The open season on game animals except deer shall be as follows:
On squirrel: The season shall open on October 1 and run through February 28 next following. In addition, the commission is authorized to set a season that shall open not earlier than May 15 and run not later than June 1 next following.
On rabbits: The season shall open on the Saturday nearest October 15 and run through February 28 next following, and when rabbits are depredating or destroying crops, the owner of the crops or his tenants may shoot the rabbits with guns.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology
Chapter 7 - Hunting and Fishing
§ 49-7-1. Definitions and interpretations
§ 49-7-1.1. Declaration of public policy
§ 49-7-2. "Social Security Administration" construed to include Railroad Retirement Board
§ 49-7-7. Use of revenue from increase in license fees
§ 49-7-25. Records and reports
§ 49-7-30. Season for nongame gross fish
§ 49-7-31.2. Open season for game birds
§ 49-7-31.3. Open season for game animals other than deer
§ 49-7-32. Restrictions on hunting with dogs during turkey season
§ 49-7-35. Game season beginning on Sunday
§ 49-7-40. Special hunt by handicapped persons in natural area at Arkabutla Lake
§ 49-7-42. Training bird dogs through use of release pens and tamed and identified quail
§ 49-7-43. Regulation of certain Mississippi lands purchased by federal government
§ 49-7-49. Prima facie evidence of hunting, trapping, or fishing
§ 49-7-53. Shipment and other transportation of game birds, animals or fish
§ 49-7-55. Unlawful to possess, etc.
§ 49-7-57. Possession of lawfully taken game animal, bird or fish; unlawful possession prohibited
§ 49-7-63. Use of traps, nets, etc., prohibited
§ 49-7-65. Unlawful to hunt, when
§ 49-7-67. Unlawful to sell, when
§ 49-7-69. Use of explosives and chemicals prohibited
§ 49-7-71. Unlawful to disturb traps
§ 49-7-73. Unlawful to disturb nests or eggs
§ 49-7-75. Unlawful to fire woods, when
§ 49-7-77. Game protected during high water or fire
§ 49-7-78. Canned hunts prohibited
§ 49-7-79. Unlawful to hunt on lands of others, when
§ 49-7-80. Releasing aquatic species or animals not indigenous to Mississippi without permit
§ 49-7-83. Unlawful not to return to water game fish taken by net
§ 49-7-89. Fish dealers not to possess
§ 49-7-93. Killing deer or spotted fawn out of season; penalties
§ 49-7-97. Liability of public officer for failure to perform duty