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Hunting wild hogs is both a great way to bridge the gap between deer and turkey seasons as well as a challenging big game pursuit year round, as author Phillip Gentry found with this pig.

Winter hoggin’ — Top hog-hunting tactics

February 1, 2017 Phillip Gentry

What’s a big game hunter to do after the deer season ends and the spring turkey season is still over a month away? Sad time, this month of February, eh? […]

CTS Targets Pro-Hanger Kits

February 1, 2017 Mississippi Sportsman

The Pro-Hanger Kit from CTS Targets has everything you need to set up your own backyard range or add to an existing range. The kit comes with all CTS’s quality accessories, including a 2×4 Spike Base, 2×4 Plate Hanger Hook and either a 8” or 10” AR-500 Steel Gong Target. […]

Choosing the proper arrow for your hunting setup is an involved process, as this chart shows.

Give yourself the shaft

February 1, 2017 Sammy Romano

With all of the annual hype and focus on the latest and greatest compound bows, the arrows they shoot are often an afterthought. In reality, the arrow is just as important, if not more, than the bow it is shot from. […]

Cover: February 2017

February 1, 2017 Mississippi Sportsman

This amazing Canemount WMA buck killed by Josh Clark highlights the 2016-17 Deer of the Year class. […]

All the rabbits run — Best rabbit-hunting tactics

February 1, 2017 David Hawkins

Rabbit hunting provides a great opportunity for some old-fashioned family time. And the resulting stews aren’t bad, either. Here’s everything you need to know. […]

When a flight of snow geese heads to the decoys, hunters come up out of their layout blinds with guns blazing and birds falling.

Snow days — Best bets for the goose conservation season

February 1, 2017 John E. Phillips

The geese were so high that I doubted our decoy spread and our loud electronic caller would pull those high-flying birds down to the ground within shooting range. But as the day wore on, I learned how wrong I could be. […]

Josh Clark was about to give up on his spot at Canemount WMA when this possible state-record buck walked out.

2016-17 Deer of the Year

February 1, 2017 Andy Crawford

It’s been a strange year, in terms of big bucks. Sure, there have been a number of really nice deer killed. […]

Seven guided squirrel hunts, including firearm and wildlife instruction, will be held around Mississippi on Feb. 11.

Seven youth squirrel hunts set Feb. 11

January 25, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Seven youth squirrel hunts have been scheduled around Mississippi on Feb. 11, all geared around introducing new hunters to the thrill of hunting small game with dogs. […]

Mississippi has a lot of prime public hunting land for the spring turkey. Some of the best is at Hillside and Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuges in the Delta.

Hillside NWR accepting turkey applications

January 24, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Applications for the spring turkey hunt at Hillside National Wildlife Refuge are now being accepted, according to the Teddy Roosevelt National Refuge Complex. […]

The author on a 1970’s deer hunt. Note the old style “truckers hat.”

Late-season reflections

January 18, 2017 Bill Garbo

As we go into 2017, most of us have had the good fortune of sitting quietly alone multiple times this season in the Deep South winter woods. […]

You can put a kid on his first buck this month, if you understand the importance of concealment.

Concealment is key to late-season success

January 16, 2017 Chris Ginn

Russ McVey feels there is no more important time for deer hunters to work on concealment than during January. […]

When inland areas freeze, even just overnight, many ducks will relocate to the Mississippi River and hold in the backwaters and sloughs.

When the Delta freezes, hit the Big Muddy

January 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

While predictions for this winter’s weather tend to vary, one consistent tip for killing lots of ducks involves hunting on the Mississippi River. […]