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Before the season opens hunters should not be out in the woods spooking birds away.

Turkey hunting warm up

March 1, 2016 John J. Woods

It was nearly dark when the black ghost finally materialized around from the back of a big oak. We had been working that gobbler one of many ways since early afternoon. […]

Cover: March 2016

March 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

Are you ready for the opening of turkey season? This issue has everything you need to score on a bird early. […]

Tagging turkey and deer in Mississippi could become law if a bill works its way through the system.

House committee passes fee increase, tagging bills

February 22, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi took its first step Thursday in 23 years toward a resident hunting and fishing license fee increase, as a bill was passed out of the House Game and Fish Committee. […]

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. […]