Mississippi County, Arkansas
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Waterfowl
- Group
- Delta & Grand Prairie
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 193
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Wild Turkey, Waterfowl also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedMississippi County is Arkansas Delta hunting at its most concentrated, a flat quilt of rice fields, soybean flats, bayous, and bottomland timber that draws waterfowl from across the Mississippi Flyway in extraordinary numbers. Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge anchors the county as one of the most significant duck and goose destinations in the mid-South, while white-tailed deer inhabit the hardwood bottoms and crop field edges in huntable numbers year-round. Serious waterfowlers know the name on the map says everything about what they will find here.
Completely flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain with rice paddies, flooded grain fields, drainage ditches, oxbow lakes, and bottomland hardwood corridors along Pemiscot Bayou and Little River. Big Lake is a shallow natural lake managed as NWR. Elevation barely varies across the entire county.
High for waterfowl, particularly during peak migration in November and December. Big Lake NWR quota hunts fill immediately. Deer hunting pressure is moderate on available public lands and bottomland WMAs.
Arkansas OTC license with Wildlife Management Deer Permit. Standard statewide seasons. Delta bottomland bucks benefit from rich agricultural forage and often carry exceptional body weight and above-average antlers for Arkansas.
Waterfowl hunting is the defining identity of Mississippi County. Mallards, gadwall, teal, wood ducks, Canada geese, and snow geese all use the agricultural and wetland landscape heavily during migration. Deer in the bottomland oak flats grow to impressive size on acorns and waste grain.
Big Lake NWR is one of the oldest and most productive waterfowl areas in Arkansas, with flooded timber duck hunting that represents the Mississippi Flyway experience at its best. Late-season rice field goose hunting can produce limits of specks and snows for hunters with the right permissions.
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: AGFC county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 16d ago.