MS HB455

Deletes the July 1, 2017 repeal date for Section 49-7-31.5, making the statute governing nuisance animals and wild hogs permanent law.

Removes provisions requiring permits and transportation regulations for catching, trapping, and transporting live wild hogs within Mississippi.

Maintains year-round hunting and trapping rights for landowners and agricultural leaseholders to take predatory and nuisance animals on their lands without a license.

Continues prohibition on relocating wild hogs caught or trapped to different locations, with violations classified as Class I violations.

Retains requirement that hunters wear at least 500 square inches of fluorescent orange when hunting wild hogs during open gun seasons on deer.