Deer Hunting
10 tips for public deer hunting
Killing deer on public land can be challenging, but these tips from Ricky Aucoin can help you fill a tag this season. […]
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Deer Hunting
Safety first on public land
Ricky Aucoin’s three tips to ensure you safely return home after each hunting trip you take on public-land. […]
Deer Hunting
4 tips for better taxidermy
Wade Wolkart of with Wade’s Taxidermy in Denham Springs, La., shares a few tips to help ensure you get a mount you’ll be proud of. […]
Deer of the Year
Girl, 9, gets monster Hinds County 8-point
Forgive little Alli Beth Scott for being too nervous to shoot any of the three 8-points that came into her field on Monday afternoon, and, shoot, you can congratulate the 9-year-old fourth grader for it. […]
Deer Hunting
Doe-only primitive season opens Nov. 9
Mississippi’s last remaining mandatory primitive weapon deer season begins Monday in the Hill and Delta management zones.
It is for antlerless deer and is open Nov. 9 through Nov. 20 on private lands and open public lands. […]
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Youth season on deer opens Saturday
Mississippi’s first gun season on deer opens on Saturday, but only the youngest of hunters get the opportunity to begin shooting at whitetails. […]
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Cool It — Tips for hunting when it’s hot
Are we crazy to hunt when it is too hot, too muggy, or under conditions that are just plain miserable?
Well, of course we are. […]
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Truth vs. Fiction — The truth behind 7 deer-hunting maxims
Every hunter has some maxims used to determine best times to be in the woods, but are these guidelines based on facts? […]
Deer Hunting
Deer camp noise reduction
Unnatural noises created by humans scare deer away. It is a simple rule of deer hunting that most deer camps and deer hunters, for that matter, never seem to learn. […]
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The dream ‘Situation’ — How a hunter finally downed a trophy buck
Deer hunting can be an agonizing sport of missed shots, fleeting encounters and squandered opportunities. Days afield can become weeks and months, and in the case of Barrett Van Cleave, years before the hunt for a certain trophy comes to fruition. […]
Deer of the Year
The Nettles rack up trophies
Like all bow hunters, Brandon Nettles would rather not see one of his targeted bucks approaching his stand from a dead downwind path. […]
Deer Hunting
Debunking the spike rule when deer hunting
Deer hunters interested in improving the quality of bucks in their local herds often make big mistakes when it comes to deciding which bucks need to be culled. […]