February 2014 - Page 3 of 5 - Mississippi Sportsman

Hens and gobblers are hatched at the same rate. Gobblers face more risks of mortality through hunting, while hens face more risks from predators during the nesting season.

Turkey Facts

February 15, 2014 David Hawkins

* There are usually 50/50 hen/jake poults in the hatch. […]

Every turkey hunter’s dream is to have a mature gobbler strut to within gun range.

Mississippi State Record Turkeys

February 15, 2014 David Hawkins

Typical: Score 80.64, Amp Frith, Smith County, April 8, 2005. […]

You can see some of the biggest bucks killed during the 2013-14 hunting season at the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest wall.

Big Buck Contest features huge deer display

February 14, 2014 Mississippi Sportsman

No matter if you kill a potential state record or a personal best, you want to make arrangements with your taxidermist to retrieve the antlers so you can enter them in the 2014 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest. […]

Most Bogue Homa bass will be in the 1 1/2- to 2-pound range, but larger fish can be caught.

February is a great month to fish Bogue Homa

February 14, 2014 Paul Elias

Bogue Homa is a relatively-shallow lake that grasses up quickly, making getting a lure through to bass difficult later in the year. But that’s not a problem this month. […]

According to the indictment, the defendants bought and illegally transported deer into Mississippi from Indiana and Pennsylvania.

3 Louisiana men charged with illegal deer importation

February 13, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Three men and a company, all of Slidell, La., are at the center of a 13-count federal indictment filed Wednesday in Gulfport involving the illegal importation of live white-tailed deer into Mississippi. […]

Reed Rogers with his season-ending, limit-fulfilling 140-inch 10-point taken with his dad Steve Rogers on Jan. 31 near Jackson.

Rookie hunter fills limit with 140-inch 10-point

February 13, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Steve Rogers never fired a shot during Mississippi’s 2013-14 gun season on deer, but he’ll tell you right away “it is hands down, the best deer season I have ever had.” […]

Winchester is recalling two lots of M*22 long rifle ammo that may contain double powder charges, according to a press release.

Winchester recalls two lots of M*22 long rifle rimfire ammo

February 12, 2014 From News Reports

Winchester is recalling two lots of M*22 long rifle 40 grain black copper-plated ammo because they might contain double powder charges, according to a press release. […]

The renovation of the MDWFP's 99-acre Lake Monroe at Aberdeen should mean the return of outstanding bass fishing later this decade. Dan Smith caught this fat one on a summer trip in 2012.

Lake Monroe drained, closed to public

February 11, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

State officials said Tuesday that the process of draining Lake Monroe, a Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks state lake, has been completed and it is now closed to fishing. […]

Bob’s venison chili

February 11, 2014 Jerry Dilsaver

This venison chili recipe combines ingredients that aren’t often used together to produce a nice, pleasant southwestern flavor. […]

Red snapper fishing has been closed regulated since the 1980s to prevent overfishing.

Why snapper fishing in Texas, Alabama and Florida has begun on some boats

February 11, 2014 John E. Phillips

Under the Gulf of Mexico Headboat Cooperative exempted fishing permit, 18 headboats started fishing for American red snapper on Jan. 1 and can fish through the end of snapper season on July 11. […]

Sheepshead have the black vertical bars, or stripes, that add to its unique look.

CCA to hold Stripes, Spots & Dots tourney Feb. 22

February 10, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

The Mississippi Chapter of the Coast Conservation Association is sponsoring an appropriately named Stripes, Spots & Dots Tournament Feb. 22 with a guaranteed payout of $8,000. […]

Michael Keene of Laurel with the 185-inch 15-point non-typical taken Jan. 15 in Yalobusha County.

Keene ‘blessed’ with 185-inch Yalobusha non-typical

February 8, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

For two years, Michael Keene believed he had blown two opportunities he had on the same day to take a buck of a lifetime in Yalobusha County, including any chance he’d ever have of seeing the antlers hang on his wall. […]