Field Notes
Your guide to scouting for turkeys
The turkey hunting season opens up later this month, so it’s time to scout out those gobblers. […]
Year: 2013
Sidebars
Best turkey-hunting ammo
Where the Mossberg shotgun left off, Federal has picked up with their 12-gauge Federal Mag-Shok Heavyweight turkey load. […]
Sidebars
Expert turkey-hunting advice
What is the best approach to getting on some birds as the spring season approaches? Well, avid hunter and call maker Preston Pittman said it’s not blasting the woods with calls. […]
Bass Fishing
Come together — Why Ross Barnett Reservoir’s old bass-fishing holes are producing again
Common ground isn’t so common anymore.
Politics empowers us to believe our side is always right. […]
Bass Fishing
BOOYAH spinnerbait combines maximum vibration with maximum strength
The old cliche about spinnerbaits being underwater crescent wrenches because they are adjustable to any fishing situation might be played out, but Brandon resident and Ross Barnett regular Mike Murphy believes there are just as many differences between spinnerbaits in their packaging as there are changes anglers can make to them once they take them out. […]
Bass Fishing
Fishing the fish is more productive, bass tournament director says
If you were fishing a national bass tournament on your home lake, where would you fish? […]
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Hog Wild — Tips for hunting Mississippi’s wild hogs
Spreading faster than melted butter and wrecking havoc on both public and private land habitats, the wild hog situation is getting out of hand in many regions of the state. […]
Other Hunting
Pig stickers — the best guns for hog hunting
Certainly, schools of thought on guns and ammo for wild hogs varies greatly. The campfire debate can be quickly squelched by just simply mentioning that any classic cartridge used for the white-tailed deer will effectively dispatch any wild pig. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Hidden treasures
The Mississippi Delta is dotted with fisheries resources — the oxbow and abandoned channel lakes on the floodplain of the Yazoo River Basin. In contrast to the larger river lakes that were former channels of the Mighty Mississippi — lakes like Chotard, Eagle, Ferguson, Lee, Washington and Whittington — that are well known among anglers, the smaller lakes of the Yazoo Basin attract little attention. […]
As Big As they Grow
Sardis crappie are fat and healthy
Learned something new the other day while preparing for a crappie tournament to be held on Sardis Reservoir. I learned the meaning of the term “turbidity level.” Look, I was at the top of my vocabulary class when I was in grade school a hundred years or so ago, and I knew the word turbid. […]
Fishing
Pelican ProGear Coolers
Pelican ProGearTM Coolers boast the best in class ice retention and come with Pelican’s unconditional lifetime guarantee. […]
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Cover: March 2013
The 2013 turkey season is upon us: What can you expect when you hit the woods? […]