Madison County, Mississippi
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey
- Group
- South Mississippi
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
Draw odds, harvest totals, and season dates for White-tailed Deerin this unit aren't on file yet. This data will be added as it becomes available.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Wild Turkey also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
Sign in to contributeMadison County north of Jackson delivers quality deer hunting despite its status as one of the fastest-growing suburban counties in Mississippi. The Ross Barnett Reservoir and the Pearl River corridor preserve significant bottomland hardwood habitat that holds deer year-round. Hunters willing to probe the more remote floodplain edges find less competition than the county demographics might suggest.
Pearl River floodplain hardwoods, Ross Barnett Reservoir shoreline, upland mixed forest, and rapidly expanding suburban-agricultural edge
Choctaw WMA and Ross Barnett Reservoir public areas provide limited public hunting; private leases near Jackson are expensive and competitive
High — suburban growth, proximity to Jackson metro, and limited public land create significant hunting pressure
OTC statewide license
Turkey numbers are present but suburban fragmentation limits hunting opportunity; waterfowl use the reservoir during fall migration
Pearl River corridor bottomland produces mature bucks that navigate suburban edges; reservoir access creates combination hunting and fishing opportunities
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Madison County— or drop a tip or trick: access points, where game holds, glassing spots, conditions, crowding, gear that worked. This is where the unit's species-specific intel gets built, hunter by hunter.
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Boundaries: MDWFP county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 106d ago.