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Madison's Gerald Moore shot this 155-inch 10-point with a crossbow the afternoon of Oct. 3.

Madison County gives up 155-inch buck

October 8, 2015 John J. Woods

Gerald Moore of Madison will turn 70 years old on Oct. 17. But he received an early birthday present when he shot a 155-inch buck Saturday afternoon. […]

Thomas Garland (left) of Southern Track’n and his dog helped this hunter recover his buck from a river during the 2015 season.

Have dogs, will blood trail

October 8, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Thomas Garland of Crystal Springs and Greg Ferrell and John Ainsworth of Hazlehurst are all avid deer hunters, but they won’t hesitate leaving a stand if they get a call. […]

This habitat that connects the Desoto National Forest and the Pascagoula Wildlife Management Area will become the largest tract of contiguous protected lands in Mississippi.

Conservancy connects 450,000 habitat acres

October 8, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

A recent 2,100-acre purchase of property in Southeast Mississippi by The Nature Conservancy offers promise of better hunting in the future by connecting over 450,000 acres of wildlife acquisition. […]

Barrett Van Cleave of Woodville with his 12-point Wilkinson County trophy taken Oct. 2 with a borrowed bow. It was his fourth 150-inch buck in three years.

Van Cleave makes it No. 4 with massive buck

October 6, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

To kill his fourth 150-inch buck in three years on the second day of the 2015 archery season, Barrett Van Cleave used his growing knowledge and skills to overcome many obstacles. […]

Lann Wilf, shown speaking at the Big Buck Bounty contest awards banquet in February, resigned as deer project coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks the same day the MDWFP Commission legalized baiting deer.

Deer program coordinator resigns

October 5, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Though Lann Wilf won’t officially say that the recent easing of laws allowing hunting deer over bait had anything do with his resigning as the state’s deer program coordinator, the timing of his move is hard to ignore. […]

Assault plan — Expert shares bowhunting tips for opening-day success

October 1, 2015 Michael O. Giles

Shane Easterling was brimming with anticipation as he secured his climbing tand high up a tree and prepared for the afternoon bowhunt in one of his favorite places. […]

Deer pattern hunters, often waiting to move around until the middle of the day, after the crowds have returned to the camp. That makes the ability to stay on the stand longer vital to success

Staying put — Wander less for more deer

October 1, 2015 John J. Woods

Time on task is the No. 1 contributing factor to deer hunter success, yet it is that exact time quotient that often restricts most hunters from getting quality hunting afield. […]

Greg Hicks killed this spike with a bow during the 2006 muzzleloader season.

Grounded — How to build a ground blind

October 1, 2015 Greg Hicks

I’ve been hunting from the ground most of my adult life. Like most hunters, my father put me in a ladder stand made of 2-by-4s and plywood at a young age, and from this perch I learned how to watch squirrels, birds and the occasional deer without the fear of being seen. […]

Matt Moss' triple-beamed Jefferson County monster buck ranked as the Mississippi Sportsman's No. 1 deer from the 2014-15 hunting season.

LOOK BACK: The Top 5 bucks from last season

September 29, 2015 Andy Crawford

The 2015-16 deer-hunting season opens Oct. 1, so we decided to take a walk down memory lane and review the Top 5 bucks killed last season. Just to get you pumped. […]

Clayton Brummer is just 16 years old, but the Kansas hunter showed extraordinary patience by passing on his first shot at this 230-inch buck.

Kansas youth downs 230-inch monster buck

September 28, 2015 Andy Crawford

Sixteen-year-old Clayton Brummer did what few adult hunters would have the self-control to do: He passed on taking a shot at a huge non-typical that stuck its head out of a milo field milo early in the Kansas hunting season. […]

The early archery season gives hunters an opportunity to take a doe and put meat in the freezer. The season opens Thursday in most of Mississippi.

Archery season less than week away

September 28, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Ready! Aim! Release!

About 50,000 Mississippi hunters are sitting on go, ready for Thursday’s opening of the archery season, the first day that deer hunting is allowed in the state. […]

Plan ahead so you don’t have to play catch up

September 21, 2015 Bill Garbo

The trail camera aspect of scouting can be one of the most-important tools for success that a deer hunter can employ. […]