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The author took this nice buck back in the late 1970s.

Thoughts from the deer stand

February 18, 2016 Bill Garbo

As I collected my thoughts for this month’s installment of Happy Trails, the deer season had transitioned into its final phase. […]

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 […]

Treat squirrels with more respect, you’ll kill more

February 16, 2016 Brian Cope

“I don’t understand it. I see plenty of squirrels when I’m deer hunting, but once deer season is over and I go after squirrels, they just don’t seem to be around.” […]

With a mix of mature (4-year-old) and young (2-year-old) gobblers available in most areas of Mississippi, there could be plenty of competition in the flock and for hunters in the 2016 season.

That moment when a mature tom turkey commits to a hunter’s spring trap, coming to the gun displaying his splendid courting passion — fully strutted, glowing red head, with thunderous gobbling and drumming — is as exciting as hunting gets. […]

Supplemental feeding is not always necessary, but when it is it must be done right.

How to feed deer correctly after flood

February 10, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Most of extreme western edge of the state, from Tennessee to Louisiana along the Mississippi River, experienced wildlife-moving winter floodwaters that not only shortened the deer season but also affected the food resources available in those areas. […]

Louisianian Darrion Tregre shot this main-frame 10-point with a drop tine on Jan. 16 at her dad's Mississippi deer camp in Wilkinson County. The buck grossed slightly over 150 inches.

Louisiana coed gets Mississippi trophy

February 5, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Moments after aiming her .308 rifle at a big buck and pulling the trigger on Jan. 16, Darrion Tregre started having a bad feeling that evoked a flashback to 2014. […]

Saturday is youth duck day

February 5, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Duck season returns Saturday for one more day of hunting, and while shooting is limited to hunters aged 15 and under, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks encourages participation by licensed adults. […]

Squirrel and rabbit hunting, one more time

February 1, 2016 John J. Woods

It is definitely not time to put away your shotgun or .22 rimfire rifle.

Hunters these days tend to wrap things up after deer season is over. It’s like they never look at the hunting season schedule to see that small-game hunting is still open until the end of February. […]