Year: 2010

Deer Hunting

Potential state record deer arrowed in Jefferson County

December 19, 2010 Andy Crawford

Editor’s note: This buck was later certified as the state-record archery buck, topping the category in the Magnolia Records at 172 4/8 Pope & Young.

Will Rives is a die-hard hunter who is lucky enough to hunt almost every day during the winter. But on Dec. 15, he woke up at 4:30, got dressed and stepped outside to find a south wind and 60-degree weather – and then promptly walked back inside, crawled in bed and went back to sleep.

“That’s not like me, it usually doesn’t matter if it’s 80 outside,” Rives said. “When we knock off (of work) for the wintertime, I hunt every day. I’m relentless.” […]

Deer Hunting

Tracking deer is a lot like CSI

December 16, 2010 Cliff Covington

Your heart is still pounding uncontrollably as the overdose of adrenaline rushes through your veins. Only seconds have passed since you squeezed the trigger on the biggest buck you’ve ever seen. Everything happened so fast that it almost seemed like a dream.

But what you do now may determine whether you recover your trophy. […]

Bass Fishing

Bogue Homa shines when hunters in woods

November 30, 2010 Paul Elias

The state has just reworked Lake Bogue Homa, which is located east of Laurel off Highway 84. A grass and a lily-pad lake with cypress trees, Lake Bogue Homa is shallow — only 6- to 8-feet deep for the most part — and has a few small creeks running through it. I like to fish this lake in December because that’s when most of the bass relate to the creek channels, making the fish easy to find and catch. […]

Sound & Sea

December is tuna time

November 30, 2010 John E. Phillips

Scott Sullivan of Gulfport is captain of a 30-foot boat for the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company in Pass Christian. On the back of his boat, he has three, 300-horsepower Yamaha engines, and he can blister the wind running out to blue water from Point Cadet in Biloxi. […]

Content

Sound Advice

November 30, 2010 Rob Heflin

When you mention diving ducks to most Mississippi hunters, especially in the Delta, most will give you a weird look and say a few choice words. The scaup and other divers that are prize waterfowl in some parts of the country just aren’t that popular in the Magnolia State. […]