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Combining Crappie

February 23, 2011 Chris Ginn

Old-timers may not like it, but progress is part of life. Heck, if my dad still had his way, he’d have me out in the fields harvesting and threshing grain stalks by hand.
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2011 Turkey Forecast

February 23, 2011 Cliff Covington

Nothing speaks to the soul of a turkey hunter like the booming gobble of a Mississippi longbeard. He hears it as an irresistible challenge that must be answered, at whatever cost. […]

Deer of the Year

February 23, 2011 Andy Crawford

Hunting began with a bang for Bogue Chitto’s Kolby Byrd when he arrowed a 150-inch 9-point on Oct. 6, and that big kill heralded the beginning of what turned into the best season since 2007. […]

Willow Break hunters Ben Boteler and T.J. Pennick devised a lethal stalk hunting tactic along the Yazoo River levees of their club.

Ben Boteler was spending his Saturday afternoon in January the way he does most Saturdays. He was in a deer stand on his hunt club at Willow Break located near the town of Redmon in Southwest Mississippi. The 3,800-acre club borders the Yazoo River and offers prime habitat for big deer. […]

Early Bird Gets the Crappie

January 26, 2011 Chris Ginn

Anglers are notorious for jumping the gun. Just as soon as Jack Frost quits nipping at their noses, they hook up their boats and hit the lakes. For too many, though, they find that the fishing doesn’t match the forecast. […]

Cover: February 2011

January 26, 2011 Mississippi Sportsman

Yankee outdoorsmen hate February, but here in the South, there’s no end to this month’s opportunities. […]

Spoon Fed

January 26, 2011 Jeff Bruhl

In the deep freeze of winter, many outdoorsmen are camouflaging their clothing and pursuing deer and other game. Anglers who have a passion for bass face the elements for the chance of landing a trophy without horns. […]

Raccoon sets can be made on trails through the brush or crossing logs.

Catch Me If You Can

January 26, 2011 Rob Heflin

“I’ve got a fox killing my chickens, and I need your help,” the voice said on the other end of the line. “They are killing my chickens faster than I can replace them.” […]

Over the last couple of decades, the continental population of light geese, greater and lesser snows, blues and Ross’ geese has skyrocketed.

Light ‘Em Up

January 26, 2011 Phillip Gentry

About 10 years ago, if you looked on the calendars of Mississippi waterfowlers , chances are you’d see a circle around one of the last days of January. The circle marked the last day of waterfowl season when the decoys, blinds and steel-shot shells, if you had any left, went back into storage. […]

Sometimes an angler just has to grab a big cat anyway he can to manage it in the boat. Conlee and Crosby catch and release all their catfish hoping they get bigger for another day on the river.

Big Blues on the Big Muddy

January 26, 2011 John J. Woods

Fishing for catfish in the winter on the Mississippi River? OK, nobody in their right minds would go after trophy-class record-book blue catfish on the Mississippi River, especially in the winter. […]

The author caught this bass on a black/blue/purple Hoot Gibson jig with a junebug Paca Craw worm used as a trailer.

A Day on Lake X

January 26, 2011 Michael O. Giles

Trolling over a submerged stump field, Jeff Collum pitched his jig-and-pig combo to a likely looking spot, and hesitated for just a second when a bass struck. Collum reared back, and drove the steel home, deep into the lip of a cold-weather lunker. […]

The author takes full advantage of the opportunities available to hunters during the late season. Here he poses with a nice buck taken in late January.

Best is Yet to Come

December 27, 2010 Cliff Covington

With some of the highest deer densities in the nation and a hunting season that spans over a third of the year, one would assume that scoring on a Mississippi trophy whitetail would be an easy task. However, the reality is that many Magnolia State hunters find themselves empty-handed going into the New Year, and are ready to call it quits. […]