Field Notes
Scouting for teal
As some early migrating blue-winged teal are already arriving in the Magnolia State, hunters are gearing up to chase the feathered rockets. […]
Hunting
Featured
Blue-winged teal still plentiful
Last year, blue-winged teal showed an 18-percent increase over 2016 and were 57 percent above the long-term average. It’s that 50-year average that is indicative of the strong population.
Deer Hunting
Draw a bead on bachelor-buck groups
Hunters can pattern whitetail bucks twice a year, and both occur outside of hunting season.
Hunting
The Firminator: all-you-need food-plot tool for ATVs
If you’ve ever had a hunting lease with perfect spots for food plots or a small dove field, but had no access to a tractor, you were probably out of luck when it came to planting clover, buckwheat, rape, sorghum, millet or sunflowers. […]
Features
2018-19 WMA Forecast
Brad Madden sat high in a climbing tree stand overlooking an open bottom frequented by grass-browsing does that were beginning to be chased by bucks at the onset of the rut. He had seen a few does earlier in the afternoon, but nothing with antlers.
Content
Cover: September 2018
Mississippi deer hunters would love to know where to find big, mature bucks on public land. This month’s WMA forecast may answer that question. […]
Columns
Sweat the small stuff — all the time
As the calendar flips to September, my thoughts turn to deer and bowhunting. Archery season is already open in some places, and is about to open in many others. No matter where you hunt though, game time is imminent.
Deer Hunting
Preseason scouting in Mississippi
Deer hunters should be prepared to figure out where whitetails will be when bow season opens, and knowing food sources and trails will give you a leg up. […]
Dove
Find the dove buffet
The best wing-shooting on Labor Day weekend will usually be in fields where doves have discovered a solid food source. You need to join them. […]
Alligator
Gator season opens Friday
It’s the start of Mississippi’s public water alligator season, and throughout the state, thousands of hunters are putting the final touches on preparations for the pursuit.
Featured
More days for Canada geese, other migratory birds
New regulations will allow more days to hunt Canada geese during September, as well as rails, moorhens and gallinules. […]
Dove
Wing shooters get ready: It opens Saturday
Mississippi’s most liberal and opportunistic dove season ever is scheduled to open Saturday statewide.