Bass Fishing
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Year: 2013
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2013 Turkey Forecast — What to expect when turkey hunting begins
The 2012 turkey season was one of strange contrasts. Some of the ample 2011 mast crop was still on the ground when the spring green-up began. Hens nested earlier than normal, and hunters had to adapt to the changes.
Will 2013 see the same sort of issues? Another ample mast crop across much of the state was washed away or soured by the January rains and freezing temperatures. Still, deer hunters reported seeing large flocks of both gobblers and hens, giving promise to the coming season. […]
Sidebars
The right calls
Turkey hunters have a choice of hundreds of call variations. And Hunter’s Specialties has a new “Drummin’ Thunder” kit that has all the tools a turkey hunter needs to call in a spring gobbler in one affordable package. […]
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Mossberg reduced-recoil shotgun is right for turkey hunting
Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Turkey hunters shooting full-power loads in magnum shotshells might not define it in such scholarly terms, choosing just to say the gun and load is a real “snot knocker.” […]
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Best turkey-hunting ammo
Where the Mossberg shotgun left off, Federal has picked up with their 12-gauge Federal Mag-Shok Heavyweight turkey load. […]
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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. […]
Deer Hunting
Senate shoots down primitive weapon change, for now
A bill that would allow private land deer hunters to use their choice of weapons during Mississippi’s primitive weapons season was shot down Wednesday (Feb. 27) by a close vote in the Senate.
But there is still a slim chance that House Bill 1139 could be recalled for another vote before the March 14 deadline for reconsideration. […]
Featured
One kayaker found dead, search for second paddler under way
The body of a 57-year-old Biloxi kayaker was found near the Biloxi east channel early this morning, and the search is on for a second paddler, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reported.
The body of Kenneth Rainer was discovered at 12:13 a.m., the MDMR said. […]
Events & Announcements
More than 280 old crab traps removed from coastal waters
More than 280 old crab pots were removed from coastal waters as part of the 2013 Derelict Crap Trap Cleanup held over the weekend, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced.
The 281 traps collected by the 32 volunteers will be recycled, the MDMR reported. […]
Inshore Fishing
Bass Kandi’s Coastal Crippler
Mike “Redbone” Holland of Ragley, who owns Bass Kandi Baits — a Southwest Louisiana artificial lure manufacturing company specializings in soft plastics — and his 11-year-old son Payton were deer hunting the week before Christmas near Kerrville, Texas. […]
New Products
Balloon Fisher King will make balloon fishing faster, simpler
Balloon Fisher King is a new entry into the tackle world that will make balloon fishing simpler, easier and more efficient than it has ever been. […]