Shooting Light
Know when legal shooting light starts and ends wherever you hunt, with alerts and a scheduler for when to leave.
Get it on the App Store2026-27 season, part of Camden WMA.
Aug 1 – Nov 27
Follows the statewide seasons.
In the guide: “Big Game: Same as statewide seasons, except as noted. Closed to Fall turkey hunting.”
Nov 28 – Feb 14
Follows the statewide seasons, archery only.
In the guide: “Deer: Deer hunting will be with archery equipment only during waterfowl seasons. Archers must comply with the legal blaze orange/pink requirements during the deer gun season.”
Mar 27–28
Follows the statewide season (spring young sportsman Mar 27–28). Only for youth hunters.
In the guide: “Turkey (Young Sportsman): Same as statewide season.”
Apr 3–25
Any legal weapon.
In the guide: “Turkey: April 3–April 25. One male bearded turkey, counts toward statewide bag limit.”
Follows the statewide seasons, shooting ends at 3 pm.
Hunting closes at sunset on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the last day of each late duck segment, the remaining goose seasons, and at wheelchair-bound blind sites.
In the guide: “Waterfowl: Waterfowl hunting shall close at 3:00 p.m. each day of the regular statewide waterfowl seasons, except for Tuesdays and Thursdays, the last day of each segment of the late duck season, the remaining goose seasons, and wheelchair-bound blind sites when hunting shall close at sunset.”
Follows the statewide seasons. Quota hunt. Only for mobility-impaired hunters.
In the guide: “Waterfowl (wheelchair-bound only blind sites): Restricted to wheelchair hunters and assistants within the marked wheelchair-hunting zone at designated blinds.”
Follows the statewide seasons.
In the guide: “Small Game: Same as statewide seasons, except as noted.”
All water traffic is prohibited in the sub-impoundments five days before opening day of the statewide duck season. Temporary blinds, hides and decoys at least 200 yards from permanent blinds, removed daily. Wheelchair-bound blind applications are due at the Region I office by noon on the fourth Friday in October.
Harmon Creek WMA around 10 miles away
Natchez Trace State Forest around 15 miles away
Big Sandy WMA (Gin Creek) around 15 miles away
New Hope WMA around 20 miles away
Lick Creek WMA around 20 miles away
Most WMAs are open with statewide seasons except as noted in their listing; on those, the season dates, bag limits and legal weapons of the county the WMA is in apply. WMAs marked BG, SG or WF need a Big Game, Small Game or Waterfowl WMA permit on top of the license (Sportsman and Lifetime license holders are exempt). The August archery deer hunt is closed on WMAs open with statewide seasons, except certain Unit 1 WMAs. On WMAs open with statewide seasons, quail season runs Nov. 7 to Jan. 15. Hunters may not enter more than two hours before sunrise and must be out one hour after sunset. Legal hours are 30 minutes before legal sunrise to 30 minutes after legal sunset, except turkey and migratory birds, which end at official sunset. Youths may hunt ducks and geese Feb. 6 and 13, and veterans and active military Feb. 7 and 14. A light goose conservation season runs Feb. 15 to Mar. 31 with a free permit. Unless a listing says otherwise, furbearers may be taken on any scheduled big game or small game hunt that coincides with a statewide furbearer season, with the weapons legal for that hunt (page 81).
Know when legal shooting light starts and ends wherever you hunt, with alerts and a scheduler for when to leave.
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