List of Wildlife Management Areas in Mississippi


There are 54 areas with over a thousand square miles of land under management of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks and operated as Wildlife Management Areas in six regions:
NameCounty or countiesAreaDescriptionRegion
Bienville Wildlife Management AreaScott County26,136 acresBienville, Tallahalla; and Caney Creek WMAs are all located within Bienville National Forest. Closest town is Morton.Southwest Region
Black Prairie Wildlife Management AreaLowndes County5,673 acresNearest town: BrooksvilleEast-central Region
Calhoun County Wildlife Management AreaCalhoun County10,900 acresNearest city: Calhoun CityNorthwest Region
Canal Section Wildlife Management AreaItawamba County and Monroe County26,000 acresNearest city: FultonNortheast Region
Canemount Wildlife Management AreaClaiborne County3,587 acresNear the Mississippi RiverSouthwest Region
Caney Creek Wildlife Management AreaSmith County and Scott County28,000 acresNearest city: ForestSouthwest Region
Caston Creek Wildlife Management AreaAmite County and Franklin County29,875 acresNearest city: MeadvilleSouthwest Region
Charles Ray Nix Wildlife Management AreaPanola County4,000 acresNearest city: SardisNorthwest Region
Charlie Capps Wildlife Management AreaBolivar County600 acresNearest city: RosedaleDelta Region
Chickasaw Wildlife Management AreaChickasaw County27,259 acresNearest city: HoustonNortheast Region
Chickasawhay Wildlife Management AreaJones County30,000 acresNearest city: LaurelSoutheast Region
Choctaw Wildlife Management AreaChoctaw County and Winston County24,314 acresNearest city: AckermanEast-central Region
Copiah County Wildlife Management AreaCopiah County6,810 acresNearest city: HazlehurstSouthwest Region
George P. Cossar State Park650 acresThe WMA is situated on Enid Lake that holds the world record crappie being caught.
Divide Section Wildlife Management AreaTishomingo County and Prentiss County15,337 acresLocated in the northeast corner of the state the WMA lies on both sides of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway stretching from the Yellow Creek arm of Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River, southward to Bay Springs Lake.Northeast Region
Graham Lake Waterfowl Wildlife Management AreaLafayette County1,400 acresLocated on the extreme southeast corner of Sardis Lake with Holly Springs National Forest to the east.Northwest Region
Hell Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnion County and Tippah County2,284 acresNortheast Region
Howard Miller Wildlife Management AreaIssaquena County2,420 acresDelta Region
John Bell Williams Wildlife Management AreaItawamba County and Prentiss County 3,135 acresEstablished in 1973 and located four miles east of Marietta.Northeast Region
John W Starr Wildlife Management AreaOktibbeha County and Winston County8,244 acresNearest city: Starkville. The addition of a MSU Hunting and Trapping Permit is also required.East-central Region
Lake George Wildlife Management AreaYazoo County8,383 acresLake George became a WMA in 1990. Nearest city: Holly BluffDelta Region
Leaf River Wildlife Management AreaPerry County42,000 acresNear WigginsSoutheast Region
Leroy Percy Wildlife Management AreaWashington County1,642 acres6 miles west of HollandaleDelta Region
Little Biloxi Wildlife Management AreaStone County and Harrison County14,540 acresNear McHenry.Southeast Region
Mahannah Wildlife Management AreaIssaquena County and Warren County12,675 acresNear RedwoodDelta Region
Malmaison Wildlife Management AreaGrenada County, Carroll County, and Leflore County9,696 acresNear GreenwoodNorthwest Region
Marion County Wildlife Management AreaMarion County7,200 acresNear ColumbiaSouthwest Region
Mason Creek Wildlife Management AreaGreene County28,000 acresNear LaurelSoutheast Region
Muscadine Farms Wildlife Management AreaWashington County3,046 acresNear GreenvilleDelta Region
Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management AreaNeshoba County and Winston County7,655 acresNear PhiladelphiaEast-central Region
Natchez State Park Wildlife Management AreaAdams County2,261 acresSouthwest Region
Okatibbee Wildlife Management AreaLauderdale County and Kemper County6,883 acresThe land for the WMA was purchased in the 1960s and Okatibbee Lake was formed in 1968 and the fragmented WMA established around the lake since 1969. American alligators were re-established in the 1970s and Bald eagles in 1992. The WMA is Near Collinsville.-
O’Keefe Wildlife Management AreaQuitman County6,239 acresNear Lambert the property was purchased in 2001 from the Mississippi Department of Corrections. 1,535 acres are dedicated to various wetlands.Delta Region
Old River Wildlife Management AreaPearl River County14,764 acresThe WMA is located near Poplarville.Southeast Region
Pascagoula River Wildlife Management AreaGeorge County and Jackson County36,549 acresThe WMA is located near Lucedale and consists of the Upper unit and the Lower unit.Southeast Region
Pearl River Wildlife Management AreaMadison County6,925 acresThe WMA is located near Canton.Southwest Region
Red Creek Wildlife Management AreaStone, George and Jackson Counties22,789 acresLocated near WigginsSoutheast Region
Riverfront Wildlife Management AreaBolivar County.1,214 acresDelta Region
Sandy Creek Wildlife Management AreaAdams County and Franklin County16,407 acresLocation near NatchezSouthwest Region
Sardis Waterfowl Wildlife Management AreaLafayette County3,700 acresLocated near Oxford along Sardis Lake.Northwest Region
Shipland Wildlife Management AreaIssaquena County3,642Located near MayersvilleDelta Region
Sky Lake Wildlife Management AreaHumphreys County and Leflore County4,306 acresLocated near BelzoniDelta Region
Stoneville Wildlife Management AreaWashington County2,500 acresLocated near LelandDelta Region
Sunflower Wildlife Management AreaSharkey County58,480 acresLocated near Rolling ForkDelta Region
Tallahala Wildlife Management AreaScott County, Newton County, Smith County, and Jasper County28,120 acresLocated near MontroseSouthwest Region
Theodore A. Mars, Jr. Wildlife Management AreaPearl River County896 acresLocated near PoplarvilleSoutheast Region
Trim Cane Wildlife Management AreaOktibbeha County891 acresLocated near StarkvilleEast-central Region
Tuscumbia Wildlife Management AreaAlcorn County2,436 acresLocated near CorinthNortheast Region
Twin Oaks Wildlife Management AreaSharkey County5,847 acresLocated near Rolling Fork, forty miles north of Vicksburg.Delta Region
Upper Sardis Wildlife Management AreaLafayette County42,274 acresLocated east of Oxford within Holly Springs National ForestNorthwest Region
Ward Bayou Wildlife Management AreaJackson County13,234 acresLocated near Moss PointSoutheast Region
William C. Deviney Wildlife Management Area1,203 acresDelta Region
Wolf River Wildlife Management AreaLamar County and Pearl River County10,881 acresLocated near PoplarvilleSoutheast Region
Yockanookany Wildlife Management AreaAttala County2,379 acresLocated near McCoolEast-central Region

Chronic Wasting Disease

has been discovered in Alcorn, Benton, Carroll, DeSoto, Lafayette, Leflore, Grenada, Issaquena, Lee, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, the southern half of Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Union, Warren, and Yalobusha, counties.