Deer of the Year
Firefighter gets wide, heavy Chickasaw County trophy
Tupelo firefighter Josh Raymond’s opening morning deer hunt in Chickasaw County had its ups and downs, both literally and figuratively. […]
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Scoring in the Red Zone —Keys to deer-hunting success
Football has its share of special terms, usually created for marketing and later turned into a statistical category before eventually crossing the boundaries to become part of American language. […]
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Beat the heat: Deer-hunting tips for warm weather
It was hot in the deer stand, so much so that sweat was dripping off my nose. It was even running off my eyebrows, landing on the lens of my riflescope and blurring my view. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer talk — Understanding deer communication
Bucks and does communicate often throughout the season. Here are some observations on what these sounds mean. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Jezebel Sauce perfect for venison
There are several tricks to serving venison to people who say they don’t like the taste, and getting them to savor it enough to demand more. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer season switches on Tuesday, sort of
After Mississippi’s first gun season ends on Monday (Dec. 1), a lot of deer hunters will find themselves doing something on Tuesday they’ve never done. […]
Deer of the Year
Teen’s luck changes, leading to 150-inch buck
Jonathan Boone’s opening morning luck went from poor to sublime in mere seconds, like someone threw a switch, which in deer hunting is often a good thing. […]
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Tracking the rut phases
As this month’s title implies, we’re going to spend a few minutes tracking and dissecting the progression and timing of the rut so we can anticipate where to place our trail cameras and stands for best affect this season. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Fewer big bucks — blame football
After an obviously tough archery season, Mississippi biologists and hunters — not to mention the outdoor magazines and writers that love to share good deer stories — are wondering why there’s been a shortage of big buck reports. […]
Deer of the Year
Rez hunter walks up on trophy buck
Last Thursday (Nov. 13), on the morning he’d kill the heaviest buck of his life, Kiel Higginbotham really didn’t have plans to hunt. […]
Deer of the Year
Fourteen-year-old scores 14-point buck of a lifetime
ReAnn Chatham, 14, was brimming with enthusiasm and anticipation last Thursday afternoon as she entered her shoot house in Clarke County. Chatham and her dad Greg had located some nice bucks and she was ready to harvest her first buck of the year on this early season youth hunt. […]
Deer Hunting
Big fields necessitate big guns
A decade or two ago the hottest item in Delta deer camps was a soybean field rifle. For a while, owning one was considered more important than having a four-wheel drive monster pickup, a 500+cc ATV, Zeiss binoculars, or a wardrobe of Mossy Oak. […]