2012 - Page 8 of 56 - Mississippi Sportsman

Give Rob Doherty a decent late fall or early winter day and he will find bass, like these two "green trout" from the Jourdan River.

South Mississippi deer sluggish? Try bass

November 20, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Early deer season is often a struggle in South Mississippi, where warm temperatures and inactive bucks and does can make even the most devout hunters think about… […]

Better deer management practices over the past 40 years led to bucks like the 15-point taken by Will Clay in Madison County in 2011, but orange vests like the one Clay is wearing has had the biggest impact on the sport — safety.

Hunting now safer than ever

November 19, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

When veteran Mississippi hunters talk about the differences between deer hunting now and 40 years ago, the conversation is usually a combination of the improvement in quality and quantity of deer. […]

Tricks of the trade

November 19, 2012 Bill Garbo

True “mature bucks” can be as rare as proverbial “hens teeth” in most populations in the whitetail’s range. […]

Maynor Creek is an old reservoir, but it still holds some quality fish.

Maynor Creek for November bass

November 19, 2012 Paul Elias

During November, we’ll be fishing 500-acre Maynor Creek, located just outside of Waynesboro, where numbers of big bass live. […]

Hunting now safer than ever

November 15, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

When veteran Mississippi hunters talk about the differences between deer hunting now and 40 years ago, the conversation is usually a combination of the improvement in quality and quantity of deer.

We certainly do have bigger bucks and more of them, thanks to changes in attitude. Hunters, with guidance from wildlife officials, realized that deer management and selective harvest could produce better results.

But, that’s not the biggest change, nor is it the most significant. […]

A light jacket, a pocket full of shot-shells and a crisp November morning are a recipe for fun in the squirrel woods.

Back to Basics — November is right time for squirrel hunting

November 14, 2012 David Hawkins

In the distance a limb shakes. The source of the movement is yet to be seen, but it has to be a squirrel. A flash of movement, and another limb shakes in the next tree. A crow calls in the distance; the hunter takes a few steps and freezes. […]

Bucks will make hundreds of rubs in a season; typically, the larger the buck the larger the rub.

December magazine almost complete

November 13, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we know the hunting camp is calling. That’s why the Mississippi Sportsman staff is preparing to finish up the December issue this afternoon (Nov. 13) so it can get shipped to subscribers and newsstands across the state next week.

Find out how to use rub activity to your advantage during the rut. And see why a group of young hunters don’t mind donning waders and trudging through water to shoot public-land ducks. […]

Cameron Martin (right) killed this big 9-point on Nov. 8 while hunting with her dad Jeff. The young hunter had to overcome a bad case of buck fever to make the shot on the deer.

Young hunter downs big Holmes County 9-point despite nerves

November 13, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

To hear Jeff Martin and his daughter Cameron of Lexington tell their hunting story, we know that there was a “whole lot of shaking going on” in their deer stand on last Thursday (Nov. 8).

So much so that it’s a miracle that Cameron Martin, 10, was able to take the shot that led to her first buck — a 9-pointer her father said would be a trophy buck for anyone. […]

All bucks entered into the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest — including those killed in Mississippi — are eligible for a random drawing for a Yamaha 350 Grizzly to be given away as the 2013 grand prize.

2013 Big Buck Contest to give away Yamaha 350 Grizzly

November 13, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Two Mississippi categories have been added to the 2013 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest set for March 15-17. […]

The Magnolia Crappie Club kicked off its new season at Grenada, with new leadership taking the reigns of the nation’s largest crappie club.

The more the merrier

November 12, 2012 Paul Johnson

Since last month, the Magnolia Crappie Club and crappie fishing in general here in Mississippi has really gotten busy. Oh, I know that lots of Mississippi’s outdoorsmen turn their full attention toward deer hunting now, but trust me — not all of us spend every waking moment planning our next deer kill. […]

Catching numbers of slot reds, along with trout and flounder, should be no problem this month along the coast.

Set your sights on three fish for fall

November 12, 2012 John E. Phillips

This month the coastal waters will be filled with flounder, speckled trout and redfish, in that order, said Capt. Sonny Schindler. Here are his thoughts on what will be waiting anglers who point their sights toward the coast. […]

Tommy Sutton holds up two of the striped bass taken on Barnett Reservoir on a blustery afternoon ahead of a cold front in early November.

Stripers by the boatload at Barnett

November 9, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

My fishing partners and my loyal readers all know that I am an avid striped bass and hybrid striped bass chaser on Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]