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August 30, 2026

Mississippi host of Syndicate Hunting face illegal hunting charges in Alaska

September 16, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Six Mississippi men and another from Baton Rouge, La., are among those allegedly charged with illegal hunting and filming in Alaska, all related to an outdoor television show on the Sportsman Channel, according to the Alaska Dispatch News of Anchorage. […]

Monitoring your deer herd via trail cameras is a highly popular deer hunting activity, but can be enhanced by incorporating a feeding station into the setting.

Get the most out of trail cams

September 15, 2015 John J. Woods

For several seasons we had trail cameras put out well ahead of deer season anticipating capturing deer. To put it mildly we had mixed results. Most of the time the shots were of deer behinds walking away from the camera. […]

A Millennium T-100 portable stand gives deer hunters additional hunting options.

Push the envelope; make your own luck

September 15, 2015 John J. Woods

To put yourself on the cusp of a good deer-hunting situation, sometimes you have to move right into the middle of the action. This may mean placing a portable stand, tripod or ground blind a little too close for comfort to where deer travel. […]

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. […]