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July 2, 2026

The statewide squirrel season will be open Oct. 1 through Feb. 28.

Governor signs squirrel bill

March 19, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

It won’t be effective in time for this May, but beginning in 2015 Mississippi squirrel hunters will have a spring season […]

Only through experience was the author able to determine this buck, which wasn’t on any trail-cam photos, was a shooter.

When selecting a monthly topic for Happy Trails, my usual goal is to write about something that will allow me to share the knowledge and experience that I have gained through more than 40 years of chasing whitetails. I also like to provoke thought and discussion about certain topics and issues. […]

Small mini and micro plots can be worked by hand with regular garden tools. Use the same planting procedures as with any wildlife food plot.

Micro plots have a niche

March 15, 2014 John J. Woods

In an attempt to be sneaky at my deer camp, last year I decided to put up a couple of hidden stands and I bought two Millennium T-100 lightweight tripods. While only 10 feet high from the seat position they are remarkably easy to hide along woodland edges. […]

Food plot expert Bill Maily checks on plot soil prep prior to taking samples for liming applications.

Lime can turn a food plot green

March 15, 2014 John J. Woods

If your food plot plantings begin to take on a dull finish, a sour-note color that is less than vibrant green and obvious to the eye, then you likely have a soil pH issue. […]

Fertilizer is a critical component in growing quality wildlife plots. Generic fertilizer will help control over all costs.

Consider the cost

March 15, 2014 John J. Woods

Unless you own thousands of dollars worth of farm equipment and have unlimited time for labor, planting wildlife food plots is not a cheap undertaking. […]

The Archery in Mississippi Schools program has events scheduled this month and in April leading up to the AIMS state championship April 15-17.

Archery in Mississippi Schools events scheduled

March 14, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Archery is one of the fastest-growing programs in the state’s education system, with nearly 40,000 students participating in Archery in Mississippi Schools (AIMS). […]

Hayden Kyle, 9, a third grader from Pontotoc, got his first gobbler and a spring-break lesson Tuesday (March 11), while hunting with his dad, Jay Kyle.

Spring break lesson comes in turkey woods

March 13, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Spring break and youth turkey season in the same week, could it be?

You bet and the ideal scenario worked perfectly for Hayden Kyle, 9, a third grader at Pontotoc City School. One of thousands of kids out of school in Mississippi this week, Kyle learned an important lesson in the woods. […]

Taylor Cannon, 13, harvested this squirrel on Feb. 24 in Raymond. If Senate Bill 2369 gets signed into law, there would be a unified opening day of the regular fall-winter squirrel season and all zones would have a new spring season.

Squirrel season bill headed to governor

March 13, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

A bill that will provide as much as six new weeks of squirrel hunting opportunity has passed both sides of the Mississippi Legislature and is headed to Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk. […]

Mississippi’s spring turkey season opens on March 15.

Turkeys make you work

March 11, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

It was a cool April morning, several springs ago. The dogwoods had bloomed, the crappie were spawning and, even better, there were five tom turkeys around us gobbling to greet the rising sun. Inside of the next two hours I would learn to honor and respect the wild turkey, and to admire the men and women who work hard to hunt them. […]

There's more to turkey hunting than the harvest of a gobbler. Being able to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends is what makes spring turkey season so great.

A simple gobble makes day worthwhile

March 7, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

It’s March now, and spring is on the way. We can soon look forward to blooming dogwoods, spawning crappie and to the thunderous gobbles of turkeys, resounding through the woods. […]

When Swayze Rawlings was 9, he killed his first gobbler with help from his dad Revel Rawlings of Ridgeland and his dad's wise selection of accessories.

Accessories increase youth’s turkey odds

March 5, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

When it comes to killing turkeys, Revel Rawlings of Ridgeland is one of the best.

Even then, the former president of the Mississippi Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation knows he needed all the help he could get when his two sons started chasing gobblers with him. […]

When all else fails, waving a turkey fan can seal the deal with wary old gobblers.

Shake a tail feather

March 1, 2014 John J. Woods

Quite often an unorthodox turkey-hunting tactic breaks the stalemate with a hung-up gobbler. Over the years, I have heard of many unexpected tricks to lure a gobbler to the gun. […]