WRITER’S NOTE: When this story first came out, a statewide guessing game started as Mississippi outdoorsmen tried to name the camp. To this date, I have never revealed which camp it was. If you think you know, email me your pick, giving me the camp’s name and location. […]
Archery hunting continues to be a fast-growing sport. With bow season just opening, many hunters are still on the fence wanting to try it for the first time. […]
Although 240 bowhunters took 82 deer at Willow Point last year, another 50 hunters shot and missed deer. We also try to take two does for every one buck harvested on our lands, but last year we didn’t meet this goal. We harvested only 138 does. […]
Without a doubt, the sense of smell is the most important physical perception available to the white-tailed deer. Deer rely heavily on their noses to detect the presence of predators and locate food sources. […]
“The key to this is to be quiet,” said Magnolia Crappie Clubber and tournament angler Monty Blount of Byram. “The crappie have moved back up to the shallows this time of year, and they’re staking out these snags ready to ambush passing baitfish. […]
Every hunter gets excited when he sees a big rub, but effectively hunting these signposts takes a bit of work. It’s all a labor of love. […]
Deer hunting the early archery season in Mississippi is quite a bit different in some ways than hunting the rut or late-season. Bucks in October won’t be fighting for does; rather, some will still be in bachelor groups. It is not uncommon to see several bucks hanging out and traveling together this time of year. […]
With teal season beginning this month, and the full-fledged duck season only a month or so behind it, the annual trek to the salt marshes of our coastline will begin. And thus again will begin the annual battle of all waterfowlers, the fight against rust. […]
Many fishermen and boaters call any sealed, maintenance-free marine battery a gel battery, and that is not correct. […]
September is a really good month to fish private ponds and lakes, even in sub-developments and state and municipal parks. […]
You can catch 50 to 100 speckled trout and redfish per day right now on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. […]
Fishing, and to a large extent hunting, are unique among activities that use public resources in that anglers and hunters pay most of the bills for managing the resources. Indeed, in Mississippi, anglers pay the entire cost of fisheries management on public waters. […]
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