Bobby C's Outdoors
Legislature’s surprising move
I finally figured out why we had such a cold, long, late winter in Mississippi, and it has absolutely nothing to do with anything meteorological or any other science. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer Hunting
UFO headlighters? At least not poachers
If indeed space aliens are guilty of shining lights on Mississippi deer, we can be happy that they at least are not poachers.
No deer were shot in the making of this weird story. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer workshops for landowners, professionals
Managing deer herds will be the subject of two two-day workshops sponsored by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and Mississippi State University. […]
Deer Hunting
Preparation meets opportunity
When selecting a monthly topic for Happy Trails, my usual goal is to write about something that will allow me to share the knowledge and experience that I have gained through more than 40 years of chasing whitetails. I also like to provoke thought and discussion about certain topics and issues. […]
Deer Hunting
Micro plots have a niche
In an attempt to be sneaky at my deer camp, last year I decided to put up a couple of hidden stands and I bought two Millennium T-100 lightweight tripods. While only 10 feet high from the seat position they are remarkably easy to hide along woodland edges. […]
Deer Hunting
Lime can turn a food plot green
If your food plot plantings begin to take on a dull finish, a sour-note color that is less than vibrant green and obvious to the eye, then you likely have a soil pH issue. […]
Deer Hunting
Consider the cost
Unless you own thousands of dollars worth of farm equipment and have unlimited time for labor, planting wildlife food plots is not a cheap undertaking. […]
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Science + art: How to build the perfect food plot
Are supplemental wildlife food plots essential to deer hunting in Mississippi? Evidence certainly indicates so. […]
Deer Hunting
Does the moon really matter?
As regular readers of “Happy Trails” have come to know, I am a trail/scouting camera fanatic, and use the data I derive each season from my web of cameras to tell me when and where deer, and bucks in particular, move on my personal hunting property. […]
Deer Hunting
Climate change impacting wildlife, study claims
The National Wildlife Federation is urging sportsmen to do their part to help slow down or reverse climate change, concluding in its latest report “Nowhere to Run: Big Game Wildlife in a Warming World” that many big-game species across North America are already being affected and could be headed for a big fall. […]
Deer Hunting
Big Buck Contest features huge deer display
No matter if you kill a potential state record or a personal best, you want to make arrangements with your taxidermist to retrieve the antlers so you can enter them in the 2014 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest. […]
Deer Hunting
3 Louisiana men charged with illegal deer importation
Three men and a company, all of Slidell, La., are at the center of a 13-count federal indictment filed Wednesday in Gulfport involving the illegal importation of live white-tailed deer into Mississippi. […]