Bass Fishing
Murphy’s preferred cranking gear:
– 7- to 8-foot, medium-heavy- to heavy-action rod […]
Heartland Region
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Smith County hunter ends early three-turkey limit at 96 years old
Bill Tanner was at home on Good Friday, tending his massive urban garden and taking care of a few other chores — including deboning and preparing a turkey breast for the freezer.
“My season is over,” Tanner said matter-of-factly. “That there in the sink is my limit turkey. My third gobbler this season.” […]
Bass Fishing
Fish stockings at Columbus and Aberdeen Lakes
On March 28, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) stocked approximately 200,000 Florida-strain largemouth bass fingerlings into Columbus and Aberdeen Lakes on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The fish were reared at MDWFP’s Turcotte Fish Hatchery near Canton.
According to Tyler Stubbs, MDWFP Fisheries Biologist, the goal of the Florida-strain bass stockings is to help increase the number of trophy-sized (> 5 pounds) bass in these two lakes. […]
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Honey Badgers
Few Mississippi game fish are as predictable as crappie. In the spring they spawn about the time the dogwoods bloom. It’s sufficient to say the greatest number of crappie caught each year are hooked during the progressive spawning season. […]
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Antler Tynes
Dr. Scott Tynes’ father, the late Rev. J.W. Tynes, was the type of man who always knew where the right place was at the right time. […]
Deer Hunting
Lots of public land in the area
You don’t have to own land to have a great time taking some eastern Mississippi deer. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer Darlene
There can’t possibly exist many recipes for preparing a backstrap better than Deer Darlene. […]
Deer of the Year
Reluctant hunt results in trophy buck
When Jonathan Cleveland went to bed on the night of Jan. 15, he had plans to be in a deer stand the following day. However, when he climbed out of bed the next morning, one look outside gave him second thoughts: It was warm, with south-southwest winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Bogue Homa bass
Bogue Homa, a fairly-shallow lake located in Jones County on Highway 84 near Laurel, has about 1,000 acres and several small creek channels running through it. During the winter months, the bass hold close to or in the creek channels. […]
Deer of the Year
Leake County gives up 178-inch 17-point
Elmer Busby was just enjoying an afternoon in the woods last Friday (Dec. 16), watching a group of does feeding in the green patch stretching down the Leake County gas line in front of the box stand.
He didn’t even lift his rifle when a 5-point walked out to join the crowd.
But Busby couldn’t get his hands on the gun fast enough when a huge buck stepped out of the woods about 5 p.m. That deer later scored 178 4/8 inches Boone & Crockett. […]
Deer of the Year
147-inch buck falls in Madison County
Canton’s Elizabeth Ratcliff didn’t want to shoot the huge Madison County buck. Well, more accurately she really wanted her boyfriend Jimmy Greer to kill it. […]
Deer of the Year
Sportsman user arrows 135-inch buck along Big Black River
Max Lovertich had been bow hunting a few hours the morning of Oct. 15 when he just couldn’t stand it any longer. […]