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ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES OF MISSISSIPPI
The Power in Preparation Preparation is the key to success in many things we do in life. Planning, practice and thoughtful assessment provide opportunities to work out potential problems in advance. September is National Preparedness Month, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency is encouraging all of us to prepare for emergencies. But most of us do better when we prepare for the routine, the extraordinary and the unexpected. For electric cooperatives in Mississippi, preparation plays a huge role in ensuring that our members have the electricity they need as soon as they flip a light switch or start an appliance. When a co-op crew pulls a truck into a loading bay, warehouse workers have already pulled the parts and equipment needed for that crew’s scheduled day’s work. When a member services representative discusses balanced billing by telephone, they’re helping a member with preparations to ease the impact of seasonal high bills. When meteorologists call for exceptionally hot or cold weather, electric co-ops work closely with their generation and transmission cooperatives (G&Ts) to ensure adequate supplies of electricity are reserved to meet anticipated demand. Mississippi’s electric co-ops are constantly
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preparing for the future. Engineers and construction crews design, build and upgrade the electric system to move electricity from power plants and substations to farms, homes and businesses. All of these actions prepare electric co-ops to deal with the daily challenges of meeting the electricity needs of their members. But working together, we put in just as much effort preparing for the uncertainties posed by flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, high winds, blizzards and ice storms. Electric co-ops maintain and constantly update emergency response plans. Employees train for major events and know in advance what their primary and secondary roles would be. Electric co-ops also subscribe to mutual aid agreements. That’s why you see trucks and crews from co-ops in other states in your communities when major power outages occur. We also work with state and national officials to help ensure that crews can get to your communities when they are needed and have the lodging, food and support necessary to work effectively far from home. September may be National Preparedness Month, but Mississippi’s electric cooperatives are committed to preparedness every day––for the routine, the extraordinary and the unexpected.
Turn off kitchen, bath and other exhaust fans within 20 minutes after you’re done cooking or bathing. When replacing exhaust fans, consider installing high-efficiency, low-noise models. Source: energy.gov
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DEER ZONES For a complete listing of hunting seasons, bag limits and other legal restrictions, go to www.mdwfp.com.
White-tailed Deer DELTA, NORTHEAST, EAST CENTRAL, AND SOUTHWEST ZONES METHOD
SEASON DATES
LEGAL DEER
Archery Youth Gun (15 and under) Antlerless Primitive Weapon
Oct. 1 - Nov. 16 Nov. 3 - Jan. 31
Either-Sex on private and open public land. Either-Sex on private and authorized state and federal lands. Legal bucks only after Nov. 17 on authorized state and federal lands. Antlerless Deer Only on private lands.
Gun (with dogs)
Nov. 17 - Dec. 1
Nov. 5 - 16
Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land. Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land. Weapon of choice may be used on private land with appropriate license. Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land.
Primitive Weapon
Dec. 2 - 15
Gun (without dogs)
Dec. 16 - 23
Gun (with dogs)
Dec. 24 - Jan. 16
Archery/Primitive Weapon
Jan. 17 - 31
METHOD
SEASON DATES
LEGAL DEER
Archery
Oct. 15 - Nov. 16
Either-Sex on private and open public land.
Youth Gun (15 and under)
Nov. 3 - Feb. 15
Either-Sex on private and authorized state and federal lands. Legal bucks only after Nov. 17 on authorized state and federal lands.
Gun (with dogs)
Nov. 17 - Dec. 1
Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land.
Dec. 2 - 15
Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land. Weapon of choice may be used on private land with appropriate license.
Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land. Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land. Weapon of choice may be used on private land with appropriate license.
SOUTHEAST ZONE
In all zones: For youth fifteen (15) years of age and younger hunting on private lands and authorized state and federal lands, all three (3) of their three (3) buck bag limit may be any antlered deer.
Primitive Weapon Gun (without dogs)
Dec. 16 - 23
Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land.
Gun (with dogs)
Dec. 24 - Jan. 16
Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land.
BAG LIMITS: Antlered Buck Deer: The bag limit on antlered buck deer is one (1) buck per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season. Legal bucks must meet the antler criteria within the appropriate deer management zone.
Antlerless Deer: Private lands: The bag limit on Northeast, Delta and East Central, and Southwest Zones antlerless deer is three (3) per annual season. The bag limit on Southeast Zone antlerless deer is one (1) per day, two (2) per annual season.
Jan. 17 - 31 Archery/Primitive Weapon Feb. 1 - 15
Small Game SEASON
SEASON DATES
DAILY BAG LIMIT
Youth Squirrel*
Sept. 24 - 30
8
Squirrel - Fall Season
Oct. 1 - Feb. 28
8
Squirrel - Spring Season
May 15 - June 1
4
SEASON
SEASON DATES
DAILY BAG LIMIT
Rabbit
Oct. 13 - Feb. 28
8
Bobwhite Quail
Nov. 22 - Mar. 2
8
Frog
April 1 - Sept. 30
25/NIght
Raccoon
July 1 - Sept. 30
1 per Party/Night
Opossum, Raccoon, and Bobcat
Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 (Food and sport) Nov. 1 - Feb. 28 (Food, sport, and pelt)
5/Day; 8/Party No Limit
Trapping
Nov. 1 - Mar. 15
No Limit
U.S. Forest Service National Forests: The bag limit is one (1) per day, not to exceed three (3) per annual season except in the Southeast Zone which is two (2) per annual season.
Either-Sex on private land. Legal Bucks only on open public land. Weapon of choice may be used on private land with appropriate license. Legal Bucks only on private and open public land. Weapon of choice may be used on private land with appropriate license.
*On private lands and authorized state and federal lands only in those areas open for squirrel hunting.
Dove
Fall Turkey
• White-winged & Mourning Dove
SEASON
DATES
BAG LIMIT
(North Zone) ** Sept. 1-Oct. 7; Oct. 27 Nov. 7; Dec. 22 - Jan. 31 (South Zone)*** Sept. 1-9; Oct. 6-Nov. 7; Dec. 15-Jan. 31
FALL (SEE OPEN AREAS)
OCT. 15 - NOV. 15
TWO (2) TURKEYS, EITHER SEX
**(Dove North Zone) Areas north of U.S. Hwy 84 plus areas south of U.S. Hwy 84 and west of MS Hwy 35 ***(Dove South Zone) Areas south of U.S. Hwy 84 and east of MS Hwy 35.
Open Areas: In the following counties or portion of counties, on private lands where the landowner/lease holder completes a fall turkey hunting application and provides a copy of the property deed or lease agreement at a MDWFP Regional Office or the Jackson Office. Delta Zone: Bolivar County - west of the main Mississippi River levee and those lands east of the main Mississippi River levee known as 27 Break Hunting Club; Coahoma, Desoto, Issaquena, Tunica, and Washington counties - west of the main Mississippi River levee. North-Central Zone: Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tippah, and Union counties.
Southwest Zone: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Warren, Wilkinson, and Yazoo counties.