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July 6, 2026

The new applications, free both for Apple and Android devices, are designed to enhance and ease hunting experiences.

Newest MDWFP apps useful

November 14, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

The MDWFP has two new cell-phone apps available to enhance and streamline the hunting experience, especially for users of the agency’s WMAs. […]

Finding deer sign like this big buck rub is a boots-on-the-ground deal; no amount of technology can substitute.

The art of reading sign

November 14, 2019 David Moreland

Reading sign is as old as hunting. Sign is simply the evidence that game animals and birds leave on the landscape that shows they’ve been around. […]

Mushrooms: Prime deer food

November 14, 2019 Jeff Burleson

Mushrooms are one of the most-overlooked deer foods available during just about every month, including fall and the approaching winter. […]

Greenfields on the edge of wood lots may see lots of deer activity as the season progresses.

Find the food — Find the deer

November 12, 2019 Andy Douglas

Mississippi hunters are witnessing the feeding patterns of whitetails changing with the rut approaching. Deer are starting to go after acorns. […]

The deer hunting emphasis will be on youngsters this weekend as the statewide youth season opens Saturday.

Youth season opens Nov. 9

November 8, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi deer hunters of all ages will soon have more opportunities opening, but it’s the youngsters who get the first shot, at least with a gun. […]

Kid shoots his first duck on film!

November 7, 2019 Mississippi Sportsman

Hampton Rutland filmed this hunt for his web video series Louisiana Wetlands. Hampton had a plan to help his son Henry get his first duck. […]

It’s tough enough to trap a coyote when everything is set up correctly; make one of a half-dozen beginner mistakes and the task becomes almost impossible.

6 huge mistakes to avoid in coyote trapping

November 4, 2019 Brian Cope

When you’re trapping this season, avoid these common mistakes when using foothold traps, and you’ll catch more coyotes than ever. […]

Kyle Carter took this 133-inch, tall and thick trophy buck in Stone County on public land at the Desoto National Forest.

Carter goes old school on Stone County trophy

November 1, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Kyle Carter took this tall and thick trophy buck on the afternoon of Oct. 23 in Stone County on public land at the Desoto National Forest. […]

Make your home in a big buck’s home range this season

November 1, 2019 David Hawkins

If hunters want to be successful this season, they need to find a whitetail buck’s home range and core area. Here are some helpful tips. […]

Garmin’s Xero A1i sight (left) covers every need a bowhunter might come up with when he comes to full draw on a trophy animal. The author said the sight was instrumental in making a killing shot on this alligator (right) because of its ability to compensate for steep-angle shots. (Photo courtesy Randall Shaw)

Garmin’s Xero sight expensive but worth it

November 1, 2019 Sammy Romano

Its unique range-finding feature makes the Garmin Xero A1i sight a top-drawer sight for any hunter’s bow. Here’s the reason why. […]

Understand why, where bucks rub their antlers

November 1, 2019 Rick Small

Rubs, the marks that whitetail bucks leave on trees, are means of communication and have several meanings to all deer, […]

The author and a black, Mississippi River fox squirrel he took with a bow on a river island stalk for deer.

Black squirrels with a bow

November 1, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

The author explains how he’s taken black fox squirrels along the Mississippi River and surrounding bottomland hardwoods with a bow. […]