{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-49-7-77","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 49-7-77","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 49-7-77","body":"It shall be unlawful to hunt, trap, take, frighten, or kill game or fur-bearing animals forced out of their natural habitat by high water or fire until they have been permitted to return to such habitat by recession of such water, or the extinguishing of such fire.\n\nAll quail shall be protected from all hunting when the ground is covered by snow or when forced out of their natural habitat by high water or fire until they have been permitted to return to such habitat by the recession of such water or the extinguishing of such fire.","path":["MS Code","Title 49"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"6ba1b382d456774e83964c75bc057f24b74be81ccb8e5fdf0c5325d9ecc81c91","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-49-7-75","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-49-7-78"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}