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Open to the Public
Q: What would make a man like Wayne Edwards of Meridian, who hasn’t dove hunted since 1986, drive 60 miles to get back into the sport? […]
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COVER: July 2008
Deer season will be here before you know it. Now’s the time to make sure yours will be a good one. […]
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Planning & Planting
Most deer hunters never dreamed that growing big bucks meant producing a lot more than just antlers. At one time, all it took to harvest a big buck or just a fat doe for the freezer was little more than climbing into a treestand to execute a pretty bland hunting strategy. […]
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Early Summer Scouting
Most deer hunters over the age of 40 can remember a time when it was easy to find a prime hunting area where pressure was almost non-existent. […]
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Which hunting camp is right for you?
Having written the Mississippi Hunting Camps column in this magazine and its predecessor for many years and having authored a book on Mississippi hunting camps, I regularly get calls and questions about those camps. […]
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25 Common Denominators
For as long as hunters have been pursuing the great white-tailed deer for food or trophy, they have been comparing notes. Multiple generations of hunters, wildlife managers and deer researchers have been amassing data sets and knowledge about the commonalities among whitetails. […]
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Mississippi Hunting Camps
As we’ve shown in past articles through the years, Mississippi hunting camps come in all makes and models, and I have been blessed to have the privilege of visiting a wide assortment, each with its own personality and intrinsic uniqueness. […]
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Farmer in Spring, Hunter in Fall
For many years, Mississippi sportsmen have planted winter food plots to improve the nutrition available to their deer herds and to help increase their chances of harvesting trophy bucks. […]
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Just Browsing
At one time, the ever-present, landscape-engulfing kudzu plant was the bane of southern landowners public and private. The big, grape-leaved, vine-driven plant has a voracious botanical appetite for carpeting every inch of open soil in its pathway. […]
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Woods Wise
Deer hunters who only plant fall wildlife food plots are missing half the point. […]
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Foundation being laid for Lee Farms
This month’s featured Mississippi hunting camp, Lee Farms, is like many camps — a work in progress. […]
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Tactical Tips for DeSoto Turkeys
With just a few days to go before the turkey season opener, veteran turkey hunter Jerry McKinley, a native of Petal, was riding high. The mild winter and warm spring temperatures had the southern Mississippi landscape greening up nicely, and the word on the grapevine around his hunting camp on the edge of the DeSoto National Forest was that the turkeys were gobbling. […]