In an attempt to be sneaky at my deer camp, last year I decided to put up a couple of hidden stands and I bought two Millennium T-100 lightweight tripods. While only 10 feet high from the seat position they are remarkably easy to hide along woodland edges. […]
If your food plot plantings begin to take on a dull finish, a sour-note color that is less than vibrant green and obvious to the eye, then you likely have a soil pH issue. […]
Unless you own thousands of dollars worth of farm equipment and have unlimited time for labor, planting wildlife food plots is not a cheap undertaking. […]
“If I’d caught her before she spawned, she would’ve weighed over 9 pounds,” proclaimed the enthused angler as he showed off his trophy 7-pound bass. […]
Archery is one of the fastest-growing programs in the state’s education system, with nearly 40,000 students participating in Archery in Mississippi Schools (AIMS). […]
In late winter and early spring, I believe Pickwick Lake is the best bass fishing lake in the state. In March, water levels and the amount of rain received are the keys to where you’ll find bass. […]
Crappie fishing — especially in the spring when the fish get active during the pre-spawn and spawning process — appeals to all five of my senses. […]
Spring break and youth turkey season in the same week, could it be?
You bet and the ideal scenario worked perfectly for Hayden Kyle, 9, a third grader at Pontotoc City School. One of thousands of kids out of school in Mississippi this week, Kyle learned an important lesson in the woods. […]
A bill that will provide as much as six new weeks of squirrel hunting opportunity has passed both sides of the Mississippi Legislature and is headed to Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk. […]
It was a cool April morning, several springs ago. The dogwoods had bloomed, the crappie were spawning and, even better, there were five tom turkeys around us gobbling to greet the rising sun. Inside of the next two hours I would learn to honor and respect the wild turkey, and to admire the men and women who work hard to hunt them. […]
Darien Ladner, an inshore fishing guide from Biloxi, said his primary targeted species the first of March are sheepshead, puppy drum, with an occasional speckled trout and redfish thrown in. […]
“Is a minnow always necessary?”
One of the crappie fishermen in line at Tommy’s Trading Post on the upper end of Barnett Reservoir asked the question, probably tired of shelling out $10 a day for enough minnows to last the morning. […]
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