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June 7, 2026
HomeHuntingSmall Game

Small Game

Doves will flock to fields with solid food sources; for productive hunts later in the season, find fields that aren’t cut until after Labor Day weekend.
Dove

Don’t give up on doves after Labor Day

September 15, 2018 Jeff Burleson

For many hunters, the first day of dove season is often also the last day, as they quickly shift their attention to deer and the excellent fishing that September generally provides. While the dove population takes a major hit on Labor Day weekend, the rest of the season shouldn’t be ignored. 

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Dove

Dove field-ology

September 15, 2018 Jeff Burleson

The best way to maximize a field’s potential for dove hunting is to scout the field before opening day and draw out a diagram/map. […]

Dove

Find the dove buffet

September 1, 2018 Jeff Burleson

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. […]

Dove

Wing shooters get ready: It opens Saturday

August 29, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s most liberal and opportunistic dove season ever is scheduled to open Saturday statewide.

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Featured

Is May too hot for squirrels?

May 15, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi gets its fourth-annual spring squirrel season in Mississippi in 2018, but it has yet to lure many sportsmen to participate, with most citing “too hot to hunt” as the reason. […]

Dove

Dove season extended to Jan. 31

May 2, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

It may just be May 1, but Mississippi sportsmen got some good news when the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks approved the 2018-19 early migratory bird seasons. […]

Rabbit numbers really jumped in the 1980s and 1990s when their preferred habitat was on the increase across Mississippi.
Rabbit

Writer’s choice: Rabbit sauce piquant

February 15, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

This recipe for rabbit sauce piquant is a based on a Prudhomme recipe and is a three-step recipe that includes making stock. […]

Featured

Rabbit hunters take center stage

February 8, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

February is also a great time to own a pack of rabbit dogs. […]

Featured

Bushytails best beware

February 7, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s No. 1 small-game animal remains the squirrel, although hunting pressure continues to plummet. The number of squirrel hunters in the state has dropped by half over the past 50 years. […]

These hunters ran into hefty canecutters on an island off the upper Pearl River area of Barnett Reservoir.
Features

Canecutters and hillbillies

February 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

February is rabbit-hunting time in Mississippi. Be ready to hit the swamps and briars for swamp rabbits and cottontails. […]

Sidebars

Damp, cloudy and gray — perfect squirrel hunting day

January 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

While any day spent squirrel hunting in January and February is better than one spent at work or at home, some are definitely better than others according to veteran hunters Joe Shumaker and Terry Fletcher.

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Sidebars

A perfect start for young hunters

January 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

After Joe Shumaker and Terry Fletcher buckled tracking collars on their dogs, Shumaker lined up the youngsters and gave them a short safety lesson.  […]

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