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State wildlife officials are encouraging hunters to harvest more deer due to a near-record high population.

Hunters are now permitted to wear either blaze orange or blaze pink for safety.

While not mandatory for most of the season, hunters are urged to submit samples for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing.

For some, it may be hard to believe, but the the first shot at deer in Mississippi is only days away. The first opportunity comes with the early archery season Sept. 12-14 followed by the traditional archery season starting Oct. 1 in all units except the Southeast Deer Management Unit where it starts on Oct. 15.

Before you know it, gun season will be here with some of the best hunting of the season as the rut kicks in .

But there are a lot of regulation

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