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Ag fields and converted catfish ponds produced ducks last season, as Jacob Sartain (right) can attest.

Mississippi duck hunters look forward to great January

January 1, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

If January 2019 duck season is even close to 2018, Mississippi hunters will be in heaven. […]

This group of pigs came to a pile of corn placed for the purpose of killing them. Much of the sounder was shot before they dispersed.

We’re in a poke — with pigs

December 1, 2018 David Hawkins

Unless you have lived under a rock for the past decade you know feral hogs are a problem in Mississippi. They have the highest reproduction rate of any mammal that weighs 100 pounds or more, and trying to control them is like nailing Jell-O to a creosote post. […]

Grown up broom sage fields offer security for bucks during the daylight hours but the bucks become exposed when they venture out.

Reelin’ in the rut

December 1, 2018 Michael O. Giles

Linda Burdine Pollard sat in her favorite deer stand in north Choctaw County last year, searching for sign of a hot doe. What she heard and saw were something very different, but exactly what she was looking for: a red-hot buck. […]

Embrace the change

December 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

December marks transition time from fall to winter for Mississippi’s saltwater gamefish. Learn how to get in their way. […]

Float up a duck – Limit out on ducks on a Mississippi float trip

December 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

Two things you’ll find in abundance across Mississippi this month are ducks and flowing waterways. […]

The beauty of the wood duck combined with its splendid vocabulary captivates the attention of hunters every season.

Backyard ducks

December 1, 2018 Andy Douglas

Duck hunting is becoming a favorite sport for many sportsmen and sportswomen. Considering all the gear needed, it can become expensive very quickly — especially if you have to pay to access good places near flyways with good numbers of mallards and pintails. […]

The allure of chasing whitetails is a lifelong addiction for Mississippi hunters.

The timeless allure of hunting

November 1, 2018 David Hawkins

For every hunter, there is a shaft of light, an opening in the woods, or a corner of a green field where his or her buck of a lifetime stands in regal splendor albeit in a dream. […]

Forget what you’ve learned about catfish always being bottom dwellers. Catfish pros like David Shipman of Corinth know they suspend and have figured out how to catch them higher in the water column.

Catfish off the bottom

November 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

Think of all of your hunting and fishing pursuits and imagine your quarry in its preferred environment. […]

Hunting in early November gives a hunter a chance to catch bucks acting naturally, before pressure drives them deeper in the woods or later in the night.

A time to kill

November 1, 2018 Michael O. Giles

Hayes Nance was scanning the area around his stand, looking for a deer or any sign of movement, when, without warning, the woods came alive, and a couple of yearlings burst out, followed close behind by their mothers. […]

Capt. Kenny Shiyou said the winter sheepshead bite on the U.S. 90 bridge pilings is as dependable as fishing gets on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Bridge the gap this fall for saltwater success

November 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Bridge pilings near Mississippi’s Gulf Coast will produce plenty of fish until it gets warm again next spring. […]

Sitting on the camp’s front porch is just part of the club experience for Lincoln County hunter Shane McCullough. Joining a hunting club is a tradition for many Mississippi hunters.

How to raise deer ‘clubbing’ to an art form in Mississippi

November 1, 2018 Andy Douglas

Tactics to keep hunting clubs vibrant and alive include changes in management of leased land, beyond just economic or membership moves. […]

A climbing stand gives deer hunters several advantages when it comes to taking a big buck.

Climb for the prize

November 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

If you were to survey any given piece of hunting property, there are areas that cry out to be hunted. A majority of times, these areas are soon saddled with a permanent hunting stand, be it a ladder, box or other permanent fixture. A hunter may even take one or more deer from that stand the next season, or it may be one of those rare stands that produces every season. But the reason that site was chosen is because it looked good to the hunter, not because it was conducive to the deer. […]