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May 25, 2026

At Grenada Lake, ‘Home of the 3-Pound Crappie,’ March is known as wading season, when fishermen can get up close and personal with spawning crappie.

Chest deep — Tips for wade-fishing for crappie

March 1, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Grenada Lake lays claim to producing more trophy-sized crappie than any other fishery in the country, earning the nickname “Home of the 3-Pound Crappie” bestowed by a local tourism board. […]

A textbook turkey hunt is rare on opening day, but it worked out for the author’s nephew Josh in the spring of 2015.

Opening salvo: Turkey hunting tips for opening-day success

March 1, 2016 David Hawkins

Last turkey season began with the typical dawn chorus of bird songs, greeting the hunter hoping to score on opening day. […]

Cover: March 2016

March 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

Are you ready for the opening of turkey season? This issue has everything you need to score on a bird early. […]

The Tenn-Tom Waterway, located in the northeast part of the state, is a man-made waterway that has become a heavy hitter in catfishing circles.

Cool cats — Fishing tips for Tenn-Tom cats

February 1, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway — the Tenn-Tom for short — to complete a route connecting the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee River and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico. […]

Cheri Hillebrandt, of Lake Charles, La., poses with the massive typical 9-point buck she shot on Dec. 26 on Giles Island.

2015-16 Deer of the Year

February 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

The recently closed deer season was weird. It began with warm temperatures and few deer being killed by those stalwart bowhunters braving the mosquitoes. […]

Cover: February 2016

February 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

A season marked with warm weather and flooding still produced some beastly deer, including this record-book typical taken on Giles Island by Cheri Hillebrandt on Dec. 26. […]

You can never be too prepared when it comes to tracking down bucks, so use this month to get a jump on where to hunt next fall.

After the shooting stops — Post-season deer hunting work

February 1, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

As slowly as the opening of deer hunting approaches through the long, torturous summer, the season’s end comes so quickly hunters count the seconds of each passing January day in the stand. […]

Bruce Roberts displays nice pre-spawn crappie caught on Okatibbee Lake.

Ice-cold crappie — How to catch winter crappie at Okatibbee

February 1, 2016 Michael O. Giles

Bruce Roberts trolled slowly with a crappie pole in each hand, searching for prespawn crappie while scanning his Humminbird down-imaging unit. […]

Slow rolling a spinnerbait past flooded trees along seasonal travel lanes can earn you a few big bites.

Travelocity — Target travel lanes for more pre-spawn bass

January 1, 2016 David A. Brown

Bass go where bass want to go, but there’s always a logical reason for why they chose their courses. Seasonality drives major relocation, with water temperature and bait positioning being the major influences. […]

Wrapping a y-shaped stick with enough Duct tape to make it waterproof will work as a makeshift paddle to get you back to the boat landing. Just don’t expect it to last forever.

Duct works — Why duct tape should be in your hunting bag

January 1, 2016 Jonathan Olivier

There are a few items I’ll never leave home without when heading into the woods to deer hunt. Of course, if it’s during the rut, I’ll tote along a grunt call, doe estrous and even rattling horns, in addition to items that are useful all season. […]

Barrett Van Cleave uses 33 Point Buck scent control because it negates a deer’s senses of smell.

Aromatherapy — 33 Point Buck makes hunters invisible to bucks’ noses

January 1, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Following conventional wisdom about deer hunting and wind direction, Brandon Nettles never would have hunted the buck he did where he did on the opening day of the 2015 Mississippi archery season. […]

Kenny Blakeney’s dog Gator displays his passion while retrieving a duck during an early morning delta duck hunt.

Delta doubleheader — Duck hunting in the morning plus deer hunting in the evenings

January 1, 2016 Michael O. Giles

Whistling wings buzzed directly overhead an instant before a flock of ducks suddenly crashed into our decoy spread in the pre-dawn darkness. An old lone Susie who was now swimming amongst the decoys called out to a group of mallards flying overhead. […]