“Pattern” is a term often used in the outdoors, especially as it relates to hunting and fishing.
Webster’s has several definitions, but one hits a bulls-eye when as it applies to white-tailed deer: “a composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual, such as in behavioral patterns.”
Although crossbows have been around for thousands of years, until recently, their use for deer hunting has been legally limited or restricted in most of the country.
The hunting terrain across northern Mississippi is some of the most varied in the state, giving hunters opportunities to take deer from the lower reaches of the Appalachians to the deep rich Delta soils along the Mississippi River. […]
Hunters love the magical period called ‘the rut,’ but it has its nuances. Here’s everything you need to know to get in position for an ambush. […]
November means one thing to most bowhunters: It’s time to hunt white-tailed deer. […]
The Mississippi Wildlife Federation’s Hunter’s Harvest program got a big boost to start the deer season with a $5,000 donation from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance, which hopes to help reduce deer/car collisions. […]
Mississippi conservation officers last week made nine cases of illegal importation of cervid carcasses, enforcing a new regulation passed in May aimed at protecting the state’s deer herd from chronic wasting disease. […]
Louisiana hunter Jimmy Giacone was enjoying a morning hunt at a buddy’s lease near Liberty Sunday (Nov. 20) when three deer stepped out. […]
Chris Herring of New Hope has every right to be proud of 10-year-old daughter Marley Kate and the 184 2/8-inch buck she killed on Nov. 12 during the second weekend of the youth gun season. […]
Since deer are to a great degree edge dwellers and edge users, the benefits of “edge” to hunters and trail camera users can be very good. […]
So you’ve killed a monster buck. Now what? Take pictures that really capture that special memory. Here are some tips to take better photos. […]
The naked eye might be great for viewing a lot of things, but picking out a deer in dense cover isn’t one of them. For that, smart hunters carry top quality binoculars to their deer stands. […]
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