Mississippi produces some unusual birds each turkey season with color anomalies such as red phase, black phase or smoke phase. But what a hunter bagged this year may have topped them all. "I couldn't ...

Mississippi hunters can expect an excellent 2026 turkey season due to strong hatches in recent years. Favorable weather and habitat improvements have contributed to the increase in turkey numbers.

Mississippi's turkey season will be here before you know it and Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Wild Turkey Program coordinator Adam Butler is excited about the outlook not ...

If a proposal made in the April meeting of the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is finalized, nonresident turkey hunters will see big changes in the 2027 spring turkey season.

Two bills have been introduced in the Mississippi Legislature calling for mandatory stamps to hunt wild turkeys and if they pass, turkey hunters will be paying more to hunt turkeys. House Bill 553 and ...

Mississippi's upcoming turkey season is expected to be strong due to healthy populations and several years of strong hatches. Most hunters in Mississippi will now be required to purchase a new turkey ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) released the 2026-27 hunting ...

Opening day of Mississippi’s turkey season was March 15 and severe weather was moving into the state. However, at least one Mississippi hunter was prepared to sit through it, and he walked away with a ...