USACE VICKSBURG DISTRICT ANNOUNCES YOUTH HUNT AT SARDIS LAKE

Vicksburg, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Sardis Lake will host a youth deer hunt on November 15-17, 2024 at the Sardis Waterfowl Refuge and Graham Lake Refuge. Youth hunts provide opportunities for younger hunters to experience the outdoors and learn hunting ethics and conservation from experienced hunters.

Applications must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. on October 30, 2024. Youth hunters will be randomly selected from all applications received. Hunters will be assigned to hunt either the Sardis Waterfowl Refuge or the Graham Lake Refuge.

This hunt will be open to youths 8 to 15 years of age. All youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult 21 years of age or older. All participants will be responsible for meeting all age-appropriate State and Federal hunting regulations.  The accompanying adult is encouraged to possess a general knowledge of State and Federal hunting regulations. 

Applications can be obtained at the Sardis Lake Field Office or downloaded from the Sardis Lake web page: https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Sardis-Lake/

Applications may be returned or mailed to the Sardis Lake Field Office at: 2400 Hwy. 315 Scenic Route, Sardis, MS 38666.

Applicants may also e-mail their applications to Natural Resources Specialist Hayden Sullivant at walter.h.sullivant@usace.army.mil

 Please contact the Sardis Lake Field Office at (662) 563-4531 for further information.

The USACE Vicksburg District is engineering solutions to the nation’s toughest challenges. The Vicksburg District encompasses a 68,000-square-mile area across portions of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, that holds nine major river basins and incorporates approximately 460 miles of mainline Mississippi River levees.