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Cover: December 2012
Shane Ragon had to do more than sit a stand to ambush this monster buck. […]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Copiah County trophy buck downed
Often a hunter that has just collected a huge-trophy class buck comments that it was their “buck of a lifetime.” And Mona Owens was no different when she laid out a huge deer the day after Thanksgiving. […]
Deer Hunting
Primitive season opens Saturday, a day early
If you plan to go deer hunting on Saturday, the first day of December, take note: Due to the 2012 calendar, there is a change in the usual hunting season schedule. […]
Deer Hunting
Legal Weapons
In addition to archery equipment — crossbows, compound bows and recurves — hunters can use primitive firearms and crossbows during the primitive weapons season Dec. 1-14. […]
Ducks
Duck Down-low — Tips to keep birds falling into your decoy spread
As hunters huddled in the frosty blind below, a flock of gadwalls rocketed high over the reclaimed catfish pond and circled, deciding whether to land or not. Surely, the 150 mallard decoys spread over every square inch of the pond since late October would attract these birds. […]
Deer of the Year
Boy’s coyote hunt produces Benton County non-typical ‘monster’
A before-school coyote hunt 300 yards behind his dad’s farm headquarters in Benton County produced what Kyle Simpson, 15, figures is his “buck of a lifetime.” […]
Deer of the Year
Eight-year-old takes down Tate County legend
In Independence, a small unincorporated town in Tate County in Northwest Mississippi, one buck has been the talk of the community and the obsession of its deer hunters for three years.
They even gave the odd 10-point a nickname, Hercules, or Herc for short.
“Pretty much all of Independence knew about Herc,” Jody Freeman said. “He was legend and about half the hunters and landowners up here have been hunting him hard, very hard, for a long time. He was like a local celebrity.” […]
Deer of the Year
Monster 8-point taken by youth hunter
When Landyn Murphy’s “buck of a lifetime” walked into view Nov. 12, it was her mom Cameron Murphy beside her, not her dad Danny, her usual hunting partner. […]
Hunting
Hunting now safer than ever
When veteran Mississippi hunters talk about the differences between deer hunting now and 40 years ago, the conversation is usually a combination of the improvement in quality and quantity of deer. […]
Columns
Tricks of the trade
True “mature bucks” can be as rare as proverbial “hens teeth” in most populations in the whitetail’s range. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Hunting now safer than ever
When veteran Mississippi hunters talk about the differences between deer hunting now and 40 years ago, the conversation is usually a combination of the improvement in quality and quantity of deer.
We certainly do have bigger bucks and more of them, thanks to changes in attitude. Hunters, with guidance from wildlife officials, realized that deer management and selective harvest could produce better results.
But, that’s not the biggest change, nor is it the most significant. […]
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Back to Basics — November is right time for squirrel hunting
In the distance a limb shakes. The source of the movement is yet to be seen, but it has to be a squirrel. A flash of movement, and another limb shakes in the next tree. A crow calls in the distance; the hunter takes a few steps and freezes. […]