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June 10, 2026

Since adult crows can eat up to 15 pounds of pecans apiece in a month, owners of commercial pecan groves despise the big black birds. Hunters can usually gain access to the groves to hunt the birds, simply by being courteous and promising to leave nothing behind but footprints.

Crow, snipe can be fun

February 17, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Two birds that give hunters some entertaining and offbeat opportunities — crow and snipe — are legal to hunt through Feb. 28 […]

Using an ATV for an elevated shooting position while rabbit hunting is legal, according to the MDWFP law enforcement chief. However, at no time with the motor running is a hunter allowed to have a loaded firearm in his/her hands.

ATVs for rabbits: Toeing fine line of legality

October 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

In Mississippi, according to the law, hunting from a motorized vehicle is illegal, which, with rabbit season opening Oct. 18 will soon come into play.

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The spring limit on squirrel in Mississippi is four, which avid hunters like Johnny McKinion of Pelahatchie should find easy to fill.

State’s first spring squirrel season opens Friday

May 13, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Nearly a decade in the making, Mississippi’s first spring squirrel season will open statewide on Friday (May 15) and offer small game enthusiasts the opportunity to … […]

Mississippi's first spring squirrel season is another opportunity to introduce children to small game hunting.

Squirrel hunters mixed on spring season

May 6, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Avid squirrel hunter Mark Beason of Jackson knows snakes are a springtime problem for his champion squirrel dogs, but it won’t stop him from spending time in the woods during Mississippi’s first May season. […]

Whether it’s from the bed of a UTV or the seat of an ATV, the elevation gives a rabbit hunter an advantage of a better view down into the mass of a thicket.

Toeing a fine line of legality

February 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

In Mississippi, according to the law, hunting from a motorized vehicle is illegal. […]

Part of the Youth Squirrel Hunt Initiative is volunteer squirrel dog handlers taking youngsters aged 10 to 15 on a public lands hunt. But there is a deadline to apply for the February hunts.

7 youth squirrel hunts set for early February

December 23, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Designed to recruit more hunters to the pursuit of small game, seven squirrel hunts for youth aged 10 to 15 years are scheduled around Mississippi on Feb. 7. […]

When it’s just too warm to sit in a shooting house in December, Johnny McKinion of Pelahatchie likes to stalk the shadowy creek bottoms and find the makings for a pot of squirrel and dumplings.

Smoked squirrel and dumplings

December 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Everybody has a favorite dumpling recipe, but try this take for a tasty, smoky flavor.

Take four squirrels (or more, and I like to use the older, bigger ones that aren’t as tender), cleaned and whole, and place on a smoker at a low, slow temperature — about 225 degrees. […]

Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed this 782-pound black bear on Tuesday in Hyde County. It is the second-heaviest bear ever killed in North Carolina.

North Carolina’s No. 2 all-time black bear killed by Virginia hunter

November 13, 2014 Jeff Burleson

On the morning of Nov. 11, Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed a 782-pound black bear from a blind overlooking a field of soybeans and corn on private land in Hyde County. The bear is officially the largest-ever killed in North Carolina by a still-hunter and is the second-largest bear ever taken in the state. […]