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July 22, 2026

Barrett Van Cleave takes scent control very seriously, from bathing to preparing his clothes, and has used the Vapor Trail Scents products to score four 150-class bucks in three seasons.

Taking scent control to the extreme

January 15, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

While he has utmost confidence in 33 Point Buck and the Vapor Maker delivery system, avid archery hunter Barrett Van Cleave realizes the necessity of taking scent containment to the extreme. […]

Duck guide Rusty Shaw and his party of hunters display a successful day’s hunting in the Delta.

Don’t overlook steams, creeks and small rivers for duck-hunting hotspots

January 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The Mississippi Delta is blessed with an abundance of smaller rivers and creeks that wind their way across the area before dumping into larger flows that wind up in the Mississippi River. These waterways provide plenty of waterfowl resting and feeding grounds to both resident populations and those making southerly migrations. […]

Many waterfowl hunters are shunning electronic motion decoys for old school jerk cord tactics to put movement in the decoy spread.

It’s OK to jerk a duck decoy

January 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

A lifelike decoy spread is often the key difference between a limit of ducks at the end of the day or going home wanting. […]

Taxidermy do’s and don’ts for ducks

January 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Award-winning taxidermist Shane Candler offers the following “tax tips” for waterfowlers to insure they get a good jump on a good mount. […]

At least three Mississippi WMAs are expected to be included in hunting closures later this week caused by Mississippi River flooding.

WMAs facing hunting closures due to flooding

December 29, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

At least three state-run wildlife management areas in Mississippi’s Delta will be included in hunting season closures expected later this week due to a rapidly rising Mississippi River. […]

A bright morning in the timber can produce a lot of fun for small parties of hunters.

The pluses and minuses of timber, ag field hunting

December 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

The pluses and minuses of timber, ag field hunting […]

At Cole Lake Hunting Club near Isola, where hunters can choose fields or timber, a typical Saturday hunt can fill a camera lens with guys and ducks.

Why you shouldn’t overpressure ducks

December 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

For years, Lee Benoist and a group of friends depended on one duck hole in the Delta to provide them a winter filled with shooting. […]

Pro crappie anglers Jim and Barbara Reedy say targeting brush piles and slow trolling lead to a boatloads of slabs when the weather cools down.

Using winter brush piles to find crappie

December 15, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Jim and Barbara Reedy fish all over the country on the Crappie Masters tournament trail, where they encounter many different scenarios in which to find fish. […]

A December trip to Lake Lincoln near Wesson usually means leaving the 550-acre lake with a good haul of white crappie.

Lake Lincoln Fish Attractors

December 15, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Many fish attractor sites were created in 2011 and 2015, and most were marked with GPS and the coordinates are listed below. Be sure your GPS is set to read decimal degrees (shown below) and not degrees-minutes-seconds when attempting to locate these attractors. […]

Rattling is great hunting technique to use when bucks are splitting up from bachelor groups.

Larry Weishuhn’s rattling tips

December 15, 2015 John J. Woods

When Texas’ Larry Weishuhn, aka Mr. Whitetail, started touting rattling antlers more than 20 years ago as a tactic to bring in big bucks, deer hunters went crazy over the idea. […]

Creating a fake tree in the middle of an open food plot can give a hunter an added edge.

The fake rubbing tree experiment

December 15, 2015 John J. Woods

I have to fess up that using a fake rubbing tree as a tactic to bring in a big buck was not our original idea, having borrowed the concept.

But, what the heck, it sounded like an interesting project, so we tried it. […]

Traditional bows are growing in popularity, allowing bow makers like Bob Lee of Texas’ Bob Lee Custom Bows to make a living.

Stick bows growing in popularity

December 15, 2015 Jonathan Olivier

The amount of dedication traditional archery requires and the patience it takes to harvest an animal might dissuade some from trying a stick bow. It’s likely the reason the number of traditional hunters is relatively small. […]