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The 167 6/8-inch buck killed by Carey Smith is likely to be the largest typical rack listed in Magnolia Records for Walthall County.

Walthall typical record could fall

March 30, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Two deer seasons earlier, Carey Smith was watching a big deer in a field in Walthall County waiting for a good shot. Two years later, sitting in nearly the same spot, he finally got it. […]

Todd McTaggart and his son Gage McTaggart, both of Albany, La., with the trophy 4-bearded gobbler the 12-year-old killed on opening morning of the Mississippi youth season March 7 at Homochitto National Forest.

Young hunter gets 4-bearded Mississippi gobbler

March 26, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Opening morning of the youth turkey season turned into a numbers game for 12-year-old Gage McTaggart, who was hunting with his dad Todd and caller Brett Thompson at Homochitto National Forest in Southwest Mississippi. […]

The details make all the difference

March 24, 2015 Bill Garbo

As I write this month’s “Happy Trails” column, the 2014-2015 Mississippi deer season here in Central Mississippi has just ended. […]

Under a proposed plan for the alligator hunting season in Mississippi, hunters will have to be quick instead of lucky to get a permit to chase monsters like this. The process will change from an application and draw to an online first-come, first-serve basis on July 14.

Gator season to undergo major change

March 19, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s alligator hunting season and permit process will undergo its biggest change in its 10-year history, under a plan approved Wednesday by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]

7 tips for killing public gobblers

March 18, 2015 Andy Crawford

Here are Shane Johnson’s top tips to kill a turkey — and these steps work even if you’re a member of a turkey-hunter’s nirvana. […]

German hunter Franz-Albrecht Oettingen proves his incredible marksmanship n this video showing him literally stacking up hogs with a rifle.

German hunter proves deadly hog hunter

March 18, 2015 Andy Crawford

Hogs are the scrouge of the South nowadays, with swine spreading into every area and generally causing mayhem. They tear up feeders, root up trails and create nasty wallows in bottoms — competing with the deer we all want to hunt. […]

To find gobblers on public lands, hunt off the beaten path.

How to kill WMA turkeys — seek isolation

March 15, 2015 John J. Woods

The gobbler was sounding off in earnest, and he was not that far away. I started slipping quietly down the ridge, just below its peak where I hoped I would not be seen. […]

With biologists predicting a good spring turkey season in 2015, hunters have a fair chance at carrying home a gobbler.

Open land

March 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Hunters working gobblers on public lands must realize that the property is open to anybody that wants to use it. That includes both hunters and other people enjoying other forms of recreation. […]

Mark Boyd finds success by chasing turkeys deep in the woods of the Homochitto National Forest and its two WMAs. He believes it’s key to go past where other hunters will go.

Defeating the public aspect

March 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Our magazine’s own Mark Boyd is a well-versed public lands turkey hunter and he beats the public odds often. […]

One good public land strategy is to hunt as often as possible on weekdays, avoiding the weekend crowds.

2015 turkey forecast: Good, but not as good as 2014

March 15, 2015 John J. Woods

It is just as difficult, if not more so, to offer up any kind of a prediction to what the coming hunting season is going to be like when it comes to wild turkeys as it is for white-tailed deer. […]

Have a safe turkey season

March 10, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Of all the hunting seasons in Mississippi, the safest may be exactly the one that often puts hunters in the most dangerous situations. […]

Early errors can haunt hunter all spring

March 9, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Mississippians chasing turkeys during the youth season could run into a situation that could prove detrimental long-term during the rest of the spring gobbler season. […]