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During the full moon cycle or during extremely cold weather, bucks will break their habit and can be found feeding at midday. Deer may have learned hunting pressure is lighter at midday, although no scientific evidence proves this point.

Midday rendezvous — Tips for deer hunting in the middle of the day

November 1, 2014 David Hawkins

Deer hunters, by nature, are crepuscular.

Before you go reaching for the dictionary, it means we relate to twilight. […]

Jimmy Primos harvested this trophy buck with a Mission Crossbow near Belzoni shortly before Christmas last season.

Rut warriors— Hunting tips for the rut

November 1, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Jimmy Primos patiently waited as the trophy buck strode closer through the sage. Still at a safe distance, the veteran hunter eased his Mission crossbow into position. […]

Rich Delta soil has produced a lot of trophy bucks, like this one for archery hunter Gary Blakeney.

The keys to the Delta — Mississippi Delta soil, deer genetics can produce big bucks

November 1, 2014 John J. Woods

A persistent mystique looms about giant bucks coming out of the Mississippi Delta, and the truth is that this soil-rich region is just one area of the state that produces book deer. […]

Repeatedly hunting the same stands year after year can lead to deer learning hunters’ patterns.

Patterned deer hunters

November 1, 2014 John J. Woods

One of the big debates in deer hunting is if deer hunters pattern deer or do deer pattern hunters? […]

Louisiana men, company sentenced in deer case

October 31, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Three Louisiana men and a Slidell company they owned and represented were sentenced Thursday in a federal court in Gulfport on violations of the Lacey Act for illegally importing white-tailed deer into Mississippi. […]

Tracy Laird killed this deer in 2003 and it remains the No. 1 non-typical buck by archery — No. 2 by any weapon — in the state records.

Revisiting Laird’s 11-year-old record

October 30, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

When Tracy Laird found the giant buck, his heart started racing and his knees were buckling. […]

Photos like this one are proof that the extra effort in preparing mineral licks, licking branches and mock scrapes is time well spent.

Early-season camera sites

October 20, 2014 Bill Garbo

As we move into the transition period between late summer and fall here in the deep-south, let’s examine some of the criteria that can be used to select the best sites for trail camera surveillance. […]