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Hunting tough turkeys in South Mississippi

On April 18, 2003, in Copiah County, Doug Borries harvested Mississippi’s state-record turkey, which scored 79.18 on the National Wild Turkey Federation scale, weighed 24 pounds, 11 ounces, had 11 7/8-inch-long beard and spurs measuring 1-3/4-inches long. Borries also has taken 22 Grand Slam turkeys in 18 consecutive years, and has also taken three Royal Slams, including Mexico’s Gould’s turkey. […]

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Three primo public turkey hunts

It’s April. Spring has sprung, and we are in the throes of prime time for turkey hunting. Big toms are heating up their gobbling action. Hen groups are starting to bust up a bit and separate. This is the time when a big gobbler can be coaxed into gun range with some seductive hen calls. The trick is where to go to find these gobbling toms. […]

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Bergmann’s Bucks

The maddest Robin Callender ever got at a deer-hunting trade show was when a hunter from Michigan approached his booth, which displayed bucks harvested at his commercial operation in Claiborne County, and proceeded to tell him there was no way Mississippi had whitetail bucks that big. […]