Deer Hunting
Concealment is key to late-season success
Russ McVey feels there is no more important time for deer hunters to work on concealment than during January. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer Hunting
How to invade a buck’s core territory
Once the primary and secondary ruts wind down, worn out bucks retreat to their main residence area and into the core center of that zone. This is their most secret, comfortable, safe, hiding sanctuary, where they can rest, recover, eat, and build their energies back to normal. […]
Deer Hunting
Buckshot is a good post-rut deer-stalking option
Clearly, the majority of deer hunters in the Magnolia State are geared toward using hunting rifles when it comes to firearms. Archery remains highly popular, as does the growing numbers of hunters using crossbows. […]
Deer Hunting
A case for supplemental feeding
The drought of 2016, lasting from the summer long into autumn, could act as the perfect case in the argument for supplemental feeding of deer in Mississippi. […]
Deer Hunting
4 Louisiana prison guards accused of 26 illegal deer kills in Mississippi
Four Louisiana prison guards are accused of illegally killing 26 deer in Mississippi, The Clarion-Ledger reported. […]
Deer of the Year
Terry hunter arrows 150-class ‘urban’ buck
Young Zach Winstead of Terry has hunted all over Mississippi, including some of the state’s best areas for big buck, from the Delta to the Big Black River bottoms to Natchez. […]
Deer of the Year
Hunter shares details on potential state-record buck
Josh Clark’s home is hours away from Canemount Wildlife Management Area, so when he was drawn for the second year in a row to hunt the public land he pretty much showed up blind. […]
Deer of the Year
Hunter ‘blessed’ with 171-inch double main-beam beast
“Blessed.”
That is the word Nathan Smith of Madison used to describe his feelings and the experience of killing a 171-inch, double main-beamed Yazoo County giant buck last Saturday (Jan. 7). […]
Deer of the Year
NOLA woman kills 163-inch Mississippi buck
Marni Demelo heard it before she saw the buck approaching the food plot she was overlooking on Saturday (Jan. 7), a benefit on one of the coldest days the New Orleans woman had sat in a Mississippi deer stand. […]
Deer of the Year
NOLA hunter gets trophy 8 in Jefferson County
With the first photos, Josh Guilbeau immediately knew the massive 8-point at the Jefferson County camp was the buck he would hunt during the 2016-17 deer season. […]
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After the madness — Deer-hunting tactics for after the rut
The rut is the best time and best opportunity to take a good buck, but it is also a phase of deer hunting when careless and/or excited hunters can really mess things up horribly. […]
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Bucks are where you find ’em — Late-season deer-hunting tactics
January is an ugly month for deer hunters.
The peak of the rut is in the rear view mirror in most areas, and that means that finding a trophy buck has become near impossible. Either they have returned to their nocturnal normalcy or they have returned deep into their dense core areas. […]