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July 3, 2026

Burying a 5-gallon bucket is a great way to store hunting equipment you don’t want to carry every time you go into the woods.

Create a hunting treasure chest

September 15, 2015 Taylor Pardue

One thing that made the Lewis and Clark expedition successful was knowing what to carry and when to carry it. […]

How to quickly tune your bow

September 15, 2015 Andy Crawford

If you’ve practiced with your bow for the past few weeks and still missed the shot at an opening-morning deer that stepped out just past your 30-yard confidence line, you could be tempted to just shrug it off. […]

When it's dry, it's best just to clear your food plots and prepare for planting once the dry season — or, as this year, the drought — is over.

Hunters watching for rain

September 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Avid archer Gene Thacker already knows his plan for the opening weeks of Mississippi’s bow season on deer. […]

MDWFP deer biologist Lann Wilf said older bucks should show less impact from the drought that is plaguing Central Mississippi, but younger bucks are subject to more stress and slower antler growth.

Is drought impacting deer?

September 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Despite last Friday’s cold front-driven thunderstorms, mid-Mississippi continues to suffer from a months-long drought, and the impact on the deer population could be cruel. […]

When your hunting party is this large — left to right, Destin Rivers, Landri Rivers, Jacob Lee, Kennedy Rivers, Ken Rivers and Angelia Rivers all of Ellisville — it’s good to have a gator measuring 13 feet, 7 ¾ inches. Angelia Rivers now holds the record for the longest alligator caught in Mississippi.

Gator total will top 960

September 14, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

If the goal of the switch to an online first-come, first-serve public alligator permit process was to increase participation and harvest, then color the change an overwhelming success. […]

Mississippi's 16-day teal season opens Saturday, coinciding perfectly with the first cold front of the season. It should push more of the early-migrating blue-winged teal into the state.

Front should push teal into state

September 9, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

What is forecast to be the first significant cold front of the season couldn’t be better timed for Mississippi waterfowl hunters, who are looking at Saturday’s opening day of the teal season with increased optimism. […]

Casarah Graves Corey of Brooklyn sits on the back of the big gator her hunting party killed Friday night on the Leaf River. She shared a long history with the 10-foot, 4-inch alligator, which had become a threat to boaters and swimmers in the river near New Augusta.

Woman gets gator with shared past

September 2, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Casarah Graves Corey didn’t just kill an alligator last weekend, she ended a long-time relationship with an animal that has caused problems for a lot of people who frequent the Leaf River near New Augusta. […]

Opening morning of the dove season is a tradition in Mississippi, a time for fathers to pass their passion on to children. Here, former Ole Miss quarterback Tim Ellis watches as his son Reed blasts a dove from the sky. The 2015 season opens statewide at noon on Friday.

Dove: Don’t forget Friday’s opener

September 2, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Hunters accustomed to the traditional Saturday opening of dove season in Mississippi should remember that it begins on Friday this year, and that’s this week. […]

Killer dove guns

September 2, 2015 John J. Woods

Making a hunt enjoyable means having all the necessary equipment. Dove hunters should pick shotguns they can shoot really well on flying birds. […]

Power Scrape All-Season Kit

September 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Tink’s new Power Scrape All-Season Scrape Kit is the perfect lure and dispenser system in one convenient value pack. It includes the trusted original Power Scrape Starter, the all-new Power Scrape Finisher and a Tink’s Scrape Bomb Dripper. […]

Transitional areas such as this field adjoining a young pine plantation and mixed hardwoods, is a perfect place for a hunter to do preseason scouting to reap in-season rewards.

2015 Deer-hunting Forecast

September 1, 2015 David Hawkins

It started with a mere flash of movement.

Without moving his head, the hunter shifted his vision to the spot in the forest. Was it just a bird, perhaps a squirrel? He studies the area, hoping for … […]

Planting quality food plots are a big part of setting the stage for fall deer hunting.

Hunters on the cusp — The fine line between success and failure in deer hunting

September 1, 2015 John J. Woods

Being on the cusp of something implies being on the cutting edge, which can be either the edge of success or failure.

Deer hunting is like that. […]