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Turkey hunt goes to the hogs

April 13, 2011 Dan McKinzey

MS-Sportsman.com columnist Dan McKinzey set out for a turkey hunting trip March 27, but came home without the gobbler he hoped. […]

The stars lined up for these three members of the Covington clan, who shot three longbeards on a single opening-morning hunt.

Turkey trifecta provides family memories

April 4, 2011 Cliff Covington

Nowhere else across this country do wild turkeys receive more hunting pressure than right here in Mississippi. This intense hunting pressure results in our Magnolia State longbeards being a little bit wiser, a little bit spookier and a whole lot harder to kill than gobblers in any other state. […]

Fine tune calls for gobbling peak

March 29, 2011 John J. Woods

When gobbling action peaks, hunters have to be ready to step up to the plate with a big bat. So when are the predicted or statistically registered peak gobbling weeks during the statewide season? Then what do you do when you know gobblers are doing their parts? […]

ThermaCell

March 29, 2011 Mississippi Sportsman

Just in time for turkey season, ThermaCELL is introducing a newly designed hand-held Appliance. […]

An ATV sprayer is a very effective way to control problem weeds like sesbania, while leaving desirable species such as grasses and sedges unharmed.

Moist Management

March 29, 2011 Rob Heflin

All too often duck hunters ask the infamous question: “What can I plant for ducks?” Most hunters have visions of corn, milo, rice and soybeans in their heads when they think of food for ducks.
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The author and Lipscomb bagged this Claiborne County double while hunting as a team.

Prescription for Turkeys

March 29, 2011 Cliff Covington

I have never met anyone who loves to hunt more than Dr. Eddie Lipscomb of Port Gibson. Doc, as he is known by his friends, hunts just about everything — deer, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, ducks, geese, crows, quail and pheasant. […]

This Stone County turkey was extra wary, and required Matt Renot to chase it for several hours before killing it yesterday (may 23).

‘renot16’ takes weird-looking gobbler

March 25, 2011 Andy Crawford

Wiggins hunter Matt Renot knew there was a gobbler living behind his grandfather’s Stone County home, but when he headed to the woods yesterday (March 23) he didn’t even think about chasing the bird.

“We’ve heard it gobbling back there for the past three years, but nobody could get it to do anything,” said Renot, pointing out that no one had even laid eyes on the wary turkey. “My grandfather said he was going to listen (for gobbling) there, and I said I was going to my hunting club and listen.” […]

Shaffer buck misses B&C all-time record book by 3 1/2 inches

March 22, 2011 Rob Hays

On Dec. 2, the opening day of primitive weapon season, Dwight Shaffer was waiting for his brother Burnell to pick him up and drive to a nearby hunting camp for an afternoon hunt.

Then his wife’s father interrupted with his latest story about a big deer he’d been seeing, news that nearly landed Shaffer in the Boone & Crockett Record Book of North American Big Game. […]