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Shane Johnson, Louisiana Traditional Bowmen club member, harvested this 10-point buck on Tensas National Wildlife Refuge in 2012. He called the buck in with a grunt before making an excellent shot with his recurve bow.

Close encounters — How to deer hunt with a longbow

December 1, 2015 Jonathan Olivier

A stick and a string — the only things standing between a traditional archery hunter and harvesting a whitetail.

It doesn’t get much simpler than that. […]

Cover: December 2015

December 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Get the basics to ambushing a trophy like this buck killed last season. […]

Conditional awareness — Learn when to duck hunt timber and when to hunt ag fields

December 1, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Twas cold and shivering, all through that pit blind in the heart of Mississippi’s Delta. The low, early morning sky spit a bit of sleet, rain and even snow through the light fog. […]

A 200-acre thinning on Copiah County WMA is designed to provide more habitat for deer, turkey and other wildlife, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said.

WMA habitat improvement to benefit deer, ducks

November 26, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Two habitat improvement projects have recently been completed at one of Mississippi’s most-popular wildlife management areas, Copiah County WMA near Hazlehurst. […]

When you spook a deer on the way into your stand, it’s a lot easier to put a shotgun bead on a deer than aim a rifle.

Why a shotgun is better than a deer rifle

November 19, 2015 Brian Cope

Ernest McLeod has killed his share of deer with rifles, but about 10 years ago he decided that a shotgun was the way to go. […]

These buck movement graphs actually resulted from the author’s trail camera data.

Analyzing buck movement – Trail cams provide all the information needed

November 19, 2015 Bill Garbo

Once again, that totally magic time of year for ardent deer hunters is upon us, when bucks throw caution to the wind and shift into a more-vulnerable state of mind. […]

Top 4 tips to stay scent free when hunting

November 18, 2015 Brian Cope

It’s a common practice for deer hunters to make themselves as scent-free as possible before heading to their stand. Here are some tips. […]

Mississippi's 2015-16 gun season on deer opens statewide Saturday, and hunters can start looking for the trophy bucks. Will baiting help find big bucks like this one from the 2014 season?

Gun season opens Saturday

November 18, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s 2015-16 gun season on deer opens on Saturday (Nov. 21) statewide, and it will be the first one in which baiting will be legal at a minimum of 100 yards. […]