Hunting
Millennium L200 and L220
The Millennium L200 and L220 double ladder stands are comfortable, quiet and easy to set up. […]
Hunting
Deer Hunting
Mississippi temperature and wind trends impact deer hunting success
Deer hunters are fully aware of the impact of weather, daily temperatures and the wind upon hunting success. Although these naturally occurring elements are nothing we can control, there are smart ways to approach working with these factors rather than against them. […]
Content
Cover: October 2012
Hunting season cranks up this month, so it’s time to ambush that big buck roaming your property. […]
Content
Unlikely Lauderdale: How the county’s biggest buck was killed
It was Jan. 18, 2012 — the last day of Mississippi’s zone 1 rifle season. And Ricky Sullivan knew immediately when he saw the buck at 210 yards that it was Pea Vine. […]
Deer Hunting
How did Lauderdale County’s poor soil, produce a record book deer?
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks’ Wildlife Management Area Statewide Coordinator Jeff Mangrum said there are a few factors to growing a trophy buck. […]
Deer Hunting
Sullivan’s strategy
Duke Wilson and Ricky Sullivan quickly realized that they had a potential record-book buck on their new lease. Some hunters might have used tree stands in the thick woods where the deer bedded and spent most of its time, gambling on wind direction favoring them and depending on being close to give them an advantage. […]
Deer Hunting
The payoff
According to Rick Dillard, U.S. Forest Service Fish and Wildlife coordinator and coordinator of the Magnolia Records Program, Sullivan’s buck is the highest-scoring typical buck ever taken with a modern rifle in Lauderdale County in the Magnolia Records book. […]
New Products
Tink’s Predator Lures
Not only are predators such as coyotes, bobcats and foxes intelligent, but they also have remarkably keen senses. That’s why Tink’s predator lures manipulate their unbelievable sense of smell to work in the hunter’s favor. […]
Sidebars
Squirrel season dates
Mississippi sportsmen 15 years old and younger get the first crack at squirrels by any means in Zone 1 from Sept. 22-28. […]
Deer Hunting
Story lessons
• Use scouting cameras.
• Find the trophy you want to hunt. […]
Content
Buck Mechanics: Tips for refining your buck-hunting tactics
Ever know a car mechanic who could just give a good listen for a few scant minutes to a sour-running engine and then immediately pronounce what is wrong with it? In a half second they could tell you how long it would take to fix it up and how much it would cost.
Then they would calmly roll over a big chest full of tools of every kind and go right to work fixing the cause of the engine’s problems. In no time flat, the contraption is purring like a kitten.
There are deer hunters like that, too. They can diagnose how to best hunt a property with a quick scan of a topographic map or an aerial photograph of the land layout. […]
Content
Bushytail PDQ: Hunting from boats can up your odds of success
With dry leaves crackling underfoot, the squirrel sounded like a rampaging buffalo as it scampered across the ground to another tree. […]