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Tanner Hornback, 8, of Lafayette, La., shot this 160-inch 10-point on Nov. 26 while hunting the Mississippi side of Belle Island Hunting Club near Vicksburg. It was the youngster's first buck.

Youngster’s first buck scores 160

January 17, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

With a big ol’ doe in the food plot already in his crosshairs, Tanner Hornback, 8, had been given the OK to pull the trigger by his mom, who was sitting beside him in the ground blind. […]

The Bassmaster Classic will return to South Carolina's Lake Hartwell in 2015, where Texas pro Alton Jones won the B.A.S.S. championship in 2008.

Bassmasters Classic will return to Lake Hartwell in 2015

January 16, 2014 Phillip Gentry

The Bassmaster Classic will return to Lake Hartwell and South Carolina’s Upstate in 2015, bringing with it an approximate $30 million impact on the local economy. […]

Put together a few relatively warm days in a row at Neshoba County Lake and lunker bass, like this 11-pounder caught last winter by 14-year-old Barnett Massey, become active.

January’s top fishing trips

January 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

For all the talk about how cold the season has been already, one might think it would be too frigid to talk about fishing.

One would certainly be wrong, especially when it comes to crappie fishing. A crappie trip to Eagle Lake tops our list of the Top 5 January fishing trips to consider. […]

Shelton Earls used a .45-70 rifle to kill this 30-point non-typical Franklin County monster because he thought it was still primitive weapon season.

Franklin County yields 222-inch non-typical

January 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

When Shelton Earls went deer hunting on Dec. 19, he carried his three-year-old .45-70 rifle to the stand because he mistakenly thought it was still primitive weapon season. […]

Brandon police officer David Watson killed this drop-tine buck Jan. 9 near Brandon. The shot was so close you can see his climbing stand in the background.

Watson gets his trophy drop tine

January 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Think a buck has to score in the 180s or 190s to be special?

It’s just not so, and Brandon policeman David Watson is a perfect example. He’s just as pleased as he can be with a buck that scores just 135 inches in the Big Buck Bounty contest. […]

This 150 class buck was taken in Jones County by Landon Howard.

Jones County yields trophy buck

January 14, 2014 John J. Woods

The “Free State of Jones” is not exactly known for producing high scoring bucks. But when it comes to white-tailed deer in Mississippi these days, the big buck landscape is ever changing. There are fewer surprises every season. […]

Jeff Messina of Baton Rouge, La., killed this 177-point 18-inch Mississippi River bottom bruiser Dec. 9 at Lake Mary in Wilkinson County.

Baton Rouge hunter gets well-earned Mississippi bruiser

January 14, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Ask a very proud Jeff Messina about the 177-inch buck he killed on Dec. 9 near Lake Mary in Wilkinson County, and he will tell you that it was well earned and very much deserved.

“The deer gods obviously agreed,” said Messina, who lives in Baton Rouge, La. “After what we went through that day in that weather, I guess they felt they owed me.”

If that is indeed the case, he shouldn’t expect another favor anytime soon. The buck he was given that day, halfway through the primitive weapon season, was, in his words, “a true Mississippi River 18-point bruiser.”

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