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Miss. Code Ann. § 49-11-15

Game which may be hunted; authority of commission

Codes, 1942, § 5899-03; Laws, 1962, ch. 182, § 3; Laws, 1979, ch. 375, § 4; Laws, 1997, ch. 546, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 1997.

(1) Artificially propagated pheasants, quail, chukar partridges, mallards and black ducks, and any game bird authorized by the commission are the only game which may be hunted on shooting preserves under this chapter.

(2) Mallards and black ducks released on a shooting preserve must have a one-fourth (1/4) inch hole punched in the outer web of the right foot before the birds attain the age of six (6) weeks.

(3) The commission is authorized to specify the species of non-native wild game that may be released or hunted in commercial wildlife enclosures.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.