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Looking for a place to hunt? MDWFP has more than 50 Wildlife Management Areas across the state that are open to hunting.

The Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) is a comprehensive deer management program consisting of data collection and cooperator education. Using this data, the MDWFP tries to put the landowner/cooperator in a better position to manage their…

Have you ever wondered what the score was of the largest buck in your county? Or the beard length of the heaviest turkey scored in Mississippi? Thanks to the Mississippi Deer and Wild Turkey Records Program, you don't have to guess anymore!

Any person born after January 1, 1972, must complete a hunter education course to legally hunt in Mississippi.

Find information on common diseases and conditions that affect white-tailed deer, including hemorrhagic disease ("bluetongue"), nasal bots, cutaneous fibromas ("deer warts"), and chronic wasting disease (CWD).

Find an MDWFP shooting facility to improve your shooting skills before your next hunt.

MDWFP has compiled data from more than twenty years of white-tailed deer health checks to create a reference map of simulated mean conception dates for deer across the state of Mississippi.

Gear up for the hunt with our general rules and regulations—your quick guide to a safe and successful outdoor experience.

Read about how to simply and economically establish effective warm season supplemental plantings and a complete cool season forage mixture for white-tailed deer, as well as how to evaluate food plots using exclosure cages.

Learn about Chronic Wasting Disease in Mississippi, including how to submit samples in suspected CWD cases.

There are thousands of trail cameras in the woods of Mississippi each year, but a full-fledged trail camera survey can help hunters and managers gather important and useful management data.

A primary goal of CWD response and management efforts is to determine the geographic extent and prevalence of the disease. MDWFP asks hunters to aid in this effort by submitting deer for testing during the white-tailed deer hunting season.

View data on CWD sample total and sample totals by county. MDWFP thanks all hunters that submit samples during hunting season.

Find details on the Deer Carcass Transportation Ban, including what parts of the carcass are permissible to transport.

Following the discovery of CWD, Mississippi adopted CWD Management Zones that have regulations pertaining to deer carcass transportation and supplemental feeding. See the maps and regulations pertaining to these zones.

The CWD Deer Management Assistance Program (CWD DMAP) was developed as a tool for private landowners and leaseholders to work together with MDWFP to manage CWD prevalence and increase sampling intensity in infected areas.

See statistics and distribution of CWD-positive samples recorded across the state of Mississippi.

Watch informational videos about CWD myths, sample drop offs, test results, and more.

With the population of Mississippi's deer herd rising, MDWFP is calling on hunters to take action to preserve the balance of nature.

Find resources, information, and tools to manage wildlife that might be a nuisance to your land.