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Miss. Code Ann. § 49-7-59

Hours for hunting

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Pharr v. State (1984)

Most recently applied in Justin Crockett v. State of Mississippi (January 2017)

Codes, 1942, § 5893; Laws, 1932, ch. 123; Laws, 1968, ch. 260, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 516; Laws, 1985, ch. 452, § 14; Laws, 1996, ch. 486, § 4; Laws, 2005, ch. 373, § 3, eff from …

(1) It is unlawful for any person to hunt any wild animal or wild bird during the night from one-half (1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise, either with or without the use of a light, except: Beavers, bobcats, fox, opossums, nutria and raccoons; and

(2) Coyotes by a landowner, agricultural leaseholder or his designated agent on lands owned or leased by the owner or leaseholder.

(3) The commission shall prescribe the weapons that may be used to hunt game under this section.

(4) A violation of this section is a Class II violation and is punishable as provided in Section 49-7-143.

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.