This is old news to seasoned hunters, but hopefully insightful for young hunters, less experienced hunters, and for sure individuals getting into the pursuit of deer hunting for the first time. I run into this a lot in my hunter safety courses especially with ladies getting ready to marry a hunter. They want to learn how to deer hunt, too. […]
Little Christan Michael Lancaster caught the hunting bug early, about the time he started going to school. […]
Ken Lancaster is a bow hunter. It is as much a part of his fabric as his genetic code.
“People who know me through our outdoors television show or the time I spent managing the bow shop at Van’s in Brandon, realize I am first and foremost an archery hunter,” said Lancaster, star of the Antler Insanity TV series. “Sure I still gun hunt some, but the biggest thrill for me is to pull back on my Elite bow on a big buck at a short bow hunting range. To me this is the real challenging part of bow hunting. […]
Today’s modern deer hunting has become as much or more science than raw hunter skill. Thanks to an ever-exploding expansion of the hunting product marketplace, hunters have a lot more tricks in the hunting backpack than ever. […]
Deer Program Biologists provide deer related technical guidance to managers on private and public lands, conduct seminars, speak publicly, write articles for professional publications, conduct statewide disease surveillance, and assist Mississippi State University with deer research projects. […]
Tommy Hoff has one time of the year when he doesn’t fear intruding in a big buck’s sanctuary. He just does it carefully. […]
HILL ZONE — Private and open public lands east of I-55 and north of I-20 plus areas south of I-20 and east of U.S. Hwy. 61, excluding areas south of U.S. Hwy. 84 and east of MS Hwy. 35. A legal buck is defined as having EITHER a minimum inside spread of 10 inches OR aminimum main-beam length of 13 inches. Firearm seasons: Regular gun, with dogs, through Dec. 1; primitive weapon, Dec. 2-15; gun, without dogs (still season), Dec. 16-23; gun, with dogs, Dec. 24-Jan. 22. […]
Delta deer hunter Louie Sewell loves to hunt cutover in the late season, and that’s exactly where he was on a hunt late last season. […]
The “Free State of Jones” is not exactly known for producing high scoring bucks. But when it comes to white-tailed deer in Mississippi these days, the big buck landscape is ever changing. There are fewer surprises every season. […]
Ask a very proud Jeff Messina about the 177-inch buck he killed on Dec. 9 near Lake Mary in Wilkinson County, and he will tell you that it was well earned and very much deserved.
“The deer gods obviously agreed,” said Messina, who lives in Baton Rouge, La. “After what we went through that day in that weather, I guess they felt they owed me.”
If that is indeed the case, he shouldn’t expect another favor anytime soon. The buck he was given that day, halfway through the primitive weapon season, was, in his words, “a true Mississippi River 18-point bruiser.”
Many people are looking for new and interesting ways to prepare venison and other game for their families, and this is a winner. […]
Derek Broom of Sumrall has traveled extensively in the United States in search of a giant buck, visiting all the big-deer states like Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and Kansas. […]
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