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Try to educate your eyes
Preparation and repetition is the key when the deer hunter is making a quick decision about whether a buck is legal or fully mature. […]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Carothers sticks 180-inch typical 14 point
Here’s what you need to know statistically about the 180-inch (green, gross) buck Zac Carothers shot with a bow Sunday in Coahoma County. […]
Deer Hunting
Combining stealth, calling
Hunters have at their disposal a number of tricks that can arouse the curiosity of rutting bucks and help get them into range. Rattling, calling, scents and decoys are among the more popular ones. […]
Deer Hunting
Trophy bucks are rarely killed over bait
Mississippi hunting regulations still forbid killing any wild animal or wild bird with the aid of bait, but its allowance of and regulations regarding “supplemental deer feeding” opens the door to killing deer over bait. […]
Deer Hunting
Squirrels can be a deer hunter’s best friends
Squirrels are not only a popular small-game animal, they can be a distant early warning system for hunters that deer are entering an area. […]
Deer Hunting
Mapping Mississippi’s breeding period
For more than 20 years, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has conducted deer health checks across the state to establish quite a database. […]
Field Notes
Dos and don’ts when the warden arrives
Discussions with three wildlife officers about how to do the right thing when you’re approached in the woods or on the water. […]
Featured
Mississippi’s Youth Waterfowl Camp
Do you know a youngster who’s itching to go waterfowl hunting but needs to learn gun safety, how to identify ducks and geese and how to shoot accurately? If so, consider the Mississippi Youth Waterfowl Hunting and Education Camp. […]
Deer Hunting
Hunter’s Harvest sets goal of 25,000 pounds
The director of a program that collects donated protein-rich venison to feed the needy is counting on the benevolence of Mississippi sportsmen to offset reductions in antlerless deer limits. […]
Ducks
DIY decoy rigging
Today’s waterfowl decoys come in innumerable shapes, sizes and species applicable to various hunting situations […]
Deer of the Year
10-year-old’s first bow buck tops 160
Finn Norsworthy of Brandon is only 10 and a fifth grader at Brandon Elementary School, yet he is already an accomplished hunter. In October he claimed his first buck with a compound bow. […]
Field Notes
Blind brushing tips for opening day
With Mississippi’s waterfowl seasons kicking off this month, duck and goose hunters across the state will be heading out to scout and brush blinds. […]