Wildlife Publications

Below is a list of publications related to wildlife and wildlife issues.

Wildlife Foods

• Soil Tests for Wildlife Food Plots
• Wildlife Food Planting Guide for the Southeast

Waterfowl

• A New Nest Box for Wood Ducks
• Illegal Waterfowl Hunting and Ways to Reduce It
• Waste Rice: A Critical Commodity for Wintering Waterfowl
• Winter-Flooded Rice Fields Provide Waterfowl Habitat and Agricultural Values
• Wood Ducks in Mississippi
• Wood Duck Broods in Dixie: Striving to Survive Early Life

Bobwhite Quail

• Assistance with Bobwhite Quail Management on Private Lands
• Bobwhite Quail Management
• Conservation Buffers: Wildlife Benefits in Southeastern Agricultural Systems
• Conservation Reserve Program Mid-Contract Management: Practices for Wildlife Habitat Improvement in Mississippi
• Ecology and Management of the Northern Bobwhite
• Farm-Level Habitat Management for Bobwhite Quail and Other Farm Wildlife
• Forest Management Strategies for Bobwhite Quail
• Native Warm Season Grass Restoration in Mississippi
• Restoring Bobwhite Quail Habitat
• Strip Disking and Other Valuable Bobwhite Management Techniques
• Supplemental Food and Cover Plantings for Bobwhite Quail in MS

Deer

• A Hunter's Guide to Aging and Judging Live White-Tailed Deer in the Southeast
• Deer and Wild Hogs - Harvesting and Dressing
• Infrared-Triggered Camera and Other Methods Used to Survey White-tailed Deer
• Managing for Antler Production: Understanding Age, Nutrition and Genetic Influences
• Planting Warm Season Forages for Whitetail Deer
• Using Antler Restrictions to Manage for Older-aged Bucks
• Using Infrared-Triggered Cameras to Survey White-Tailed Deer in Mississippi

Timber Management for Wildlife

• Attract More Wildlife Through Timber Management
• Forest Management Strategies for Bobwhite Quail
• Pine Forestland Habitat Management for Wildlife

Black Bear

• Ecology and Management of the Louisiana Black Bear

Turkey

• Forest Management for Wild Turkey
• Prescribed Burning in Southern Pine Forests: Fire Ecology, Techniques, and Uses for Wildlife Management
• Wild Turkey Gobbling Activity in Central Mississippi

Mourning Doves

• Mourning Doves
• Dove Field Preparation and Hunting Regulations
• Mourning Dove Management for Landowners

Vegetation

• Light Disking to Enhance Early Successional Wildlife Habitat in Grasslands and Old Fields: Wildlife Benefits and Erosion Potential
• Mississippi's 10 worst invasive weeds
• Native Shrubs for MS Landscapes
• Native Trees for MS Landscapes
• Native Warm Season Grass Restoration in Mississippi
• Selecting Landscaping plants- plants that attract birds and other wildlife

Birds

• Grassland Bird Response to Agricultural Field Borders
• Plans for Bluebird Nesting Boxes

Eastern Cottontail

• Eastern Cottontail Rabbit

Snakes

• Snakes Alive! How to Identify Snakes

Beaver

• Manage Beaver Problems in Mississippi

Squirrels

• Building Homes for Squirrels

Other

• Butterfly Plants and Mississippi Butterflies
• Coyote Control in the Eastern United States
• Pest Management Practices for Home and Landscape: Spiders Brown Recluse & Black Widow
• Mississippi Recreational Gardens: Establishing Backyard Habitat