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Tools and tactics

November 15, 2017 David A. Brown

Swapping hooks is not a complicated process, but a little know-how facilitates the task. Invariably, the biggest challenge is flexing the split ring enough to remove and add a hook. […]

Timing the release of corn or other baits from feeders may help keep deer, especially big bucks, from turning completely nocturnal in areas that are being baited.

Trophy bucks are rarely killed over bait

November 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

Mississippi hunting regulations still forbid killing any wild animal or wild bird with the aid of bait, but its allowance of and regulations regarding “supplemental deer feeding” opens the door to killing deer over bait. […]

A feature on Google Earth allows anglers to go back in time to see features on Okhissa’s lake bottom before the lake was impounded to see potential bass-holding spots.

Google Earth helps turn back time at Okhissa

November 15, 2017 Chris Ginn

During the construction of Okhissa Lake, several humps were pushed up around the lake bottom, and several rock beds were created with railroad ties and loads of gravel. […]

Bridge pilings present another option

November 15, 2017 Mississippi Sportsman

Guides Kenny Shiyou of Shore Thing Charters in Bay St. Louis and Robert Earl McDaniel of WhipaSnapa Charters in Biloxi welcome the fall transition and approaching cold weather. […]

As the rut approaches, bucks will spend more and more of their travel time seeking out receptive does.

Mapping Mississippi’s breeding period

November 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

For more than 20 years, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has conducted deer health checks across the state to establish quite a database. […]

Squirrels can be a deer hunter’s best friends

November 15, 2017 Jeff Burleson

Squirrels are not only a popular small-game animal, they can be a distant early warning system for hunters that deer are entering an area. […]

Dos and don’ts when the warden arrives

November 15, 2017 Pete Rogers

Discussions with three wildlife officers about how to do the right thing when you’re approached in the woods or on the water. […]

Early in the morning, or any time Paul Elias sees bass schooling, he likes to throw a Zara Spook.

Pickwick Lake’s bass bonanza

November 15, 2017 Paul Elias

Catching 30 to 50 bass per day is what you can expect in November on Pickwick Lake, which corners Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee and should be one of the hottest lakes in all those states this month. […]

At the conclusion of the Mississippi Youth Waterfowl Hunting and Education Camp, campers go to a public waterfowl hunting area and put into practice the skills they’ve learned at camp about hunting waterfowl.

Mississippi’s Youth Waterfowl Camp

November 14, 2017 John E. Phillips

Do you know a youngster who’s itching to go waterfowl hunting but needs to learn gun safety, how to identify ducks and geese and how to shoot accurately? If so, consider the Mississippi Youth Waterfowl Hunting and Education Camp. […]

The Tenn-Tom Waterway produces plenty of big blue and flathead catfish this month from deep holes. And eating-sized channel cats are around, too.

Fishing through the fall

November 13, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Just because hunting dominates this issue of Mississippi Sportsman, don’t think for a minute that fishing opportunities just suddenly dry up and go away. […]

Hunter’s Harvest sets goal of 25,000 pounds

November 10, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

The director of a program that collects donated protein-rich venison to feed the needy is counting on the benevolence of Mississippi sportsmen to offset reductions in antlerless deer limits. […]

DIY decoy rigging

November 9, 2017 Darren Digby

Today’s waterfowl decoys come in innumerable shapes, sizes and species applicable to various hunting situations […]