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June 2, 2026

Devin Rice of Wesson (left) called up a trio of gobblers that he and friends Kenny McLaughlin of Vicksburg (center) and Aaron Weatherford of Fairhope, Ala., killed simultaneously on private property in Central Mississippi. Weatherford’s turkey was double-bearded, with 11-inch and 9½-inch beards.

Odd call ‘Kee’ to turkey triple

April 9, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Devin Rice called in a crowd of gobblers to the area where he and two friends were hunting early in the Mississippi season, but it wasn’t until he switched calls that the birds got fired up. […]

Lloyd Dempster won the overall prize at the Big Buck Bounty contest with his monster 18-point Claiborne County buck.

Blackstack, Dempster earn top prizes

April 2, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

It is quite possible that some of the hunters who entered the 2014-15 Big Buck Bounty made a lot of noise when they killed the trophy deer that led them to the contest’s awards breakfast on March 28 at McClain’s Lodge in Fannin. […]

Chad Bell's first turkey was killed in the Big Black River bottoms north of Canton and sported an impressive 15.25-inch beard.

Bell’s first gobbler true longbeard

April 2, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Chad Bell figures he earned every inch of beard his first gobbler sported, and, at 15.25 inches, that’s a whole lot of work. […]

Alex Smith's 10 ½-pound trout was just 5 ounces shy of the state record.

Gulfport man hooks trophy trout

March 31, 2015 Sam Davis

Trophy hunters are a unique lot; whether the game is whitetail deer, tuna or speckled trout, trophy hunters are just different. The lengths they’ll go to kill or capture their quarry is typically well above and beyond what the average sportsman is willing to face.

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The 167 6/8-inch buck killed by Carey Smith is likely to be the largest typical rack listed in Magnolia Records for Walthall County.

Walthall typical record could fall

March 30, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Two deer seasons earlier, Carey Smith was watching a big deer in a field in Walthall County waiting for a good shot. Two years later, sitting in nearly the same spot, he finally got it. […]

Bob Szyzmakowski’s naan venison casserole is an interesting recipe that uses venison with some unusual ingredients.

Bob’s naan venison casserole

March 27, 2015 Jerry Dilsaver

I don’t know where Bob Sysmakowski came up with the idea for this recipe, but it is a pleasant change from many of the things I do with ground venison. This combines ingredients that aren’t often used in a venison recipe, and it works. […]

Todd McTaggart and his son Gage McTaggart, both of Albany, La., with the trophy 4-bearded gobbler the 12-year-old killed on opening morning of the Mississippi youth season March 7 at Homochitto National Forest.

Young hunter gets 4-bearded Mississippi gobbler

March 26, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Opening morning of the youth turkey season turned into a numbers game for 12-year-old Gage McTaggart, who was hunting with his dad Todd and caller Brett Thompson at Homochitto National Forest in Southwest Mississippi. […]

Before the sun sets June 30 on Fiscal Year 2015, state wildlife officials hope fishermen will again buy enough licenses to bring the annual totals in line with previous years.

License shortfall explained

March 23, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Looking over the license report from last Wednesday’s meeting of the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in Jackson, a red flag was spotted immediately. […]

Under a proposed plan for the alligator hunting season in Mississippi, hunters will have to be quick instead of lucky to get a permit to chase monsters like this. The process will change from an application and draw to an online first-come, first-serve basis on July 14.

Gator season to undergo major change

March 19, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s alligator hunting season and permit process will undergo its biggest change in its 10-year history, under a plan approved Wednesday by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]

German hunter Franz-Albrecht Oettingen proves his incredible marksmanship n this video showing him literally stacking up hogs with a rifle.

German hunter proves deadly hog hunter

March 18, 2015 Andy Crawford

Hogs are the scrouge of the South nowadays, with swine spreading into every area and generally causing mayhem. They tear up feeders, root up trails and create nasty wallows in bottoms — competing with the deer we all want to hunt. […]

Jay Brainard of Enid, Okla., finished second in the Bassmaster Central Open on Barnett Reservoir by flipping and skipping docks in Main Harbor.

Brainard’s boat dock pattern nearly wins

March 17, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

When Jay Brainard figures his expenses for fishing the Bassmaster Central Open on Barnett Reservoir, boat gas won’t be a very big factor for the second place finisher. […]

Gene Bishop of Ridgeland posted a three-day total of 55 pounds, 14 ounces to win the B.A.S.S. Central Open on Barnett Reservoir.

Bishop has Classic finish on Barnett

March 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Gene Bishop is going to the 2016 Bassmaster Classic.

“Man, I’m just starting to realize what a big deal this is — I am going to the Classic,” he said, shortly after clinching the B.A.S.S. Central Open on Barnett Reservoir Saturday. “I can’t believe it. […]