January 2012 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

Nate Young shot these birds on a quick field flush on Christmas Eve.

Hype for Snipe

January 12, 2013 Rob Heflin

As duck season fades away and deer season wanes, most hunters begin to retire to their warm homes to recuperate after a long season. A few may go afield for late-season rabbit hunts and a February squirrel or two, but few have wingshooting on their minds this late in the year. […]

At Cat Island, you always can find protected waters to fish, no matter how hard the wind is blowing, and you almost always can find clean water to fish.

The secrets of Cat Island

January 11, 2013 John E. Phillips

Cat Island, only 7 miles from Long Beach Harbor, may have the best and most-dependable fishing year-round off the Mississippi Coast. One of the advantages that anglers have who go to Cat Island to fish during January is that they always can find protected waters there with speckled trout and redfish. […]

Primos Turbo Dogg

December 17, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

The Primos Turbo Dogg, which can store up to 500 sounds, comes already equipped with 36 sounds and 4 preprogrammed calling sequences from Team Primos experts. […]

Tracy McAndrew is a new handgun shooter and loved the GSG M1911 .22LR. Even though the gun is a full-sized 1911, she found it fit her smaller hands comfortably.

One gun theory

January 1, 2012 Gordon Hutchinson

An old chestnut states “Beware the man with one gun.”

The premise is, if a man has only one gun, he’s going to do all his shooting with just that gun, and he might well be able to outshoot you. […]

Tournament angler and MCC member Brad Chappell provides 10 locations from his own book of fishing hotspots to help crappie anglers find fish on Ross Barnett this month.

Crappie Hotspot Series: Ross Barnett Reservoir

January 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Providing a list of the 12 hottest crappie locations in the state sounds easy in theory, but becomes difficult in practice. It’s not because they’re hard to find, but just the opposite: The Magnolia state is chock full of great crappie fishing waters. […]

While his shooting-stick contraption works well, whenever possible Poole uses an MTM Shoulder Gard Rifle rest on the hood of his truck. That setup is like shooting from a bench.

Nuts and bolts of shooting distances

January 1, 2012 Andy Crawford

OK, so you’ve got the right rifle, scope and bullet. You’ve added a good, solid rest. Now you’re looking at a deer through the scope at 500 yards, and the crosshairs won’t sit still. […]

Anglers who’d like to try fishing a Moss Back Fish Rack for themselves can visit this location where Brad Chappell placed one in preparation for this article.

Bonus Spot

January 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Even with the numerous natural brush in Ross Barnett, savvy crappie anglers continue to build man-made cover in the lake — and they continue to catch fish on them. […]

Community scrapes can be located in visible areas – especially where whitetails congregate over nutritious food sources. Despite light hunting pressure and whitetails being somewhat active during daylight hours, research has shown that the majority of scraping behavior is nocturnal.

The Community Scrape

January 1, 2012 Tommy Kirkland

In search of vegetative foliage, five bucks — a mature 8-pointer, a 3½-year-old, two spunky spikes and a curious button buck — go single file along the forest edge, ascending a bluff. Occasionally the group stops to forage; yet one of the spikes and the button buck, by instinct, prefer to assertively test their status with bouts of mock sparring. […]