Featured
Squirrel season opens statewide
Mississippi’s squirrel hunters can start chasing the bushy-tailed quarry statewide on Monday, and results from the first five days of the youth season show it could be spotty. […]
Small Game
Dove
Don’t give up on doves after Labor Day
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.
Dove
Dove field-ology
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
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
Mississippi’s most liberal and opportunistic dove season ever is scheduled to open Saturday statewide.
Featured
Is May too hot for squirrels?
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
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
Writer’s choice: Rabbit sauce piquant
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 is also a great time to own a pack of rabbit dogs. […]
Featured
Bushytails best beware
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. […]
Features
Canecutters and hillbillies
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
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.