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The main Dec. 2-15 and late January primitive weapon seasons will no longer require “primitive weapons” on private lands.

Deer seasons: A lot less primitive

May 12, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Like it or hate it, the biggest change in decades involving deer hunting in Mississippi will start during the 2014-15 seasons proposed by the Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks. […]

The CCA Star includes more than $500,000 in prizes. Competition begins May 24 and continues through Labor Day.

CCA STAR kicks off

May 10, 2014 From News Reports

The 2014 Coastal Conservation Association STAR tournament begins on Memorial Day weekend, and this year’s even has been expanded with two new Mississippi divisions to offer even more chances to win. […]

Mississippi's avid squirrel hunters, like Johnny McKinion of Pelahatchie, will have more opportunity to hunt under small game seasons proposed for 2014-15.

Squirrel hunters will like seasons

May 9, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s proposed 2014-15 small game hunting seasons include two long-awaited and major changes to one of the most popular, traditional game animals — squirrel.

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Mississippi fishermen, like Joe Watts of Canton, will have a short window to chase red snapper this year. The season will open June 1 and will run no more than 11 days. The limit will still be two red snapper per angler.

DMR to hold Snapper Summit

May 1, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s offshore sport fishermen, reeling from the announcement of an 11-day red snapper season, which could yet be shortened again, can learn more about and provide input into the federal fishery management of the Gulf of Mexico at a meeting May 6 in Biloxi. […]

Kim Ponds, wife of bass pro Pete Ponds, holds up a pair of big largemouth, the results of a double they caught on a seawall on a 500-acre residential lake in Madison County. Seawalls attract fish when it's time to fatten back up after the spawn.

Seawalls provide spring action

April 29, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

BAM!

There was nothing subtle in the bass’ attack on the crankbait, which had been thrown down the seawall behind houses on the subdivision lake and retrieved parallel to the bank. […]

This record-breaking gator was caught during the 2013 alligator season. The application period for the 2014 season will be open June 2-9.

Gator application period June 2-9

April 23, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippians will enjoy the same statewide opportunities afforded last year under the proposed 2014 alligator season regulations posted on the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks website (MDWFP.com). […]

Rebecca Hall killed this trophy gobbler on April 12 in Simpson County. The big bird had an 11 ½-inch beard and 1 ¼-inch spurs.

Silent approach nets Hall’s trophy tom

April 23, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Three days into chasing a wily gobbler, with absolutely no success, Rebecca Hall and boyfriend Timothy Fox knew they had to make some drastic changes in strategy. […]

Don Wheeler of Laurel broke a Mississippi recreational saltwater conventional tackle record with a greater amberjack weighing 126 pounds.

Amberjack record broken

April 22, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Add Don Wheeler’s name to Mississippi’s saltwater fishing records. […]

A series of six open house meetings will be held by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks for public input on proposed regulations for the 2014-15 hunting seasons.

WMA public meetings set

April 21, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Hunters and other users of the state’s public Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) are being asked for their input on proposed regulations for the 2014-15 hunting seasons. […]

Crappie fishing is already good at Lake Washington, but a state tagging program is aimed at making it even better.

Tagged crappie program starts at oxbow

April 21, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Lake Washington, recently ranked by the website Fishhound.com as one of the top 10 crappie fishing lakes in the country, could see even better fishing soon. […]

Bass pro Pete Ponds caught this 6-pounder April 11 on a Bull Shad 6-inch Floating Gizzard Shad swimbait.

Swimbaits in the spring? You bet

April 16, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Pete Ponds never hesitated when he pulled the front end of his bass boat close to the seawall of a 500-acre lake. […]

You should be able to find plenty of bass action this month. Mike Stingley posted on the Mississippi Sportsman Facebook page that he felt like a kid again when he caught his first 9-pound bass recently.

April’s top 5 fishing trips

April 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Ready to shake off the winter doldrums and break loose for some spring fishing? These are a few must-do trips to consider. […]