Hunters under age 16 need a youth spring turkey permit; hunters age 16 and older need a spring turkey permit.
Mississippi's spring turkey hunting season runs March 15 to May 1.
Each permit lets a hunter kill one male or bearded female turkey with bow and arrow in the archery season or with a shotgun in the shotgun season.
A statewide effort to capture wild turkey hens and fit them with leg bands to obtain accurate data on survival and harvest is underway.
A population of roving turkeys on Staten Island has become a mess-making, traffic-stopping scourge to some residents.