Fishing for the state’s most-popular sport fish, the crappie, just got better at several small lakes thanks to stocking efforts by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
Fishing is a year-round sport in Mississippi, and, because of reduced pressure due to hunting, the deer season is one of the best months of the year to hit the water. […]
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) Fisheries Bureau announced today that the Calling Panther Lake boat ramp has reopened. The lake level was lowered in August to allow staff to cut boat lanes, deepen shoreline areas and make repairs to the courtesy pier. […]
Mississippi’s 2015-16 gun season on deer opens on Saturday (Nov. 21) statewide, and it will be the first one in which baiting will be legal at a minimum of 100 yards. […]
Mississippi biologist John Gruchy was recently named the 2015 Wildlife Biologist of the Year by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA). […]
When Jim Dendy of Kosciusko caught a new state fly-fishing record for grass carp in October, he couldn’t help but laugh at the irony the 31-pound, 3-ounce fish created. […]
Forgive little Alli Beth Scott for being too nervous to shoot any of the three 8-points that came into her field on Monday afternoon, and, shoot, you can congratulate the 9-year-old fourth grader for it. […]
Mississippi’s unique draw system for duck hunts on its wildlife management areas has entered its first submission period, and hunters have until Nov. 15 to get one of the first hunts early in the upcoming season. […]
Mississippi’s last remaining mandatory primitive weapon deer season begins Monday in the Hill and Delta management zones.
It is for antlerless deer and is open Nov. 9 through Nov. 20 on private lands and open public lands. […]
Mississippi’s first gun season on deer opens on Saturday, but only the youngest of hunters get the opportunity to begin shooting at whitetails. […]
Barnett Reservoir officials on Monday reopened 10 boat ramps closed due to low water levels related to the months-long drought. […]
Today it stands as a symbol of a new generation of waterfowl conservationists, and the new monument at the Howard Miller Wildlife Management Area could mean more wintering ducks for decades to come. […]
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