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Peyton Barnes was getting ready to leave his stand Dec. 23 when this 171-inch monster bruiser showed up chasing a doe.

Deer of the Year

February 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Mississippi has become one of the nation’s big-buck meccas, churning out monster deer year after year. So when the 2014-15 season opened up, there was great anticipation. […]

Jeff Banderet of Kenner, La., said he was lucky when he killed this 150-inch 8-point Jan. 17 at his private club near Port Gibson in Claiborne County.

Louisianan gets Claiborne trophy 8

January 30, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Jeff Banderet has no illusions when it comes to deer hunting, and uses the 150-inch 8-point trophy buck he killed Jan. 17 in Claiborne County as a perfect example. […]

Susan Adams killed this 11-point (one kicker broken off) Jan. 2 after a two-year chase at her club in Carroll County.

Woman finally gets Carroll County trophy

January 22, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Susan Adams’ two-year pursuit of the biggest deer ever seen at her Carroll County hunting camp took more twists and turns than one of those creepy NASCAR road courses. […]

Joey Daugherty harvested the 13-point 169.1 Boone and Crockett buck on Jan. 9, 2015.

Clarke County 13-point green scored almost 170 inches

January 20, 2015 Michael O. Giles

Joey Daugherty scheduled time off to hunt for a trophy buck on his Jan. 15 birthday, but Mother Nature decided to push that plan forward. […]

Hunters are running out of time to convert the big bucks they've seen on trail cams into trophies they can hang on their wall.

Gun season ends — for some — on Wednesday

January 19, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

For the first time ever, this Wednesday’s official close of the final regular gun season will just be a hiccup to the majority of Mississippi’s deer hunters. […]

Scrape activity includes more than just deer pawing at the ground. They also use overhanging limbs to leave scents and serve as signposts of their social ranking.

The skinny on scrapes

January 19, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

One of the more fascinating aspects of the whitetail rut revolves around the wonderful, and at times mysterious, phenomenon known as “scraping.” […]

Pair pleads guilty to headlighting

January 16, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Hunting deer at night in December was a costly adventure for two Warren County men, according to officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]

Blackened venison stoup

January 14, 2015 Jerry Dilsaver

This recipe for Blackened venison stoup uses ground venison, but with all the stew vegetables, it is a little thicker than soup. […]

Roy Oswalt took down this monster buck on his property in Lowndes County on Dec. 20. The deer scored 204 inches gross.

Oswalt’s mainframe 8 goes 204 inches gross

January 12, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Former Major League All-Star pitcher Roy Oswalt wanted his daughter Arlee to take the best buck on his property in Lowndes County, and worked hard on it for two seasons. […]

Guntown's Nash Stanford has had the hunting season of his life, with this 140-class 12-point he killed Jan. 4 making the second monster buck of the 2014-15 season.

Guntown hunter takes second trophy of the season

January 9, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Earlier this deer season, Guntown’s Nash Stanford needed and used perseverance to take a trophy public-lands buck on Upper Sardis Wildlife Management Area near Oxford. […]

Lauren Shimfessel had never killed a buck before she climbed into a Jasper County stand on Dec. 26, but she remedied that with this 160-class 12-point

First solo hunt produces 167-inch Jasper County 12-point

January 9, 2015 Michael O. Giles

Call it woman’s intuition, but Garlandville’s Lauren Shimfessel just had a good feeling as she eased to her elevated Jasper County stand about 3 pm. on Dec. 26. […]

Nathan Howell and his son Cooper celebrate after a Grenada County hunt that ended with this 171-inch New Year’s Eve buck.

Grenada man celebrates New Year’s Eve with 171-inch buck

January 9, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Nathan Howell and his 8-year-old son Cooper had one of the shortest — and best — hunts of their lives in Grenada County on New Year’s Eve. Only minutes after they sat down in a stand, a 170-inch monster buck was cooling on the ground. […]