2012 - Page 5 of 56 - Mississippi Sportsman

Specklebellies are much easier to decoy and usually come in smaller flocks than snows and blues, so many mornings you’ll have more shooting, and your hunting will be much more productive if you target the specklebelly geese.

Speck Specialist — How to hunt Delta specklebellies

December 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

Goose hunting has never been a major part of the Mississippi waterfowling experience. There just haven’t been that many of the B-52-sized birds migrating through the state to attract that much attention. But that has changed in recent years, as agricultrual practices along the Mississippi Delta have changed. And, so while most Magnolia waterfowlers dream of that perfect flight of greenheads cupping into their spreads, Canton’s Jacob Sartain and his buddies have spent every available minute trying to outsmart wave after wave of geese. […]

Bore-tips

December 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Swab-its has developed a variety of bore cleaning swabs that can clean firearms in 2-inch, 3-inch, 4-inch, 5-inch, 6-inch and 9-inch handle lengths. […]

The right shot

December 1, 2012 John J. Woods

When I was a kid, my dad was a big-time duck hunter, but I was too young to go. […]

Guns

December 1, 2012 M.A. Fisher

As the saying goes, “Different strokes for different folks.” But for gun hunters, the better saying may be “Different chokes for different folks.” […]

Dogs wait with anticipation for the hunt to begin.

Dog Days — Learn why you might try dog hunting for deer

December 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Bubba Bennett killed his first deer, a cow-horn spike, when he was 6 years old. […]

In recent years, the tradition of hunting squirrel with dogs has only been maintained by a small number of dedicated hunters.

Delta WMA

December 1, 2012 M.A. Fisher

The Delta National Forest is located in West-central Mississippi near Vicksburg, and it’s an area popular with many hunters. […]

Howard Miller WMA

December 1, 2012 John J. Woods

Howard Miller was a natural born hunter and overall great conservationist. He served as a state wildlife commissioner for a number of years, and was highly respected for the wildlife support he gave to hunters in Mississippi. […]

Kenny Shiyou (left) hasn’t been hunting with deer dogs for as long as some folks, but he has immersed himself in this rich hunting tradition for the last few years.

Don’t make these dog-hunting mistakes

December 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Learning lessons from our mistakes is a hard way to gain real-world experience, but those are the kinds of lessons that stick with us for life. […]

Goose numbers are up in Canada, and this season we can expect to see a good amount of snows, blues and specklebellies along the Mississippi Delta.

Scouting critical to specklebelly goose hunting success

December 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

Sartain and his friends burn plenty of gas riding through the Mississippi counties in which they hunt, looking for large flocks of geese, especially, specklebellies. Once they find concentrations of birds, they start patterning the movements of the flock. […]

Muddy Water Camo out of Madison has exploded on the national waterfowl hunting scene.

The right camo

December 1, 2012 John J. Woods

What could be a more-natural surrounding sitting out in a flooded field duck hunting blind than water, mud, cattails and corn stalks? That’s what Steve Maloney thought after duck hunting in marshes and flooded fields for 30 years. […]

Mojo Sportswear

December 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

The Weather Buster is a sleek new soft shell jacket from Mojo Sportswear Company that traps body heat while venting extra moisture. […]

One of the Rat Pack Duckers sets early morning decoys. Few moments are as exciting to waterfowl hunters as the sunrise breaking over a duck pond.

The Rat Pack — Young hunters ban together to hunt Mississippi’s public ducks

December 1, 2012 John J. Woods

In a state full of hunters dominated by buck fever, high-powered rifles, high-tech compound bows, food plots, rubs, scrapes, proprietary brands of camouflage, family deer camps, Bad Boy Buggies and big-buck bragging rights, would a group of young guns forego all that tradition to take up duck hunting? It makes one wonder just what they were thinking. […]