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Careful placement of trail cams in planed hunting areas can help with preseason scouting.

Deer camera techniques

September 17, 2012 Bill Garbo

My excitement level is now building to a fever pitch as I plot and plan strategies for the soon-to-begin deer season. […]

Tim Taylor of Ridgeland steadies his bow for a shot on a 10-foot alligator in this unique photo taken by Conservation Officer Rob Heflin of Isola, who happened up on the hunters Saturday night on the Sunflower River. The shot was needed after the original hook and line had fallen out of the gator, and only the snare around its tail, held by Woodie Reaves (stooping) of Jackson, remained.

Tim Taylor didn’t get drawn for the Mississippi public lands alligator hunt, but he ended up with a trophy that will soon be hanging on his wall just the same. “Great photo isn’t it?” said Taylor, who works for the City of Ridgeland Parks Department […]

September is a great time to be on Ross Barnett because fish will move shallow again to feed.

Get shallow in September for Ross Barnett bass

September 10, 2012 Paul Elias

The bass are moving out of their deepwater summer patterns and into shallow water in September. Two patterns — fishing the riprap and the lily pads — will work all month, but they’ll probably produce better in the middle and at the end of the month. […]

Focus on 5- to 6-foot water to find some great trout fishing this month.

Mississippi’s Gulf Coast

September 10, 2012 John E. Phillips

Red minnows will be in this month, as well as bull tarpon, redfish, cobia, king mackerel and Spanish mackerel. […]

Despite the heat, doves seem to prefer eating in the afternoon hours.

Beat the heat, but get beaten by doves

September 7, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

The way I figured it, I had two choices on the opening day of dove season last weekend, either an afternoon hunt when a heat advisory had been issued, or a cooler morning hunt leaving plenty of time for football. I wimped out, and accepted one of my invitations to a morning hunt. I chose poorly. […]

Magnolia crappie

September 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

Mississippi’s large reservoirs provide great crappie fishing opportunities. […]

Author Paul Johnson’s trick to catching crappie for much of the year is to slow-troll crankbaits from six rods positioned off the back of his boat.

Finally looking forward to fall fishing

September 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

The summer of 2012 has been well chronicled as one of the hottest on record. Thank goodness it’s coming to an end, finally. Having been born and raised in Mississippi, I know that September can be fiercely hot, too. But, at least we can actually begin to see the days getting shorter and the nights a little cooler. […]

Kathy Price ups her odds of success by watching the wind and ensuring stands are set up properly for her.

From a female hunter’s viewpoint

September 1, 2012 John J. Woods

I met my very first lady deer hunter the exact same year I participated in my first deer hunt in 1971 while in college. I hunted with a college buddy on his family land in Central Missouri. […]

Shooting at a dove flying lower than 45 degrees to the horizon is a recipe for disaster.

Getting shot dove hunting is no fun

August 29, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Last week, this writer recounted the best dove hunt of my life, when I limited out — 12 back then — in less than a box of shells in under an hour. But even better than my shooting was the organization of the hunt, which was held by a Delta landowner to benefit his son’s high school baseball team. It led to a most pleasurable day, one I will never forget. […]

Galvanic corrosion is caused by a chemical reaction between boat engines’ metals when dunked in water, and be expensive if ignored.

Preventing engine cancer

August 27, 2012 Allan Tarvid

Galvanic corrosion can make your boat engine’s lower unit look like you ordered the special zombie edition. Here’s why it happens and how you can prevent it. […]

The author recounts the details of his best dove hunt to date held in Bolivar County.

The best dove hunt ever

August 23, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Opening day of dove season has always been special. As a hunter it was cause to celebrate — a bevy of opening days would follow in the coming months for small game, deer, ducks and all. […]

Epipens are tools anyone with allergies should carry when heading to the woods or the camp for pre-season work.

Pre-season priorities

August 20, 2012 Bill Garbo

As we transition into August and the pre-season, there are numerous tasks that we as outdoorsmen should be busily engaged in. The topic “pre-season priorities” covers everything that needs attention, from right here at home on out to our hunting property. […]