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August 30, 2026

Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes are one of the dangers outdoorsmen face during warm weather.

Legless reptiles

June 18, 2015 Bill Garbo

The absolute best safety measure against snakes is to wear a really good set of snake boots or chaps when you are out in the woods. […]

By keeping weeds out of food plots, the lush green plants will flourish and attract and aid wildlife.

Winning the food plot weed wars

June 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Weed invasion is one of the most destructive forces working against quality wildlife food plots. […]

Maintaining the proper pH balance, and adding lime when needed, will keep food plots lush and green in all seasons.

Test soil to see if lime is necessary

June 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Without soil testing wildlife food plots and applying lime to balance the acidity as necessary, then it is simply a waste of time planting anything as too many hunters and game managers have learned the hard way. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Petzl Tactikka+ headlamp

June 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

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. […]

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. […]