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This Columbus Lake bass responded to a slowly retrieved jig and pig offered along the edge of a creek channel.

Bass’n in December? You bet

December 1, 2013 David Hawkins

December is the month for celebrating Christmas, football bowl games, fireplaces, deer hunting and bass fishing.

Yes, you read that right, bass fishing. […]

Cover: December 2013

December 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

The rut kicks in this month, so learn everything you need to know to ambush that wily old buck. […]

George Arrington harvested this nice buck while hunting with his dad, Lamar Arrington, and Mike and Mikayla Giles.

November: Harvest Time for Deer

November 1, 2013 Michael O. Giles

George Arrington scoured the woods looking for the flick of a tail, a twitch of an ear, or the glint of an antler, anything resembling a buck during the 2012 youth deer season. Deer started moving in to feed near his stand, intensifying the young hunter’s excitement. […]

This nice redfish fell for a Matrix Shad bumped along the bottom near a rock point.

Pascagoula River trout

November 1, 2013 Sam Davis

The 19-foot Sea Pro came off plane well short of the cut in the Pascagoula River. […]

Antler spread restrictions can be extremely difficult to determine unless the buck is sighted head on from the front or rear view. Once a buck turns its head, the angle of view to judge the inches between main beams and the spread in relation to its ears is extremely challenging if not sometimes impossible depending on the distance and foliage.

Shoot or Don’t Shoot

November 1, 2013 Tommy Kirkland

Patiently you wait, enduring the cold conditions. Finally the woodland silence is broken by the slight rustling of withered leaves as the game you’ve been pursuing makes its presence known. […]

Cover: November 2013

November 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

All Tony Mills knew when he arrowed this buck was that it was a great deer — but it could be the new Warren County record. […]

Going with a bow all the way, Randy Pearcy is a veteran with a string and stick.

Strings, Bolts and Barrels — Choosing the right hunting weapon

November 1, 2013 John J. Woods

Mississippi is one of the best places in the country to deer hunt. Our seasons are long, from October through February, our bag limits liberal with five does and three bucks. We have nearly two million acres of public hunting lands including 51 state wildlife management areas, seven national forests and 11 National Wildlife Refuges. […]