Mississippi Season Dates Set

[tunica du4u]

Just received this email from my DU RD. Haven't confirmed them yet.

Season was set this morning.
The season will be 60 days with a 6 bird limit, same as last year, except closure on canvasbacks and a 30 day pintail season (see below)

November 23-24 (no cans, no pintails)
November 29-December 24 (no cans, no pintails)
December 26-January 26 (no cans, pintails are legal)

Note: Pintail Season is 30 days December 28-January 26 (be careful on those pintail hens prior to that.....and after that too for that matter).

Youth Hunt February 1-2, 2003

Light geese conservation order: October 1, 2002 - November 17, 2002 & January 27, 2002 - March 31, 2003

Dark Geese - November 18, 2002 - January 26, 2003


Those of you who are well connected to "THE WEATHER MAKER" know what to ask for.

[SB]

Those dates are correct with the exception the goose season.

Light geese conservation order: October 1, 2002 - November 17, 2002 & January 27, 2002 - March 31, 2002

Dark Geese - November 18, 2002 - January 26, 2002

[Hambone]

My mother will be so happy with these dates. For the first time in memory, I will be able to enjoy Christmas dinner without itching to get it over so I can head back to the swamps! I also like the thought of ten straight weekends to hunt ducks, with an eleventh if you count the youth weekend.

[BrianB]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but thats only 58 days!
4 nov
28 dec
26 jan
= 58.

Why?,especially with teh 2 days aftr christmas closed, why only 58?

[judge jb]

got a cell call this morn from Randall Miller with the DWF&P of the new dates.... appear to work good for me.... with the breaks i may get to work a few days this winter....haha....

30 days has Sept. April, June, and Nov... al the rest have 31 except for Feb..... EXCEPT in MS. where we have Septober, Octember and Nowonder..... make your plans early to work around these dates...... enjoy.....

judge jb

[Wingman]

That's right, that's only 58 days...please tell me the other two are December 26 and 27.

Wingman
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[Anatidae]

Man, that really sucks!

[Don Miller]

Here are the hunting days in Mississippi and Arkansas that don't overlap. Mississippi is open Dec. 9,10,11,12,13 while Arkansas season is closed. Arkansas is open Nov. 25,26,27,28 and Dec.25,26,27 while Mississippi season is closed. It would be possible to hunt a total of 72 days between the two states seasons. Man, that is a ton of sunrises to witness!

[SB]

Oops! Ya'll passed the test. Duck season does include Dec. 26 and 27. I didn't pay enough attention to those dates posted.

[tunica du4u]

Thanks Scott. I couldn't find any confirmation on those dates when I received them. I called to see and was told he cut & pasted off the email he received from one of your counterparts. I went back and corrected the original post guys. It will reflect the correct dates now. Didn't make sense to me not to hunt the 26th. Probably the most hunted day of the season.

[jebster]

I think we missed a golden opportunity to rid ourselves of our image as "meat hunters" by adopting the 6 duck limit. This image problem has cost us hunting days in the past. This is especially magnified by the fact that Arkansas opted volunatrily to reduce the bag limit from 6 to 5.

But, the real reason we should have chosen 5 ducks is that the population surveys clearly show ducks are declining. Place this against a back drop of worsening habitat conditions and the future is cloudy at best. I think we have acted irresponsibly on this issue. Once again, Mississippi shoots itself in the foot.

Of course, this is only my opinion.

[THE DUCKSLAYER]

WELL I LIKE HAVING THOSE BREAKS GIVES THE DUCKS A BREAK,THIS OLD SACK OF BONES SOME MUCH NEEDED REST.I'M NOT TRYING TO BE AN ASS BUT THE POST ON THE GOOSE SEASONS IS WRONG.I BELIEVE THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE LIGHT GOOSE SEASON SHOULD BE

MARCH 31,2003 !!!!!!!!!

THE DARK GOOSE SEASON SHOULD BE

JANUARY 26,2003 !!!!!!!

[Po Monkey Lounger]

A break??? What the hell kind of wussy needs a break?? Give me a break!
You gonna get yo booty up like the rest of us every morning. All 60 of them. We're not even going to think about work during Dec and Jan. Just going to hunt like a SOB every day. When I leave the house after Thanksgiving, I am just going to leave the little miss a note telling her I'll be somewhere in the Delta in a duck marsh for the next two months, but may come home for Christmas, since the season will be closed that day.
Ho Ho Ho!!! Ting-a-ling Ting-a-ling.