Deer Hunting
Crossbows gaining ground
Everybody knows that a crossbow is little more than a conventional type bow turned horizontal.
Really? Hardly! […]
Deer Hunting
Deer Hunting
Modern rifles rule, evolving
When I started deer hunting in 1970, I used a brand new Winchester Model 94 lever action rifle in 30-30 with open sights. Even then, that rifle was pretty much state-of-the-art. Most of the other deer hunting rifles were old military rifles like the Springfield ‘03s, Eddystone 1917s, or German Mausers. […]
Deer Hunting
Choice loyalty
“Certainly I admire any hunter that is really dedicated to just one mode of deer hunting,” said Kerry French of Holmes County. “Anyone willing or focused enough on just one weapon surely has to be really good at it. […]
Deer Hunting
Scouting critical to success
During the pre-rut, bucks often travel in bachelor groups. As the rut kicks in these bucks will fight each other for a receptive doe. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Agave-glazed venison steaks are the best ever
Agave Nectar Venison is a wonderful recipe for cooking venison backstrap (loin) steaks. Use it for your next family holiday. […]
Deer Hunting
When acorns fall, bucks get scarce
Two possible reasons exist for why, in every deer season, there is an early run on big bucks in the first stages of archery hunting and then it slows to a trickle until guns are legal. […]
Deer Hunting
Early primitive weapon season opens Monday
John Sigman knows exactly where he will be at sunrise next Monday morning, and it won’t be in his office as general manager of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District and Barnett Reservoir. […]
Deer Hunting
Excitement grows as youth season nears
Saturdays are always special to school kids, but there is one weekend in particular that means so much more to thousands of Mississippi youngsters. […]
Deer Hunting
Super Hunt leaves most feeling blessed
Dan Robinson spent a lot of Saturday afternoon in a ground blind with young Waylon Moss, watching about 30 deer walk in and out of a big field on Robinson’s Anevay Farm in Bolton. […]
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Strings, Bolts and Barrels — Choosing the right hunting weapon
Mississippi is one of the best places in the country to deer hunt. Our seasons are long, from October through February, our bag limits liberal with five does and three bucks. We have nearly two million acres of public hunting lands including 51 state wildlife management areas, seven national forests and 11 National Wildlife Refuges. […]
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November: Harvest Time for Deer
George Arrington scoured the woods looking for the flick of a tail, a twitch of an ear, or the glint of an antler, anything resembling a buck during the 2012 youth deer season. Deer started moving in to feed near his stand, intensifying the young hunter’s excitement. […]
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Shoot or Don’t Shoot
Patiently you wait, enduring the cold conditions. Finally the woodland silence is broken by the slight rustling of withered leaves as the game you’ve been pursuing makes its presence known. […]