2012 - Page 54 of 56 - Mississippi Sportsman

Brian Andrus drilled this 275-pound Sunflower County 18-pointer that’s been green scored at 187 5/8 inches Boone and Crockett.

Sunflower County gives up 187-inch typical buck

January 7, 2012 Craig Holt

Brian Andrus got a second chance at the buck of his lifetime Nov. 28, and made it pay off by downing one of the great typical bucks of the 2011-12 hunting season. […]

This image of a buck seemingly flying by user Rcketop's trail cam was declared the best photo in the 2011 contest's final round.

dusty_smith, Rcketop, monthly user contests

January 6, 2012 Andy Crawford

User dusty_smith was named the December winner of the Nikon Big Buck Contest, while Rcketop won the final round of the 2011 Trail Cam Contest. […]

Anglers can comment on future management of greater amberjack fishing during a public hearing hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council on Jan. 11 near New Orleans.

Greater amberjack fishing management plan topic of public hearing

January 5, 2012 From News Reports

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday (Jan. 11) just outside of New Orleans during which anglers can comment on how greater amberjack will be managed off the Mississippi coast. […]

MS-Sportsman.com user Jeffrey Byrd killed this buck, which scored more than 167 inches Boone & Crockett while hunting Sky Lake WMA on Dec. 1.

Hunt that starts out all wrong ends with 160-class WMA tropy buck

January 5, 2012 Alan Clemons

Jeffrey Byrd’s day didn’t start off with a promising outlook.

The giant whitetail he dropped Dec. 1 that green scored 167 3/8 and had bases of almost 7 inches made thoughts of his crazy morning disappear, however. […]

MS-Sportsman.com user elroyhunter91 is one of the finalists in the December 2011 edition of the Nikon Big Buck Photo Contest.

Voting cranks up in Nikon Big Buck Photo, Trail Cam contests

January 3, 2012 Andy Crawford

Voting has begun to determine the winners of the December edition of the Nikon Big Buck Photo and Trail Cam contests. […]

Prior to the rut, young males are constantly testing one another. They will even instigate mature bucks to engage. Surprisingly, older bucks hold back and don’t let loose with all their might.

Deer Dynamics

January 2, 2012 Tommy Kirkland

The degree of hunting pressure, nutrition, buck-to-doe ratios, management, genetics and weather can influence not just the rut’s timing, but whitetail social interactions as well. Even so, by instinct, rutting bucks usually follow the same behavioral traits — even when immature bucks get in on the action. […]

Tracy McAndrew is a new handgun shooter and loved the GSG M1911 .22LR. Even though the gun is a full-sized 1911, she found it fit her smaller hands comfortably.

One gun theory

January 1, 2012 Gordon Hutchinson

An old chestnut states “Beware the man with one gun.”

The premise is, if a man has only one gun, he’s going to do all his shooting with just that gun, and he might well be able to outshoot you. […]

Cover: January 2012

January 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

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Community scrapes can be located in visible areas – especially where whitetails congregate over nutritious food sources. Despite light hunting pressure and whitetails being somewhat active during daylight hours, research has shown that the majority of scraping behavior is nocturnal.

The Community Scrape

January 1, 2012 Tommy Kirkland

In search of vegetative foliage, five bucks — a mature 8-pointer, a 3½-year-old, two spunky spikes and a curious button buck — go single file along the forest edge, ascending a bluff. Occasionally the group stops to forage; yet one of the spikes and the button buck, by instinct, prefer to assertively test their status with bouts of mock sparring. […]

While his shooting-stick contraption works well, whenever possible Poole uses an MTM Shoulder Gard Rifle rest on the hood of his truck. That setup is like shooting from a bench.

Nuts and bolts of shooting distances

January 1, 2012 Andy Crawford

OK, so you’ve got the right rifle, scope and bullet. You’ve added a good, solid rest. Now you’re looking at a deer through the scope at 500 yards, and the crosshairs won’t sit still. […]

Tournament angler and MCC member Brad Chappell provides 10 locations from his own book of fishing hotspots to help crappie anglers find fish on Ross Barnett this month.

Crappie Hotspot Series: Ross Barnett Reservoir

January 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Providing a list of the 12 hottest crappie locations in the state sounds easy in theory, but becomes difficult in practice. It’s not because they’re hard to find, but just the opposite: The Magnolia state is chock full of great crappie fishing waters. […]

Successful duck hunters at Tallahatchie Hunts come from all over the country and world.

Tallahatchie County topgraphy

January 1, 2012 John J. Woods

The question always comes as to why Tallahatchie County is poised to be such a great place for waterfowl hunting. If you could just do a flyover of this county during the duck season, the answer would quickly become obvious. […]