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The new fabrics available to hunters now allow them to stay in the woods longer and hunt harder than in years past.

Mississippi’s chill is the real deal

December 30, 2009 John J. Woods

The first time I went deer hunting, I nearly froze. Not to death, mind you, as the phrase is often used, but colder than a ditch digger’s you-know-what. […]

Duck numbers up, but still below 2008 population

December 30, 2009 From News Reports

State biologists counted an estimated 400,491 waterfowl in the Mississippi Delta during their December aerial survey conducted Dec. 16-18, the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Department reported. […]

Breeder bucks will try to drive the female into secluded areas like timber stands. However, some estrous does will expose themselves, thereby attracting a horde of bucks full of testosterone. When this occurs, the dominant buck is truly put to the test of endurance to defend his mate.

Deer Dynamics

December 30, 2009 Tommy Kirkland

The degree of hunting pressure, nutrition, buck-to-doe ratios, management, genetics and weather can influence not just the rut’s timing, but whitetail social interactions as well. Even so, by instinct, rutting bucks usually follow the same behavioral traits — even when immature bucks get in on the action. […]

Many rifles have a recoil lug that fits into a hole in the stock, imparting the recoil to the wood. If this hole is uneven, the rifle can shift as it recoils against the stock, causing erratic grouping. While bedding the receiver, it is always a good idea to remove material from the recoil lug recessed area, and replace it with a good epoxy.

Bedding your rifle

December 30, 2009 Gordon Hutchinson

I couldn’t figure it out.

Usually, when a rifle is acting up, you can get a rhyme or reason out of the pattern, or “group,” it is throwing on the paper. […]

Strickland took his buck of a lifetime by going to thick cover, listening, looking and knowing that he'd have to take a shot in less than two heartbeats.

Lucky No. 27

December 30, 2009 John E. Phillips

I couldn’t believe the size of the whitetail buck hanging in Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland’s back room near West Point. I’d known Strickland, the vice president of Mossy Oak’s video and TV production, for more than 20 years, and he never had mentioned taking a buck of this size. […]

Cover: January 2010

December 30, 2009 Mississippi Sportsman

Think late-season deer are tough to kill? Well, they’re actually more predictable this month, which can work in the hunter’s favor. […]

Clinton's Monty Braley killed this huge 12-point after buddies told him he could only kill "a monster."

Clinton man kills 160- to 170-inch buck

December 21, 2009 Andy Crawford

Monty Braley already had killed a couple of bucks when he arranged another trip to some Wilkinson County family land that for years had been off limits, but the Clinton hunter was ordered to up his standards for the hunt. […]

Mississippi Deer Hunting Seasons

December 20, 2009 Mississippi Sportsman

Deer Management Zone 1
Zone 1 includes private and open public lands east of Interstate 55 and north of Interstate 20, and lands south of I -20 and east of U.S. Highway 61. Excludes areas south of U.S. Highway 84 and east of state Highway 35. […]

Clinton's Stan McCollough didn't have his climbing stand set well when he looked up and saw this 158-inch 9-point looking at him during a hutn ont Panther Swam Naitonal Wildlife Refuge.

Panther Swamp NWR gives up 158-inch 9-point

December 20, 2009 Andy Crawford

Stan McCollough knew there big deer on Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, so he was ecstatic when he and buddy Justin Vandevender were drawn for the muzzleloader hunt on Dec. 9-14. […]

Six-year-old Cullen Edmonston predicted he was going to kill a big buck early on Dec. 13, and followed up with this 129-inch 9-point.

Six-year-old makes dream come true with 129-inch 9-point

December 17, 2009 Mississippi Sportsman

It was before sunrise on the morning of Sunday, December 13, 2009, when 6-year-old Cullen Edmonston looked at the cover of a hunting magazine and said, “Daddy, I’m going to kill one like that this morning.” Little did they know the statement was soon to be a true one. […]

Louisiana’s Pearl River WMA to close because of flooding

December 15, 2009 From News Reports

The majority of Pearl River Wildlife Management Area will close tomorrow (Dec. 16) because of flooding, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today. […]

Eight-year-old Griffin Dulaney killed this big 11-point while hunting with his father Nov. 29.

South Jackson youth kills buck of lifetime

December 1, 2009 John J. Woods

One of those bucks that only comes along once in a lifetime as they say, happened by 8-year-old third grader Griffin Dulaney of South Jackson on Nov. 29 at 5:25 in the evening.
Dulaney patiently waited the buck out, and is now waiting on the drying period to get a final Boone & Crockett score. […]