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Nine-year-old Jake Roberts killed his first buck this season in Port Gibson.

Hunter Harvest gets boost

June 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

A grant from the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program will help the Mississippi Wildlife Federation’s charitable distribution of venison feed the hungry. […]

Kiel Higginbotham killed this heavy-bodied buck in the spillway area of Barnett Reservoir during a 2014 draw hunt in November.

Reservoir draw hunts expand

June 12, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Deer hunters who participate in the draw for archery deer hunts at Barnett Reservoir, and are lucky enough to get drawn, will get more opportunities than the previous two years. […]

This photograph shows a doe that was a victim of chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin.

CWD news concerns Mississippi hunters

June 2, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Even casual Mississippi deer hunters are concerned about news that Michigan has confirmed its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in its wild deer population. […]

The Petzl Tactikka+ headlamp offers great, hands-free lighting for outdoors enthusiasts. It can be used as a coon-hunter’s nightlight, an after-dark fisherman’s friend or a hands-free light for walking to and from your hunting area. […]

Crystal Clucker

June 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Call-maker John Tanner of Hemingway, S.C., knows how to make high-quality calls out of a number of different woods, as his newest turkey call, the Crystal Clucker, shows. […]

Battle Bones

June 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Flextone Game Calls recently introduced the new Battle Bones rattling antlers. They make ultra-realistic buck fighting sounds and are much safer to carry than real whitetail antlers. […]

Just seeing antlers above the vegetation, in this case soybeans, as a buck walks through a food plot is reason enough to make plantings count.

Grocery games — Tips for planning food plots

June 1, 2015 John J. Woods

Did the headline of this story have you thinking, “Dude, are you kidding? It’s just June, way too early to be contemplating fall wildlife food plots.” […]

With liberal opportunities announced by state wildlife officials for the 2015-16 season, deer hunters can try to match this monster taken last winter by former Major League pitching star Roy Oswalt in Northeast Mississippi.

2015-16 deer seasons proposed

May 20, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Unlike the previous few seasons, when new regulations and dates were included, Mississippi’s deer hunters will only a see a few minor changes in the 2015-16 season, and those are caused by the calendar. […]

Trey and Kinsman (left) shared a great hunt, shooting these longbeards from the same blind.

We’ve come a long way

May 18, 2015 Bill Garbo

The 2015 spring turkey season was, as of this writing, a total bust for me, as I have been neck-deep in the moving process to a new house that the wife and I have been building and dealing with for some months now. […]

The spring limit on squirrel in Mississippi is four, which avid hunters like Johnny McKinion of Pelahatchie should find easy to fill.

State’s first spring squirrel season opens Friday

May 13, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Nearly a decade in the making, Mississippi’s first spring squirrel season will open statewide on Friday (May 15) and offer small game enthusiasts the opportunity to … […]

Lyme disease is only one of the illnesses spread by ticks, so it's important to know how to avoid such infections.

Best ways to avoid tick-borne diseases

May 6, 2015 Dan Kibler

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.

It’s not necessarily the sound of a time bomb, but it just might be. […]

Mississippi's first spring squirrel season is another opportunity to introduce children to small game hunting.

Squirrel hunters mixed on spring season

May 6, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Avid squirrel hunter Mark Beason of Jackson knows snakes are a springtime problem for his champion squirrel dogs, but it won’t stop him from spending time in the woods during Mississippi’s first May season. […]