Columns
Tenpoint adds a new crossbow
As the majority of our hunting population ages, crossbows have steadily moved to the forefront of today’s archery market.
Deer Hunting
Columns
Another look at CWD feeding ban
Unless you have been holed up in a cave with no way of communicating for the past three or four months, you are well aware that a buck discovered on Jan. 25 in Issaquena County tested positive for chronic wasting disease. […]
Deer Hunting
What should a hunter consider in a club?
Hunters have a long list of concerns on which to focus when it comes to finding the right club. Here are some questions that should be asked. […]
Deer Hunting
Looking for land in all the right places
Here are some places where Mississippi hunters can look to find leases and where clubs can post to find members: […]
Deer Hunting
A landowner’s perspective
Leasing land for hunting is big business and is profitable for landowners. Lease rates once priced to covering landowners’ taxes have risen in recent years and still on the increase. Landowners, both individual and corporate, avoid commenting on the subject since it’s such a hot topic. […]
Columns
A life well-lived: making memories in the woods
This month, I am stepping a bit outside of this column’s normal subject matter, but I feel strongly about the message. […]
Deer Hunting
Hey, come join the (hunt) club — or not
Mississippi hunters have a couple of basic choices when looking for hunting grounds: public or private land. Public land is open to anyone, and most private lands are owned by individuals, families or timber companies. […]
Deer Hunting
CWD update: No news is apparently good news
Since the first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in Mississippi was reported in February in a 4 1/2-year-old buck in Issaquena County, no other diseased animals have been found. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer-reporting bill dies in state legislature
The Mississippi Legislature failed to pass a single bill related to hunting and fishing during the 2018 session that ended April 1, and that includes anything related to a harvest reporting system for turkey or deer. […]
Deer Hunting
Big Buck Bounty: Blalock buck blows away competition
Joseph Blalock of Brookhaven, who just recently turned 14 years of age, had the biggest deer at the recent awards breakfast for the 2017-18 Big Buck Bounty Contest at McClain Lodge in Brandon. […]
Columns
CWD is here!
I had something else in mind originally for this column, but the recent happenings regarding the finding of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a Mississippi deer is more important than anything else. […]
Deer Hunting
Mississippi officials get good news on CWD tests in south Mississippi
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks continues to find good news related to chronic wasting disease in an area of concern in south Mississippi. Seventy deer tested during the 2017-18 hunting season were all found to be negative for CWD, a disease that is deadly in several species of cervids including white-tailed deer. […]