Deer Hunting
Preseason check — How to prepare for the upcoming deer season
Mississippi’s deer season is right around the corner. It’s time to start getting things lined up for the promise of opening day. […]
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Deer Hunting
ATV love, care and maintenance
If you love your all-terrain vehicle or UTV and don’t really feel inspired to walk the mile or five to the hunting areas on your property, then I highly recommend you show your main ride some love, care and maintenance. […]
Deer Hunting
Get your strategies in order
As we transition from early to mid-summer, let’s take a look at some strategies that can really pay off next fall and winter. The hunting break between the end of spring turkey season and the beginning of fall bow season is not the time to lay back and rest if you want to maximize your results next deer season. […]
Deer Hunting
Mineral licks make bucks show up
Why would a hunter use a mineral lick product like Red Spot Plus?
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Deer Hunting
Boyd Carter’s 13-point mineral lick buck
Robert Brewer of Hattiesburg discovered mineral supplements while purchasing seed and fertilizer at a local feed and seed store in Meridian, and he decided to give it a try. […]
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Mineral Management — Use mineral licks to increase deer-hunting success
Cade Hawkins surveyed the area surrounding his tree stand location shortly after dawn while searching for a trophy buck during a recent bow season. […]
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Checking soil pH good way to spend camp workday
How to get the best out of spending a summer day, in Mississippi’s brutal heat, working on food plots, paths and deer stands. […]
Deer Hunting
Biggest change in 2013-14: Late gun season for deer
No major changes were included in the 2013-14 hunting seasons proposed Wednesday (April 17) by the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks at its monthly meeting in Jackson.
But, hunters can look forward to about as late a start to the gun season on deer as is possible under state law. […]
Deer Hunting
Field judging a buck’s age, Part II
In the March installment of Happy Trails, we looked at the topic of “aging bucks on the hoof,” paying particular attention to the possible use of certain visual geometric clues regarding the relationship of the tips of the antler beams to the eye and/or nose when viewed from the side as a way to reliably judge a given buck’s age in the field. […]
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Primitive weapons: It’s past time to bid adieu
We can argue over when the tradition of primitive weapon season died in Mississippi, but there is no disputing that it is dead. […]
Deer Hunting
Field judging bucks in the real world
In the January issue we covered the topic of “aging bucks on the hoof.” As pointed out, the art of “eyeball aging” of live bucks has traditionally relied on their being classified by relatively clear physiological body characteristics, patterns of behavior and relative antler size differences. […]
Deer Hunting
Senate shoots down primitive weapon change, for now
A bill that would allow private land deer hunters to use their choice of weapons during Mississippi’s primitive weapons season was shot down Wednesday (Feb. 27) by a close vote in the Senate.
But there is still a slim chance that House Bill 1139 could be recalled for another vote before the March 14 deadline for reconsideration. […]