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Cover: October 2017
Deer hunting gets going this month across Mississippi, with hunters facing restrictions on taking antlerless deer and still expecting a great season. […]
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Bass Fishing
‘Digging’ the ditches
It’s possibly the most oversimplified stage of a bass’ annual schedule, but get to know the fall feeding migrations and you’ll see there’s actually a considerable amount of strategy required to achieve consistency. For, while we tend to describe this season as a mass movement of bass to their pre-winter gorging, it’s not just a random rush to the buffet line. […]
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Facing Mississippi’s WMA doe-harvest restrictions
Deer hunters whose hunting is restricted to public lands have been dealt a bad hand for the 2017-18 season, as far as killing does to stock the freezer with venison or sausage is concerned. […]
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2017-18 deer season forecast: After poor season, it looks good
Mississippi is a deer-rich state. In spite of recent bag limit and regulatory changes hunters still have a long season and opportunities to harvest deer that are the envy of many hunters across the nation. A story on the new regulations can be found with this article. […]
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2017 WMA Regional Forecast
Josh Clark spotted the massive buck working his way toward his stand, and, more importantly, toward the business end of his cocked-and-ready .35 Whelen rifle. […]
Bass Fishing
Maximize your frog’s mat mayhem
It’s a double shot of adrenaline that widens the eyes, flares the jaws, red-lines the heart rate and elicits a broad spectrum of amazed responses; not all of which may be suitable for a family audience. Unquestionably, frog fishing over weed mats can deliver some of the most aggressively exaggerated strikes you’ll ever see — but it’s not as simple as throw-frog-onto-mat-and-pull. […]
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For hot dog day fishing action, try island hopping in the Gulf
From the front deck, standing high on my toes, I caught a flash of silver over the top of the dark emerald water about 100 yards ahead, and then I caught another. […]
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Don’t let procrastination ruin deer season
Outdoorsmen are not necessarily procrastinators by nature, and the main reason so many deer hunters find themselves behind when it comes to preparing for the coming deer season is that they’ve been busy.
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High-tech hog whacking
New-school hog hunting
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Cover: September 2017
Deer season arrives in Mississippi this month. Learn what your chances are around the state, and which public lands are tops. […]
Bass Fishing
Long, lanky and in-demand
Baseball, watermelon, pool parties — if you’re making a list of summer faves, don’t forget that big worm. See, bass bites can be hard to come by during the dog days of summer, as the big green dudes spend most of their time sulking in deep offshore haunts, or in the shadows of docks or large trees. Locked in general lethargy, the fish prefer gobbling one big meal over chasing several smaller ones. […]
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Never too early, or hot to start deer scouting
Deer hunters never really adhere to a season; there are just certain days when we are allowed to harvest whitetails with our preferred method. […]