Deer Hunting Archives - Page 62 of 124

July 24, 2026

When it's dry, it's best just to clear your food plots and prepare for planting once the dry season — or, as this year, the drought — is over.

Hunters watching for rain

September 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Avid archer Gene Thacker already knows his plan for the opening weeks of Mississippi’s bow season on deer. […]

MDWFP deer biologist Lann Wilf said older bucks should show less impact from the drought that is plaguing Central Mississippi, but younger bucks are subject to more stress and slower antler growth.

Is drought impacting deer?

September 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Despite last Friday’s cold front-driven thunderstorms, mid-Mississippi continues to suffer from a months-long drought, and the impact on the deer population could be cruel. […]

Tink’s new Power Scrape All-Season Scrape Kit is the perfect lure and dispenser system in one convenient value pack. It includes the trusted original Power Scrape Starter, the all-new Power Scrape Finisher and a Tink’s Scrape Bomb Dripper. […]

Transitional areas such as this field adjoining a young pine plantation and mixed hardwoods, is a perfect place for a hunter to do preseason scouting to reap in-season rewards.

2015 Deer-hunting Forecast

September 1, 2015 David Hawkins

It started with a mere flash of movement.

Without moving his head, the hunter shifted his vision to the spot in the forest. Was it just a bird, perhaps a squirrel? He studies the area, hoping for … […]

Planting quality food plots are a big part of setting the stage for fall deer hunting.

Hunters on the cusp — The fine line between success and failure in deer hunting

September 1, 2015 John J. Woods

Being on the cusp of something implies being on the cutting edge, which can be either the edge of success or failure.

Deer hunting is like that. […]

The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks voted unanimously to remove language from its supplemental deer feeding regulation that prohibits having feeders within line of sight while hunting.

Commission gives OK to baiting deer

August 20, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

In a surprise move Wednesday, the state’s Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks gave its approval to baiting deer in Mississippi, at least during gun season. […]

Former hunting guide Matt Arey said proper preparations can result in an early season kill.

Find food sources for opening-day success

August 17, 2015 Dan Kibler

With the opening of deer seasons approaching in a few weeks, hunters need to start finding the major food sources that whitetails are using, set up stands along the trails they take to that food and then stay the heck away until opening day. […]

Going the crossbow route helps older hunters and others with medical issues that prevents them from drawing a conventional bow continue to utilize the archery season.

Vengeance cut from different mold

August 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Just when archers were getting used to the different look of a crossbow, as compared to a regular bow, a new style has hit the market that makes even veteran users take a second look. […]

Getting a new crossbow completely disassembled in the box was a whole new experience, especially when it’s a new radical design like the Barnett Vengeance.

Shopping local assures best fit

August 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Ken Lancaster knows a bit about archery, including the horizontal type, having served as a past manager of the archery department at Van’s Sporting Goods in Brandon and now a host on the TV show Antler Insanity, and he understands the difficulty one might face in making a big switch in bow hunting gear. […]

Once decomposition sets in or predators such as coyotes scavenge the carcass, then determining the cause of death by observation is near impossible. However, if other deer in the area have died, then usually it indicates that EHD could be the culprit.

The Deer plague — What about epizootic hemorrhagic disease?

August 1, 2015 Tommy Kirkland

Despite the seriousness and spread of CWD, there remains one fatal disease that continues to wallop whitetails along with affecting the men and women who hunt them. Though it is predominantly an issue in the South, it can loom North — devastating herds of whitetails… […]

Gerald Moore of Madison is an experienced deer hunter, but elected to try a crossbow this past season.

Going horizontal — Tips for crossbow hunting

August 1, 2015 John J. Woods

Whatever you want to make of the crossbow trend, it is growing fast.

Reminds me of a decade ago when it seemed all of sudden that women were taking up deer hunting for the first time, and I noticed a definite increase in the numbers of young ladies attending hunter education classes I was teaching. […]

This 255-pound, 125-inch 8-point was taken in the spillway area of Barnett Reservoir last November.

Rez draw hunt process begins Friday

July 30, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Applications will be accepted beginning Friday (July 31) for the third year of archery deer hunts on two areas of the Barnett Reservoir project, and hunters have more to draw for, according to the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. […]