Deer Hunting
Time to tune up for bow season
With archery season a couple of calendar pages away, there’s no better time to get your bow out and begin to get ready and practice. […]
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Deer Hunting
Plots: Consider all factors or pay a price
Sometimes ideas that sound pretty good don’t work out. What is it they say about “the best laid plans of mice and men?” […]
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Get major results from micro plots
Micro or mini wildlife food plots work well on hunting properties that are not really large enough to justify full-scale farming practices. […]
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Natural growth — Native browse is important to deer
Every deer hunter wants to grow more deer, specifically more bucks, and, in particular, bigger bucks.
The truth is if you want to grow more bucks, then you also have to grow more does, since the antlerless deer contribute just as much to the genetics of the bucks as the male deer component of the breeding process. Ironically, some research suggests that the doe has an even greater genetic role than the buck. Either way, you have to have the does to get the job done. So, if you work to grow more deer, even does, then the result should statistically be more bucks as well.
Deer Hunting
MDWFP: Leave fawns alone
Mississippi wildlife officials have a simple message for people who encounter seemingly abandoned deer fawns — Leave them alone.
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Winning the food plot weed wars
Weed invasion is one of the most destructive forces working against quality wildlife food plots. […]
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Test soil to see if lime is necessary
Without soil testing wildlife food plots and applying lime to balance the acidity as necessary, then it is simply a waste of time planting anything as too many hunters and game managers have learned the hard way. […]
Deer Hunting
Hunter Harvest gets boost
A grant from the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program will help the Mississippi Wildlife Federation’s charitable distribution of venison feed the hungry. […]
Deer Hunting
Reservoir draw hunts expand
Deer hunters who participate in the draw for archery deer hunts at Barnett Reservoir, and are lucky enough to get drawn, will get more opportunities than the previous two years. […]
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CWD news concerns Mississippi hunters
Even casual Mississippi deer hunters are concerned about news that Michigan has confirmed its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in its wild deer population. […]
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Battle Bones
Flextone Game Calls recently introduced the new Battle Bones rattling antlers. They make ultra-realistic buck fighting sounds and are much safer to carry than real whitetail antlers. […]
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Grocery games — Tips for planning food plots
Did the headline of this story have you thinking, “Dude, are you kidding? It’s just June, way too early to be contemplating fall wildlife food plots.” […]