Wildlife & Hunting

Furbearer & Trapping

Trapping Season: November 1 - March 15 (All Furbearer species and Nuisance species)

Bag & Possession Limits: None

Licenses: 
Trapping and Fur Dealer Licenses may only be purchased at any location that sells MS hunting/fishing licenses, as well as online, the Jackson Office, or any Regional Office, State Lake, or State Park.

Trapping License:

• Resident $25.00
• Non-Resident $205.00
  
  

Fur Dealer's License:

• Resident $50.00
• Non-Resident $205.00
  
  

Trapper Harvest Surveys

The deadline for returns is May 1.

Rules & Regulations

• Trapping Regulations
• River Otter and Bobcat Tagging Info (***See Changes Updated Nov. 2016)

Trap Set Examples

• Types of Traps
• Land-Set Traps
• Water-Set Traps
• Snare Traps

Annual Fur Sale/Auction

The Mississippi Fur Trappers Association sponsors an annual fur sale/auction in Kosciusko, MS at the Kosciusko Coliseum on the last Saturday of February.  For additional information, contact the MS Trappers Association at (662) 563-6222.

Historical Trapper Harvest and License Data

• 1977 to 2003 Harvest Data
• 2004 to 2014 Harvest Data
• 2014-15 Harvest Data
• 2015-16 Harvest Data
• 2016-17 Harvest Data
• 2017-18 Harvest Data
• 2018-19 Harvest Data
• Trapping License Sales History 1983-2019

Additional Furbearer Resources

• Trapping Manual
• Stretching Beaver Instructions
• Beaver Table Instructions
• Beavertail Preparation
• Board Sizes Instructions
• Grading Terms
• Sizing Pelts
• Fur Harvester's Auction
• Fur Takers of America
• FTA Trappers College
  
• North American Fur Auction
  
• Wild-about-trapping
  
• Mississippi Fur Trappers Association
• National Trappers Association