Deer Hunting
Until the rut kicks in, keep calling, rattling low key
Rattling during the pre-rut should be understated; you’re just trying to get a traveling buck’s attention, not bring him in for a fight. […]
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Deer Hunting
Scout by ear when acorns fall
Most deer hunters scout with their eyes — either watching through binoculars, looking over trail-camera photos or actually in the woods, searching for deer sign. […]
Deer Hunting
Learn to tell white oaks from red oaks
Finding the food deer prefer most can give you a leg up on other hunters, even ones that legally bait with corn or other supplements. […]
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Get out and scout
When it comes to early season scouting for bucks with trail cameras, monitoring rubs and rub lines can be a very effective technique. […]
Deer Hunting
Scouting: There’s an app for that
I am a bit behind the proverbial 8-ball when it comes to cutting edge technologies applied to deer hunting. I still use my flip phone if I need to call home from deer camp, but I am increasingly being by my hunting mates. […]
Deer Hunting
The 3 dub method of deer scouting
Trail cameras have simplified the art of scouting, but even they require some strategy to be productive, and avid hunter Beau Starkey of Madison has found one that works for him. […]
Deer of the Year
Louisiana woman bags Mississippi 13-point brute
From the sound of it, Monica Gisclair of Cut Off, La., was in the honey hole of all honey holes last weekend at the Louisiana family’s deer camp in Mississippi’s Claiborne County. […]
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Drought affecting lakes, food plots
As thousands of Mississippi deer hunters stare at dry brown dirt where food plots have been planted, fishermen are watching falling water levels at their favorite hot spots. […]
Deer of the Year
Hunter arrows velvet 8-point near Natchez
On August 13, Kavon Ghassemi stood in his front yard in Central, La., watching helplessly as more than a foot of muddy water crept into his house during historic flooding. […]
Deer Hunting
How to score on opening day
Louisiana’s Darren Boudreaux says food, scent and hunting pressure are keys to early deer hunting success in October. […]
Deer of the Year
Carver had some explaining to do after 9-point
Ben Carver’s story behind the biggest buck he’s ever killed with a bow is, in his words, kind of funny.
Weird is a better adjective for what happened Sunday afternoon in Oktibbeha County. […]
Deer of the Year
Rawlings gets special opening day 8-point
Revel Rawlings felt pretty good going into a morning hunt in Hinds County Saturday, the first day of Mississippi’s archery season.
By day’s end, he was ecstatic. […]