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Cover: September 2016
The clock is ticking on your preseason preparation. So make sure you’re ready when the season opens, and find out which WMAs you’ll want to target. […]
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2016-17 WMA forecast
Easing slowly through a thicket alongside a natural slough, I spotted a deer crossing heavy with fresh buck rubs and scrapes, sending my adrenalin into high gear with anticipation … […]
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September preparation equals October success
September is a magical time for Mississippi deer hunters.
The average daily temperature is dropping just a bit, and the first hunting seasons are opening, like dove and teal. […]
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Camera angles — Tips for trail camera setup
Trail cameras just take photographs. They are not a magic bullet and will not make you a better hunter.
However, they can yield vital deer herd profile information, and this data can be very revealing for a landowner, game manager, and certainly a deer hunter. This photo information can make hunters better game managers, and in turn become more successful deer hunter as well. […]
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Earning your stripes — Best bets for Ross Barnett stripers
If you were to go out looking for someone to sit down and talk with about striper fishing on Barnett Reservoir, you’d have a hard time. Most of those who catch them, typically by accident, hate them or at the least don’t care for them. Those who do fish for them regularly run when they see you coming. […]
Catfish
Catfish caliphate — Tips for catfishing on the Pascagoula River
The Pascagoula is far from the longest river in Mississippi, running only 80 miles from the convergence of the Chickasawhay and Leaf rivers to where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico without great fanfare. […]
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Cover: August 2016
The season is weeks away, so it’s time to get everything in order. And we have all the information and tips you’ll need to start the fall with a bang. […]
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Frayed — How to catch hard-fighting gar
I heard the fish, but didn’t see it. My guide recognized the sound immediately.
“That’s a gar gulping air: Look for the bubbles or the rings of water,” said Mark Beason, who was standing on the bow of the boat and quickly reeling in his line. “That was close by.” […]
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The rub about deer: Understanding rubs
The language of whitetail rubs and scrapes is diverse and, at times, complex — especially when bucks ravage the timber with cluster rubs. […]
Bass Fishing
Pick it apart — How to fish laydowns
Wood — once a tree, felled by man or nature, it’s now a bass fortress and a structure to be negotiated, encroached upon, invaded by those seeking a face-to-face with said fish. […]
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Cool runnings — Fishing tips for catching bass in streams and creeks
Jack Davis cast a spinnerbait in the bend of a creek, started his retrieve and promptly hooked up with a fish.
A ferocious spotted bass almost tore the rod from his hands. Davis held on, wearing the fish down, and landed and admired it before casting out again. […]
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Cover: July 2016
Summertime is catfish time, and there’s no better place than Pickwick. Learn everything you need to know to catch your share. […]