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Cover: November 2009
The rut is looming, which means hunters would be wise to learn how to hunt scrapes. […]
Year: 2009
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U.S. Army Corps of Crappie
After giving up on trying to catch deep crappie in hot water and even hotter air this past summer, many North Mississippi crappie anglers await October with the anticipation of a real Republican running in the 2010 elections. […]
As Big As they Grow
Is there a better month than October?
October has become my favorite month of the year. Readers of this monthly column know that I prefer to fish in the fall, and for me, October is when the crappie action starts getting good. […]
Fishing
Offshore, inshore fish getting active
According to Capt. Tom Becker of the Skipper charterboat, docked at the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor in Harrison County, there’s lots available to entertain anglers in October. […]
Deer Hunting
October is the interlude month
For many deer hunters, the month of October is it. Me included. The weather is starting to change. Cool fronts are coming in. Bowhunting is in full swing, and archers are already bringing bucks in for mounting and public appreciation. The saws and meat grinders at the venison processors are whining at high speed. Anticipation for the upcoming gun season in November is whelming up inside hunters of every age and sex. […]
Hunting
Don’t forward anymore false emails
It’s called “going viral,” and it refers to what happens to information that is of interest to a large number of people when it is published on the internet.
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Bass Fishing
Sardis is moving, shaking in October
This month, I’ll be fishing Sardis Reservoir. The lake’s been on a downturn for several years, as far as the size and the numbers of bass. However, with the new regulations and the slot limit enforced by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the bass population has made a comeback. […]
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Cover: October 2009
Lots of hunters use trailcams, but few employ them with as much tenacity — and success — as Travis Murray. […]
Bass Fishing
Aliceville’s Autumn Harvest
Shortly after daybreak, Hoot Gibson maneuvered his boat near a ledge on the Tombigbee River, quickly eased the trolling motor over the side and effortlessly pitched a worm up onto the shallow ledge. […]
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3 Bow Pros’ Top Tips
If Robin Hood only had known what Mississippi’s Will Primos, Preston Pittman and Ronnie Strickland know, he could have fed fresh venison to all the peasants of Nottingham. […]
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Say Cheese!
There was an absolute monster easing through the thicket, and the sight sent Travis Murray’s heart into palpitations. The Crosby hunter had been chasing the 11-point all bow season, beginning by climbing high into trees with spurs, and finally settling into the pop-up blind in which now he sat. […]
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Delta Tree Rats
This account describes the final scene in the story as young Ike McCaslin emerges from the forest and finds veteran woodsman Boon Hogganbeck working frantically to put his malfunctioned gun back together at the base of a lone gum tree near the forest edge. […]