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MS SB2520
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits nonresidents from hunting deer with guns and dogs during the second gun and dog season (December 24 through a commission-set date) on Homochitto National Forest lands.
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Maintains existing deer hunting seasons: bow and arrow (October 1 through Friday before Thanksgiving), first gun and dog season (Saturday before Thanksgiving through December 1), primitive weapons (December 2-15), and guns without dogs (December 16-23).
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Allows the commission to establish an extended primitive weapons and bow and arrow season from February 1-15 in areas south of U.S. Highway 84 and east of Mississippi Highway 35 for legal bucks only.
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Defines "legal buck" as a deer with antlers of four or more points with minimum inside spread of 10 inches or minimum main beam length of 13 inches.
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Takes effect July 1, 2011.
Legislative Description
Wildlife; prohibits nonresidents from hunting in second season of hunting deer with guns and dogs in the Homochitto Nat'l. Forest.
Last Action
Died In Committee
3/1/2011