MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI DDEEREER PPROGRAMROGRAM RREPORTEPORT 20062006 MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE,FISHERIES AND PARKS 1505 Eastover Drive | Jackson, MS 39211 2005-2006 Mississippi Deer Program Report i 2006 G OVERNOR OF M ISSISSIPPI L IEUTENANT G OVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR AMY TUCK S ENATE Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks Committee LYNN POSEY SIDNEY ALBRITTON TOMMY A. GOLLOTT EZELL LEE Chairman, Union Church Picayune Biloxi Picayune BOB M. DEARING SCOTTIE R. CUEVAS CINDY HYDE-SMITH WALTER MICHEL Vice-Chairman, Natchez Pass Christian Brookhaven Jackson MERLE FLOWERS SAMPSON JACKSON II Southaven Preston H OUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks Committee ERIC ROBINSON LEONARD BENTZ HERB FRIERSON BILLY NICHOLSON Chairman, Quitman Biloxi Poplarville Little Rock JOEY HUDSON C. SCOTT BOUNDS WARNER F.MCBRIDE DERYK R. PARKER Vice-Chairman, Monticello Philadelphia Courtland Lucedale TRACY ARINDER BRYANT W. CLARK AMERICA (CHUCK) RANDALL PATTERSON Morton Pickens MIDDLETON Biloxi LARRY BAKER ANGELA COCKERHAM Port Gibson ROBERT E. VINCE Senatobia Magnolia Sandy Hook C OMMISSION ON W ILDLIFE, F ISHERIES, AND P ARKS BILLY DEVINEY JOHN STANLEY WEBB LEE BRYAN JONES JAMES HUFF Chairman, Jackson Vice Chairman, Biloxi Yazoo City Taylorsville Corinth A DMINISTRATION SAM POLLES, PH.D. AL TUCK ROBERT L. COOK DON BRAZIL Executive Director Deputy Administrator Executive Officer Director of Law Enforcement, Wildlife, and Fisheries ii 2005-2006 Mississippi Deer Program Report Table of Contents Governor and Legislative Committees ..................................................................................................................................................................ii Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks ........................................................................................................................................................ii Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgments................................................................................................................................................................................................iv Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Wildlife Technical Staff Directory ..........................................................................................................................................................................2 Wildlife Management Areas ................................................................................................................................................................................3 Wildlife Management Area Information ..............................................................................................................................................................4-5 Wildlife Management Area Directory..................................................................................................................................................................6-7 Wildlife Management Area Narratives..............................................................................................................................................................8-17 Regional Narratives ......................................................................................................................................................................................18-19 Road Kill Survey Data ......................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Depredation ........................................................................................................................................................................................................21 Chronic Wasting Disease ..............................................................................................................................................................................22-23 Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease......................................................................................................................................................................24-25 Mail Survey Data ......................................................................................................................................................................................................26-27 Deer Tags............................................................................................................................................................................................................28 Antler Regulations ..............................................................................................................................................................................................29 Deer Management Assistance Program ........................................................................................................................................................30-33 Statewide DMAP Data ..................................................................................................................................................................................34-35 Mississippi Soil Resource Area Map ..................................................................................................................................................................36 Batture Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data ..........................................................................................................................................37 Delta Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data ..............................................................................................................................................38 Upper Thick Loess Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data..........................................................................................................................39 Lower Thick Loess Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data ........................................................................................................................40 Upper Thin Loess Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data .......................................................................................................................... 41 Lower Thin Loess Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data ..........................................................................................................................42 Black Prairie Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data ................................................................................................................................43 Upper Coastal Plain Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data........................................................................................................................44 Lower Coastal Plain Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data........................................................................................................................45 Coastal Flatwoods Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data..........................................................................................................................46 Interior Flatwoods Soil Resource Area Summary of DMAP Data ........................................................................................................................47 Enforcement of Deer-related Citations ................................................................................................................................................................48 Citations Summary by County by District ............................................................................................................................................................49 Hunting Incident/Accident Summary..............................................................................................................................................................50-51 Magnolia Records Program ................................................................................................................................................................................52 Pope and Young Record Non-typical Deer. ..........................................................................................................................................................53 Pope and Young Record Typical Deer ..................................................................................................................................................................53 Boone and Crockett Record Non-typical Deer......................................................................................................................................................54 Boone and Crockett Record Typical Deer ............................................................................................................................................................55 Status 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