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Nikki Hoff put her deer hunting skills to use on the Enid Reservoir.

Engineering Deer — Hunting tips for Enid Lake deer

January 1, 2013 John J. Woods

The negative stigma associated with hunting public lands in the Magnolia State needs to be dispelled. As hunters we simply cannot turn our backs on nearly 2 million acres of prime hunting property, which after all is land that actually belongs to us. […]

Symmetrical racks are actually preferred by the majority of today’s hunters. For a buck to achieve such a rack, the main factors that dictate good antler growth are genetics, age and nutrition.

Head games – Defining a trophy deer is difficult

January 1, 2013 Tommy Kirkland

Every year scores of hunters harvest whitetails throughout the state. Each buck, in the eyes of the beholder, is truly a trophy – hosting a set of antlers that are individually unique. […]

Cover: January 2013

January 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

Michael Palamone killed this huge Simpson County deer in November. […]

Jason Golden of Lakeway Sporting Goods in Grenada suggested another look at Grenada Lake was in order to reveal a winter drawdown crappie fishery like no other.

Crappie fishing hotspots — Grenada Lake Encore

December 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Back in March of this year, the Mississippi Sportsman Crappie Hotspot Series made a stop at the official home of the 3-pound crappie, Grenada Lake, and provided 10 hotspots for spring crappie fishing and tips on how to catch them. […]

Dogs wait with anticipation for the hunt to begin.

Dog Days — Learn why you might try dog hunting for deer

December 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Bubba Bennett killed his first deer, a cow-horn spike, when he was 6 years old. […]

One of the Rat Pack Duckers sets early morning decoys. Few moments are as exciting to waterfowl hunters as the sunrise breaking over a duck pond.

The Rat Pack — Young hunters ban together to hunt Mississippi’s public ducks

December 1, 2012 John J. Woods

In a state full of hunters dominated by buck fever, high-powered rifles, high-tech compound bows, food plots, rubs, scrapes, proprietary brands of camouflage, family deer camps, Bad Boy Buggies and big-buck bragging rights, would a group of young guns forego all that tradition to take up duck hunting? It makes one wonder just what they were thinking. […]

In most cases, the bigger the tree used for the rub, the bigger the buck's antlers.

Magic Markers — Why the rut plays such a role in deer hunting success

December 1, 2012 David Hawkins

Few periods of a deer’s life are as important to hunters as that reproductive time commonly called the Rut. It is the subject of much discussion, anticipation and study. It is the one time each year when hunters have a better-than-average chance at seeing and harvesting a trophy buck. But do you as a hunter know how to best use the collective research to kill the trophy of a lifetime? […]

Specklebellies are much easier to decoy and usually come in smaller flocks than snows and blues, so many mornings you’ll have more shooting, and your hunting will be much more productive if you target the specklebelly geese.

Speck Specialist — How to hunt Delta specklebellies

December 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

Goose hunting has never been a major part of the Mississippi waterfowling experience. There just haven’t been that many of the B-52-sized birds migrating through the state to attract that much attention. But that has changed in recent years, as agricultrual practices along the Mississippi Delta have changed. And, so while most Magnolia waterfowlers dream of that perfect flight of greenheads cupping into their spreads, Canton’s Jacob Sartain and his buddies have spent every available minute trying to outsmart wave after wave of geese. […]