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September 2018
P.O. Box 5 • 18671 Highway 61 • Lorman, MS 39096 601-437-3611 or toll-free 1-800-287-8564 • Fax: 601-437-8736
Adams • Amite • Claiborne • Copiah • Franklin Hinds • Jefferson • Lincoln • Wilkinson Southwest Electric is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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Southwest Electric to retire capital credits totaling
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ANNUAL MEETING
$1,340,488.44 Southwest Electric is a Member-Owned cooperative and does not operate for profit, unlike an investor-owned utility that operates to make profit for investors. Revenue received from Members paying their bills is used to cover operating expenses and the remaining funds are invested in the utility system. The invested funds represent the MemberOwners’ economic participation and are allocated to the Members in the form of capital credits. Active Members with a capital credit retirement of less than $50 will see
a credit on their September bills. On Sept. 11, over 8,700 checks will be mailed to Members with a capital credit retirement of $50 or more. Since 1960, Southwest Electric has returned over $25 million in capital credits to our Members.
No. 2018
1,340,488. 44 AMOUNT OF CHECK
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Board of Directors
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Nicholas Lambert Wisdom from His Word Homeschool
Door prizes were drawn and given to Members who attended the Annual Meeting on August 9. Winners pictured are: Carol Selman of Wilkinson County, Melvin Arnold of Claiborne County, Carolyn Anderson of Adams County, Shirley Brown of Jefferson County, Windell Carter of Jefferson County and Willie Pree of Adams County. All Members in attendance at the Annual Meeting or who returned their proxies were entered into a drawing to win an LED TV. Pictured are Craig and Paula Duplantis, Members in Franklin County. Their names were drawn at the Annual Meeting as the winners of the TV.
Are you a leader in your community? If you’re an 11th grader served by Southwest Electric, make this year memorable by participating in the 2019 Leadership Workshop in Jackson, Miss., and Tour of Washington, D.C.
Noah Lambert Wisdom from His Word Homeschool
Mallory Hinson
Damira McGruder
Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School
For more information, see your Guidance Counselor or call Southwest Electric at 601-437-3611.
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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
Primitive Weapon
Dec. 2 - 15
Nov. 5 - 16
Gun (without dogs)
Dec. 16 - 23
Gun (with dogs)
Dec. 24 - Jan. 16
Archery/Primitive Weapon
Jan. 17 - 31
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. 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.
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.
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 • White-winged & Mourning Dove (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 **(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.
Fall Turkey SEASON
DATES
BAG LIMIT
FALL (SEE OPEN AREAS)
OCT. 15 - NOV. 15
TWO (2) TURKEYS, EITHER SEX
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.