Deer Hunting
Abandon food plots for late-season deer
We’ve spent all season perched in stands overlooking food plots and other well-known grazing areas, waiting for deer to get their feed on. […]
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Deer Hunting
Up big-buck odds with ‘scrape transplant’
Gary Frisbee goes one step better than hunters who hunt lines of scrapes they find. He transfers material from one scrape to another. […]
Deer Hunting
Should you cull bucks?
The morning is crisp and clear, with an almost imperceptible breeze — in short, a wonderful day to spend in a deer stand. […]
Deer Hunting
How to age a deer
Many hunters have been in their deer stand and “something” steps into a field or shooting lane. The typical scenario is a buck on the prowl, usually at a considerable distance and in low light conditions. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer season changes Wednesday
While it will pass unnoticed by many Mississippi hunters, the 2015-16 deer season will continue its progression Wednesday with the return of the regular gun season. […]
Deer Hunting
Larry Weishuhn’s rattling tips
When Texas’ Larry Weishuhn, aka Mr. Whitetail, started touting rattling antlers more than 20 years ago as a tactic to bring in big bucks, deer hunters went crazy over the idea. […]
Deer Hunting
The fake rubbing tree experiment
I have to fess up that using a fake rubbing tree as a tactic to bring in a big buck was not our original idea, having borrowed the concept.
But, what the heck, it sounded like an interesting project, so we tried it. […]
Deer Hunting
Stick bows growing in popularity
The amount of dedication traditional archery requires and the patience it takes to harvest an animal might dissuade some from trying a stick bow. It’s likely the reason the number of traditional hunters is relatively small. […]
Deer Hunting
Organizations promote traditional archery
The Southern Traditional Archery Association is committed to the preservation of traditional archery in Mississippi. […]
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The pluses and minuses of timber, ag field hunting
The pluses and minuses of timber, ag field hunting […]
Deer Hunting
Longbow or recurve?
For thousands of years the longbow design hasn’t changed much. It’s quite simply a single piece of wood with a string attached at both ends.
Longbows get their name from the sheer size of the design, which can often be as long as 5 feet. […]
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Why you shouldn’t overpressure ducks
For years, Lee Benoist and a group of friends depended on one duck hole in the Delta to provide them a winter filled with shooting. […]