Deer Hunting
Safety first on public land
Ricky Aucoin’s three tips to ensure you safely return home after each hunting trip you take on public-land. […]
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Deer Hunting
4 tips for better taxidermy
Wade Wolkart of with Wade’s Taxidermy in Denham Springs, La., shares a few tips to help ensure you get a mount you’ll be proud of. […]
Deer Hunting
Van Cleave’s hunting equipment
Van Cleave’s hunting equipment […]
Deer Hunting
Wind can be cool for hot weather hunting
Wind or even a light breeze can be a contentious factor when deer hunting. A breeze wafting through the woods or across a food plot can ruin a hunt in a matter of seconds if not played right by the hunter. However, there are ways to downplay the impact of a breeze if hunters follow some simple scent control practices. […]
Deer Hunting
New high-tech fabrics beat the heat when hunting
Cotton has long been the go-to fabric for hunting in hot weather, and for good reason. It worked. […]
Deer of the Year
Girl, 9, gets monster Hinds County 8-point
Forgive little Alli Beth Scott for being too nervous to shoot any of the three 8-points that came into her field on Monday afternoon, and, shoot, you can congratulate the 9-year-old fourth grader for it. […]
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WMA duck-hunt draw opens
Mississippi’s unique draw system for duck hunts on its wildlife management areas has entered its first submission period, and hunters have until Nov. 15 to get one of the first hunts early in the upcoming season. […]
Deer Hunting
Doe-only primitive season opens Nov. 9
Mississippi’s last remaining mandatory primitive weapon deer season begins Monday in the Hill and Delta management zones.
It is for antlerless deer and is open Nov. 9 through Nov. 20 on private lands and open public lands. […]
Deer Hunting
Youth season on deer opens Saturday
Mississippi’s first gun season on deer opens on Saturday, but only the youngest of hunters get the opportunity to begin shooting at whitetails. […]
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Cool It — Tips for hunting when it’s hot
Are we crazy to hunt when it is too hot, too muggy, or under conditions that are just plain miserable?
Well, of course we are. […]
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Truth vs. Fiction — The truth behind 7 deer-hunting maxims
Every hunter has some maxims used to determine best times to be in the woods, but are these guidelines based on facts? […]
Deer Hunting
Deer camp noise reduction
Unnatural noises created by humans scare deer away. It is a simple rule of deer hunting that most deer camps and deer hunters, for that matter, never seem to learn. […]