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August 25, 2026

Deer may have better senses and home-field advantage, but man has a multitude of resources to make up for this.

Late is Great

December 31, 2009 David Hawkins

Bob Mayo Jr. and I were resting on our horses following a December morning deer drive in the Bienville National Forest back in the early 1960s. Mayo’s pack of black-and-tans had just moved some deer south. We were trying to decide which way to ride to cut them off. […]

Now or Never

December 31, 2009 Rob Heflin

As the Magnolia State’s whitetail deer season enters the “fourth quarter,” many hunters are worn out and ready for a little rest. Some of us have been pursuing our hoofed quarry for the last three months, and many may be disgusted with the lack of results thus far. […]

Public Pick of the Litter

December 31, 2009 Phillip Gentry

Few duck hunters will argue that Mississippi’s alluvial valley offers the best duck hunting in the state. The heart of the Mississippi flyway, the Delta area provides the three most important things to migrating ducks: food, water and cover. […]

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. […]