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June 2, 2026

With the arrival of autumn, the menu of outdoor opportunities — and tasty foods — is vast in Mississippi. Make sure to take a big bite.

Autumn menu full in Mississippi

September 21, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

have always compared outdoors in autumn in Mississippi to dining in New Orleans. […]

Lafitte guides Dominick Ochello, Colby Creppel and Casey Rojas (left to right) know gold spoons can be deadly weapons when searching for redfish.

The secret to spoons

September 18, 2015 Andy Crawford

I’ve never liked fishing spoons. Maybe it’s because I never gave them the chance. Maybe it’s because I’ve never caught much on them. […]

When measuring borderline fish, a ice chest or tape-on ruler isn’t the best tool for the job.

You see it all the time on fishing trips: Someone catches a fish that might or might not be long enough to keep, and the angler flops it down on an ice chest for a quick measurement on the built-in ruler. […]

A whitetail deer trafficking scheme between hunting preserves in Ohio and Florida resulted in a record $1.6 million fine being levied in U.S. District Court for violations of the Lacey Act, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Record $1.6 million fine levied in Ohio deer trafficking case

September 17, 2015 From News Reports

A $1.6 million fine — the largest for a wildlife crime in U.S. history — was ordered in an Ohio whitetail deer trafficking case, according to media reports. […]

Organize, store hooks with surgical tubing

September 16, 2015 Craig Holt

If you’re like many anglers, you have scads of hooks for different types of fishing because our finny targets have variable-size mouths. […]

Mississippi host of Syndicate Hunting face illegal hunting charges in Alaska

September 16, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Six Mississippi men and another from Baton Rouge, La., are among those allegedly charged with illegal hunting and filming in Alaska, all related to an outdoor television show on the Sportsman Channel, according to the Alaska Dispatch News of Anchorage. […]

Burying a 5-gallon bucket is a great way to store hunting equipment you don’t want to carry every time you go into the woods.

Create a hunting treasure chest

September 15, 2015 Taylor Pardue

One thing that made the Lewis and Clark expedition successful was knowing what to carry and when to carry it. […]

How to quickly tune your bow

September 15, 2015 Andy Crawford

If you’ve practiced with your bow for the past few weeks and still missed the shot at an opening-morning deer that stepped out just past your 30-yard confidence line, you could be tempted to just shrug it off. […]

When it's dry, it's best just to clear your food plots and prepare for planting once the dry season — or, as this year, the drought — is over.

Hunters watching for rain

September 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Avid archer Gene Thacker already knows his plan for the opening weeks of Mississippi’s bow season on deer. […]

MDWFP deer biologist Lann Wilf said older bucks should show less impact from the drought that is plaguing Central Mississippi, but younger bucks are subject to more stress and slower antler growth.

Is drought impacting deer?

September 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Despite last Friday’s cold front-driven thunderstorms, mid-Mississippi continues to suffer from a months-long drought, and the impact on the deer population could be cruel. […]

When your hunting party is this large — left to right, Destin Rivers, Landri Rivers, Jacob Lee, Kennedy Rivers, Ken Rivers and Angelia Rivers all of Ellisville — it’s good to have a gator measuring 13 feet, 7 ¾ inches. Angelia Rivers now holds the record for the longest alligator caught in Mississippi.

Gator total will top 960

September 14, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

If the goal of the switch to an online first-come, first-serve public alligator permit process was to increase participation and harvest, then color the change an overwhelming success. […]

Mississippi's 16-day teal season opens Saturday, coinciding perfectly with the first cold front of the season. It should push more of the early-migrating blue-winged teal into the state.

Front should push teal into state

September 9, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

What is forecast to be the first significant cold front of the season couldn’t be better timed for Mississippi waterfowl hunters, who are looking at Saturday’s opening day of the teal season with increased optimism. […]