Deer Hunting
Big Buck Bounty winners announced
The Mississippi Sportsman’s Big Buck Bounty winners have been announced, and the awards ceremony was a real testament to the quality deer found in the Magnolia state. […]
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Soon-to-be bride nabs her first turkey
When Courtney Kelleher left Huntsville, Ala., on March 25 to obtain her marriage license at the Natchez, Miss., courthouse, the last thing on her mind was turkey hunting. So she had no idea that her first turkey hunt was in the offing. […]
Bass Fishing
Lighting strikes twice for Florence bass angler
March was a very good month for Florence angler Ray Porter, who managed to do something very few fishermen will ever be able to accomplish – catch no one but two 14-pound bass. […]
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Hunting tough turkeys in South Mississippi
On April 18, 2003, in Copiah County, Doug Borries harvested Mississippi’s state-record turkey, which scored 79.18 on the National Wild Turkey Federation scale, weighed 24 pounds, 11 ounces, had 11 7/8-inch-long beard and spurs measuring 1-3/4-inches long. Borries also has taken 22 Grand Slam turkeys in 18 consecutive years, and has also taken three Royal Slams, including Mexico’s Gould’s turkey. […]
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Mississippi Sportsman archive: Gobblers, Robin Hood Style
The Swamp Monster was the name Wayne Stewart had given a certain wild turkey gobbler that lived in the Noxubee River bottom near Stewart’s home and had eluded the bowhunter for the better part of the spring turkey season. […]
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Mississippi school-board properties now online for hunting leases
Finding hunting property to lease is now even easier with the merging of an online listing of 7,000 tracts of land into a geographic information system, allowing outdoorsmen to access GPS coordinates and even look at maps of available property online. […]
Events & Announcements
New forum, classified sections opened
MS-Sportsman.com introduces its new, free forum and classified sections to make it even easier to share hunting and fishing experiences, and discuss the issues that matter to us sportsmen. […]
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Pace finishes Classic in 14th
Cliff Pace went into the final day of Bassmaster Classic competition in 15th, and only managed to move up a single spot when all was said and done. […]
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Pace weighs only one fish, makes final day
Petal’s Cliff Pace had a very tough day during the second day of competition for the Bassmaster Classic, weighing only a single fish to add 2 pounds, 6 ounces to his two-day stringer. But that 18-pounds, 9 ounces was still enough to move him into the final day. […]
Deer Hunting
In his own words: Rocky LaGrone’s 165-inch Claiborne County buck
The damp of the January morning (on Jan. 14) drove straight to the bone and clung like steel traps, much colder than the dry snow and sub-freezing temperatures I’d left behind near Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the day before.
But then, that’s the way it’s always been down South – a cold that courses your body; one that numbs the toes and finger tips, tortures any exposed surfaces and makes the sway of an errant limb feel like the lash of an angry whip. I know the pain of Southern cold ever so well: I grew up in Shreveport, La., just about 200 miles east of where I was creeping Indian style through the undergrowth of Claiborne County. […]
Deer Hunting
155-inch buck with double main beam killed in Amite County
Wayne McAndrew stumbled across a piece of Amite County property available for lease in August 2009, and jumped at the chance to start his own club.
While the tract of land only encompassed 450 acre, McAndrew soon knew he had made the right decision.
“The first or second week of bow season, my buddy (Brad Balado) actually got a picture way on the other side of the lease of this buck,” the Louisiana hunter said. “Our jaws dropped when we saw the picture.” […]
Deer Hunting
Mahannah produces trophy buck
Eddie Peterson had made the drive from Waveland to Mahanna Wildlife Management Area for a draw hunt, but hadn’t had much luck until they ran across another hunter who had killed a pretty nice deer.
“He didn’t tell us, ‘Go here,’ but he told us a general area to go to,” Peterson said.
So during the mid-day lull on Dec. 16, the hunter and his buddies eased in to find stand sites. […]