Legislation of Interest to Mississippi Hunters – Part 2 – Reporting of Deer and Turkey

Friday, I started a multi-part post about legislation of interest to Mississippi Hunters.  Part 1 discussed proposed legislation related to wildlife enclosures.  Next up is mandatory harvest reporting of deer and/or turkey. The Committee substitute for Senate Bill 2922 provides in relevant part: 14 SECTION 1. Section 49-7-26, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 15 amended as follows: 16 49-7-26. (1) * * * The * * * commission * * * shall 17 develop, implement and regulate a * * * mandatory harvest 18 reporting program for white-tailed deer and/or turkey to collect 19 and compile harvest data * * * of such quality and quantity as to 20 be able to assist the Legislature and the commission in 21 formulating the wildlife resource conservation policy for the 22 State of Mississippi. The harvest reporting program authorized by 23 this section shall be a system that will be simple and usable by 24 all hunters so as to promote compliance and accurate reporting and 25 may include,…

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