Take a minute to pull back on your bow to see how your shoulder feels. “Ouch!” is a common response I hear around the bow shops this time of year. Hunters are getting ready for opening day of bowseason for whitetails on Oct. 1 (Oct. 15 in Southeast). It isn’t a moment too soon either. […]
In Mississippi, it’s easier to find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow than to locate a decent deer and turkey hunting lease. The second toughest thing is to keep one if you ever do find it. I know this from personal experience. Having talked to countless other hunters in this same search mode along the way, I know I am hardly in this predicament alone. […]
Mississippi is blessed with six national forests across the state touting over one million acres of open access to the public. That is a lot of forestland to hunt, hike and camp. […]
The next best thing to live bait is the very best fake bait. For spring fishing, when most lake water at depth is still cool to cold, live bait is hard to beat for realistic look and action. A silver minnow is just about as good as it gets. Little wonder why crappie go after them with such energy. […]
When gobbling action peaks, hunters have to be ready to step up to the plate with a big bat. So when are the predicted or statistically registered peak gobbling weeks during the statewide season? Then what do you do when you know gobblers are doing their parts? […]
The ultimate success factor to turkey hunting is proper call selection. Of course, their proper use is assumed. This selection or narrowing process should be done well ahead of the opening week of the spring turkey season. […]
By every small-game hunter’s time clock, it is the rabbit-running time of year. Rabbit hunters know the woods and fields have settled down since the end of deer season. The only orange vests being worn now by most hunters across the state are out rabbit hunting. […]
What was supposed to be a non-typical deer hunt quickly turned into something completely different. Non-typical because we were hunting with handguns in the pursuit of a bit more challenge than the usual shoulder-mounted deer rifle and big-end scope. Turns out for a few minutes another quarry in the woods may have been stalking us. […]
Is this your most challenging month for hunting? It is for Jim Harper of Vicksburg. […]
Do you really think it’s possible to accurately and consistently pattern a buck well enough to know when that whitetail is going to be where?
If you are a seasoned deer hunter, then don’t turn the page just yet. I know if you have hunted for any number of seasons from an elevated treestand, you pretty much have your set up scheme worked out. Before you move on at least review these treestand set-up tips to recall a few things before you strike out this season. […]
Dove season in Mississippi can bring together an eclectic group of folks. But it is the coming together of friends, family, kids, work associates, miscellaneous acquaintances and other unknowns that makes dove hunting in the Magnolia State so special. Mississippi dove hunting is social first, then hunting second. […]
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