As I drove across the property, it was love at first sight. The location was ideal — less than five miles outside town from my home. The habitat was a mixture of hardwoods, pine ridges, ponds, creeks, and open pasture interspersed among a network of timber islands. The place could not have been laid out better for deer hunting. […]
Like a spouse in a dysfunctional relationship, I find myself missing the abuse. After all, I had developed a really close relationship with the Ruger Super Redhawk over a four-day hunt for European boar and feral hogs at Caney Creek Lodge. […]
It is a rather universally accepted practice, especially among landowners and deer hunters who lease land to invest in fall wildlife food plots. It is a cornerstone premise of anyone subscribing to the principles of quality deer management. But is this enough? […]
The Mississippi Legislature has officially been in session since last January. The story on the street since then has been rumors of the availability of additional money this year due mainly to high sales tax collections from Katrina rebuilding business. […]
I wasn’t going to participate in the time-hallowed American tradition of “piling on.” I hadn’t heard about the controversy swirling around Outdoor Life’s Hunting Editor Jim Zumbo until it was brought to my attention by fellow outdoor writer and shooting enthusiast John Simeone from the Ft. Polk/Toledo Bend area. […]
It is way too cool to see a wily gobbler fooled anytime it happens.Turkey hunters have become pretty slick over the years dreaming up new ways to trick ol’ toms into falling for seductive hunter tactics. […]
Troy Ruiz eased into position and prepared for battle with a local celebrity gobbler well before dawn early one spring morning. He was prepared to hunt the battle-tested gobbler that had eluded all suitors, including him, for at least four years. […]
Turkey hunting can throw lots of curve balls. For once, I thought I was ahead of the inside curve by scouting out a good area two weeks in advance of the season opener. […]
The Swamp Monster was the name Wayne Stewart had given a certain wild turkey gobbler that lived in the Noxubee River bottom near Stewart’s home and had eluded the bowhunter for the better part of the spring turkey season. […]
Hunting shed antlers has become a popular activity in Mississippi over the last few years. […]
The past several years have been tough for Mississippi hunters, with warm weather and past droughts combining to produce few monster bucks. […]
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