Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Mississippi does not have a NWCO program. A nuisance permit allows landowners, agricultural leaseholders, or their designated agents to take only nuisance animals (nutria, beaver, fox, skunks, wild hogs and coyotes) on permitted property any time day or night without weapons restrictions from October 1, 2007 through February 29, 2008. All other animals hunted or taken on said property must be done in accordance with Mississippi Statute or Commission regulations.
For trapping license:
Trappers are required to have an identification number, which is registered with the Mississippi Department of
Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks, attached to ALL traps by a metal tag or permanently inscribed, etched, or stamped on the trap. This identification number is required to purchase a trapping license. Trappers may secure their identification number by contacting the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks (MDWFP), 1505 Eastover Dr., Jackson, MS 39211-6374, ph. (601) 432-2170. Any trap found without a registered identification number will be in violation and subject to removal by a conservation officer. Resident and non-resident trapping licenses may only be purchased from the Jackson Office, any District Office, State Lake, or State Park.
Trapping license is required of anyone 16 years of age or older who traps furbearers (bobcat, mink, muskrat, opossum, otter, raccoon, and weasel), or nuisance animals (beaver, coyote, fox, nutria, skunks, and wild hogs) in the State of Mississippi, except landowners trapping on their own land.
The fee for a trapping license is: Resident $26.85
Non-Resident $208.85
Mississippi Trapping and Fur Dealing Regulations
click on Title 49, then Chapter 7. 49-7-1, 49-7-31.5, and 49-7-140.
Mississippi Trapping and Fur Dealing Regulations:
· It is unlawful to trap any animal, except beaver, coyote, fox, nutria, skunk, and wild hogs in any period other than the trapping season on furbearing animals
· Beaver, coyote, fox, nutria, skunks, and wild hogs are classified as “nuisance animals” and may be taken year-round on private lands, as allowed according to Public Notice LE2-3779 (see Nuisance Wildlife Regulations pamphlet or Public Notice LE2-3779).
· Fox may be trapped during the closed season on property owned or leased by the person trapping.
Nuisance Permit (has links to permits by district)
Nuisance Wildlife in Mississippi
Nuisance Wildlife in Mississippi
NDWFP District Office Phone Numbers
Rules and Regulations Relative to Nuisance Animals
MDWFP Wildlife Bureau - (601) 432-2199
Mississippi Trapping and Fur Dealing Regulations
Trappers are required to have an identification number, which is registered with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks, attached to ALL traps by a metal tag or permanently inscribed, etched, or stamped on the trap. This identification number is required to purchase a trapping license. Trappers may secure their identification number by contacting the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks (MDWFP), 1505 Eastover Dr., Jackson, MS 39211-6374, ph. (601) 432-2170. Any trap found without a registered identification number will be in violation and subject to removal by a conservation officer.
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Each trapper is required to complete and return a Trapper Harvest Survey to the MDWFP for the 2007-08 season. The survey will be provided by the MDWFP, after the trapping season has concluded, and must be satisfactorily completed and returned. Any trapper failing to return a completed harvest survey may be denied a trapping license the following year. Trappers are urged to keep accurate records of their harvests during the season.