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Taylor Chastain of Canton and the ‘Bull Shark,’ a main-frame 8 that grosses 164 4/8 inches. It was shot Jan. 3 in Madison County.

Hunter gets ‘Bull Shark,’ all 164 4/8 inches of him

January 8, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Following what is becoming an all-too-familiar plot of modern deer hunting, Taylor Chastain closed the book on a well-known buck’s story on Jan. 3 at Bozeman Farms in western Madison County.

It was the Bull Shark.

Chastain and the Bozemans had been watching the deer for three seasons. There are numerous trail cam photos dating back to 2010, when it finally achieved mature status, a close call from the 2011 archery season and sheds from both years. […]

Wil Moore, 24, of Madison and his 150-pound, 150-inch trophy "short buck" taken Nov. 28 in the Big Black River bottoms of Hinds County.

150-inch, 150-pound buck raises ‘short deer’ discussion

December 6, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Normally, a 150-inch 9-point taken from the Big Black River bottoms of Hinds County would not get a lot of attention, but, then, nothing about Wil Moore’s buck is normal. […]

150-inch, 150-pound buck raises ‘short deer’ discussion

December 6, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Normally, a 150-inch 9-point taken from the Big Black River bottoms of Hinds County would not get a lot of attention, but, then, nothing about Wil Moore’s buck is normal. […]

Mike Palamone of New Orleans with the 11-point buck he killed Nov. 25 at his private club in Simpson County. The 248-pound deer had an extra right main beam that adds 14 inches of character to the rack.

Unique point makes for extra special buck

December 5, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Michael Palamone is resigned to the fact that his Simpson County monster buck won’t reach Boone & Crockett status, but he shrugs it off with a now popular adage. […]

In most cases, the bigger the tree used for the rub, the bigger the buck's antlers.

Magic Markers — Why the rut plays such a role in deer hunting success

December 1, 2012 David Hawkins

Few periods of a deer’s life are as important to hunters as that reproductive time commonly called the Rut. It is the subject of much discussion, anticipation and study. It is the one time each year when hunters have a better-than-average chance at seeing and harvesting a trophy buck. But do you as a hunter know how to best use the collective research to kill the trophy of a lifetime? […]

All of these guys have been hunting the big 10-point for three years. Jody Freeman is pictured next to his son, Hayes Freeman, who scored the buck. On the back row (left to right) is Dennis Hawkins, Stevie Carpenter, Wayne Freeman (Jody's father) and Josh Denley.

Eight-year-old takes down Tate County legend

November 22, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

In Independence, a small unincorporated town in Tate County in Northwest Mississippi, one buck has been the talk of the community and the obsession of its deer hunters for three years.

They even gave the odd 10-point a nickname, Hercules, or Herc for short.

“Pretty much all of Independence knew about Herc,” Jody Freeman said. “He was legend and about half the hunters and landowners up here have been hunting him hard, very hard, for a long time. He was like a local celebrity.” […]

Tricks of the trade

November 19, 2012 Bill Garbo

True “mature bucks” can be as rare as proverbial “hens teeth” in most populations in the whitetail’s range. […]

Cameron Martin (right) killed this big 9-point on Nov. 8 while hunting with her dad Jeff. The young hunter had to overcome a bad case of buck fever to make the shot on the deer.

Young hunter downs big Holmes County 9-point despite nerves

November 13, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

To hear Jeff Martin and his daughter Cameron of Lexington tell their hunting story, we know that there was a “whole lot of shaking going on” in their deer stand on last Thursday (Nov. 8).

So much so that it’s a miracle that Cameron Martin, 10, was able to take the shot that led to her first buck — a 9-pointer her father said would be a trophy buck for anyone. […]

The biggest buck reported so far this deer season was Dave Ragon's Calhoun County monster that grossed over 203 inches non-typical. He took the 27-pointer on Oct. 6 before buck activity slowed during middle and late October.

Hunting conditions turning around

November 9, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

First, there was a good run on big bucks in early October during the opening weeks of archery season, which biologists always expect when deer hunters first climb stands in deer habitat.

Then, the reports of trophy racks slowed and, eventually, ended.

Expected? Yes, but not simply because the big bucks disappeared after human intrusion into their home ranges. Instead, biologist Chad Dacus, Mississippi’s deer program coordinator, pointed at many factors. […]

Deer hunters in the Hills and Delta hunting zones get the opportunity to thin their deer herds during the primitive weapons antlerless deer season that begins today (Nov. 5).

Primitive weapons season offers chance to thin doe herd

November 5, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Doe control hits high gear today (Nov. 5) in most of Mississippi as the primitive weapons season for antlerless deer only begins in the Hill Country and Delta zones (formerly Zones 1 and 3). […]

This picture that the author saw after church one day shows two big bucks crossing the Pearl River – proof that deer readily spend time on Old River WMA and the Bogue Chitto NWR.

Ground hunting for deer works in thick river bottomland

November 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

While hunting from the ground might sound like a good way to spot more deer during the early part of the hunting season when green vegetation still hangs from understory plants, that doesn’t necessarily mean hunters should hunt out of ground blinds. […]

Sam Wray, who goes by jmself on the MS-Sportsman.com forum, killed this 160-inch buck 48 hours after missing a big deer from the same stand.

Panola County gives up 160-inch buck

October 26, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Two days after missing on a 10-point buck he had worked so hard to get, Sam Wray of Courtland found the perfect cure for buck fever blues on Wednesday (Oct. 24). […]