, squirrel hunting remains Mississippi’s top small game target.

Bushytails best beware

February 7, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s No. 1 small-game animal remains the squirrel, although hunting pressure continues to plummet. The number of squirrel hunters in the state has dropped by half over the past 50 years. […]