Access to all federal refuges is prohibited during the federal shutdown that began today, a federal and official said confirmed. However, state forest land will still be open to hunting and some fishing. […]
The 2013-14 Mississippi Sportsman Big Buck Contest kicks off with the opening of hunting season on Oct. 1. […]
Arrows that amount to being “bang sticks” will not be allowed during archery season, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced Monday (Sept. 30). […]
I am a striper fisherman, one that proudly patrols the waters of Barnett Reservoir throughout the year looking for the big schools. […]
Barnett Reservoir officials say the drawing for permits for the first-ever archery hunt below the dam, and for a long-closed portion of the north shore of Pelahatchie Bay will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday (Sept. 30). […]
News from the 2013 brood survey is not good for Mississippi’s turkey and turkey hunters, according to the biologists who head the program for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
Among the three saltwater state fishing records certified this week by the Commission on Marine Resources is a bull shark. […]
It’s a good thing, Bill Thomas said, that the spring spawn produced enough great crappie fishing at Barnett Reservoir to fill his freezer with bags of fillets. […]
Mississippi hunters continue to struggle with a hot — and extremely dry — September, not exactly the kind of start they hoped for the long season ahead. […]
State and federal officials announced today that there will be a 14-day recreational red snapper season for fishermen for the first two weeks of October. […]
Working to keep our shores and marshes clear, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is helping organize the annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup on Oct. 19. […]
With the early teal season, which opens Saturday in Mississippi, there is always the worry that the peak of the blue-wing migration will fall outside the 16-day window hunters have at the early flyers. […]
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