MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODWATERS ZONE HUNTING CLOSURE[

[Hawk]

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODWATERS ZONE HUNTING CLOSURE

JACKSON --- In accorda

nce with Proclamation 16-45, the Mississippi River stage is above 34 feet (34.0) at the Caruthersville, Mo. gauge, closing all big game hunting immediately in the Mississippi River Floodwaters Zone and will remain closed until the Mississippi River stage falls to 32 feet at the Memphis gauge.
This closure will be in effect for the Young Sportsman turkey hunt on March 23-24. The statewide turkey season opens March 30 and TWRA will be closely monitoring the river stages to determine if the season will remain closed. The two-feet buffer will ensure that big game will no longer be isolated on islands, levees, etc., when hunting season resumes. This closure is effective on both private and public lands within the zone.
The Mississippi River Floodwaters Zone includes the areas outlined in the map below and includes all lands, public and private, from the northern border with Kentucky (Mississippi River Mile 715) to the southern border with Mississippi (Mississippi River Mile 905) and from the western border of Tennessee, east to the base of the Mississippi River Bluff, a geological land formation with a notable rise in elevation.
---TWRA---

 

[TheLBLman]

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODWATERS ZONE HUNTING CLOSURE

This closure will be in effect for the Young Sportsman turkey hunt on March 23-24.  
This closure is effective on both private and public lands within the zone.[/quote]
Really sorry to hear this for those effected.