Featured
Early migratory bird seasons
They may be part of the migratory bird hunting season structure, but two of the three September migratory seasons put resident doves and Canada geese in serious jeopardy.
Hunting
Alligator
Muddy Water Maniacs set gator record for length
The Muddy Water Maniacs, a team of alligator hunters from Rankin County, cut loose two big bulls overnight, not impressed by their measurements. […]
Deer Hunting
Hang your bow stands in obvious spots
Capt. Jason Shilling doesn’t over think his bow hunting plan of attack. He reads the clues deer leave and covers his scent in August. […]
Alligator
Gator season opens Friday at noon
For about 3,500 Mississippi sportsmen, Friday is the biggest day of their year — opening day of the public waters alligator hunting season. It opens at noon. […]
Deer Hunting
Supplemental feeding in better focus
In last month’s installment we discussed minerals and supplemental feeding of deer in Mississippi. This is still a controversial subject depending on who you talk to. Proponents call it supplemental feeding, opponents call it deer baiting. It has been two years now since the MDWFP loosened the regulations regarding: Rule 2.4 — Supplemental Feeding of Wild Animals Outside of Wildlife Enclosures. Let’s drill down on this subject a little deeper and see what is legal and what is not, and how to properly use supplemental feeding to best affect. […]
Deer Hunting
When it comes to deer, let it be
I am a chronic double-checker. That might be a good quality to have as a writer, but as a deer hunter it can be somewhat self destructive. […]
Deer Hunting
MDWFP issues ‘Digest’ correction
Mississippi sportsmen who have gotten a copy of the 2017-18 Mississippi Outdoor Digest are being warned about misprints regarding the regulations and limits for the upcoming deer season. […]
Deer Hunting
Early doe harvest can be beneficial
As scouting transitions from late summer into early fall and archery season, consider the harvest of anterless deer early in the season. By removing old or mature does without fawns, it takes some pressure off the available food sources as fall and winter approach. […]
Dove
Public dove hunts
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks recognizes the important tradition that dove hunting is to the state and works to provide public hunting areas through two different programs. […]
Ducks
Annual duck survey promising
About a half million fewer mallards — 11 percent less than last year — were found, but the overall news is good from the 2017 annual breeding duck surveys released Tuesday by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. […]
Alligator
Gator time
Alligator hunting permits are precious in Mississippi, as hard to get as a ticket to Hamilton on Broadway. And, if you are lucky to get a permit, it can be about as expensive in obtaining all the gear needed to battle with the most frightening creature that can be hunted in the Magnolia State. […]
Alligator
Enough big ol’ good ’uns to go around
Every alligator region in Mississippi is capable of producing a giant reptile for hunters, as statistics from the 2016 season show. Only the Northwest zone, which has the least habitat and the fewest gators, failed to produce a 12-footer and it did have a respectable 11.25-footer taken. […]