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For every turkey-hunting success by hunters like Port Gibson's Cliff Covington, there are hundreds of stories about gobblers just too tough to kill.

Toughest gobbler: I have a nomination

February 22, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Every turkey hunter has run into a tough gobbler. […]

Supplemental feeding, done in accordance to state law, helps deer through the stresses associated with winter and the rut.

In-season feeder surveillance

February 18, 2013 Bill Garbo

Every year I take full advantage of the Mississippi regulation that allows supplemental feeding of shelled corn to deer by way of feeders between the first day of December and the last day of February of each deer season. […]

Archers like Will Rives of Natchez would be assured the right to chase big bucks with bows all season if Senate Bill 2048 is passed.

Bill’s language yields subtle compromise

February 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

On the surface, Senate Bill 2048 appears to be a loss for the Mississippi Bowhunters Association, the strong lobby group that represents a few thousand members and all archers in general.

But language in the bill that would legalize crossbows for all hunters during any deer season also provides a compromise that gives the MBA something it has been seeking for several years — reaffirming in state statute the right to use bows and arrows during any open deer season.

“You just have to read it closely,” said archer James Turner of Jackson. “When I first read it, I just thought it was a crossbow bill, and then when I read it again, I saw where it meant so much more.” […]

Two bills working through Mississippi's Legislature could send more deer to the cleaning sheds where hunters like Kirk Harris can prepare the harvest for processing.

Major deer hunting changes clear huge hurdles

February 14, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Two majors changes in the way Mississippians hunt deer are working their way through the legislative system, both having cleared two huge hurdles well ahead of deadlines. […]

Tony Holeman and his No. 1 jump dog Princess, with the rabbit the dog caught on her own on a recent Delta hunt.

Win some, lose some on Delta ditch bank

February 8, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

When Tony Holeman was describing the plan for our mid-morning rabbit hunt on a cold and windy Mississippi Delta ditch bank, it sounded good and actually made sense. […]

When you mix rabbit and goose hunting in the Delta, you get both camo and orange, swamp rabbits and white-fronted geese.

Plan B results in excellent Delta goose hunt

February 7, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

If there’s a root strategy about tackling the abundant outdoor opportunities of the Mississippi Delta, it is this: Keep your options open! Tony Holeman, an avid waterfowl and rabbit hunter from Pisgah, used that mantra to produce a memorable weekend hunt near his duck lease in Humphreys County. […]

Jacob Hodge of Laurel keeps hunting until the final days of the season, always hoping to take one last buck.

Deer management

February 6, 2013 John J. Woods

So even after four months of open seasons on white-tailed deer you still haven’t had enough? You started bow hunting the first of October and wrapped up final seasons in January for the Delta and Hill zones with the last primitive weapons, archery and crossbow seasons. […]

One piece of legislation would allow any hunter with a primitive weapon or archery permit to hunt with a crossbow during archery and primitive weapon deer seasons.

Bills would allow crossbows, change primitive weapon rules

February 1, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Two pieces of legislation that would definitely lead to changes in the way Mississippians hunt have cleared their first two hurdles in the state’s House of Representatives and Senate.

Senate Bill 2048, passed by the Senate’s Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee on Monday (Jan. 28) would allow any hunter with a primitive weapon or archery permit “irrespective of age or disability” to hunt with a crossbow during any archery or primitive weapon deer season.

House Bill 1139, which got committee approval Thursday (Jan. 31), would allow hunters on certain private lands to use their “weapon of choice” during any regular or special primitive weapon season. […]

Hogs are going to move some time every night, so some of these night hunts can last until the early morning hours if hogs don’t move early.

Blacked-out Hogs —Nigh vision equipment is just right for hog hunting

February 1, 2013 Chris Ginn

The first time I had on night vision goggles was while driving a U.S. Army deuce-and-a-half full of soldiers four hours round trip along a dirt road in the desert to a phone bank so they could call home.

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to follow a dirt road in a desert, but there isn’t a whole lot of difference between the road and the desert.

Under blackout conditions the entire trip, I could only hope that the grainy, green view through my goggles allowed me to discern well enough the edges of the road to get the troops there and back safely. […]

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