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Cover: January 2018

January 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

New Year’s Day is no time to give up chasing those big bucks that seem to have disappeared into Mississisppi’s woods and thickets. […]

Try these late-season tips for Mississippi Delta ducks

January 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

Late-season waterfowl hunting might be tough for many Delta hunters, but these tips should help keep those limits coming. […]

The author took this buck on a late January hunt by thinking outside the box and using stealth to reach a remote, rarely hunted location.

Late can be great for Mississippi deer hunters

January 1, 2018 Michael O. Giles

Have you gone through a season when everything that could go wrong did, when it seemed that every hunter you know has harvested a buck but yourself. […]

Limits of big crappie have been taken from the edge of the river channel above and below the Mississippi Highway 43 Bridge at Barnett Reservoir. It's usually a winter hot spot but this year, it started earlier and has just gotten better.

Barnett crappie hot in December

December 20, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Crappie fishermen on Barnett Reservoir enjoyed an early Christmas present in December, with one of the best late-season runs on the fish in anyone’s memory. […]

Camden Lott harvested this 11-point buck in Quitman County near Batesville recently while hunting on his grandfather's land. The 238-pound buck sported 12-inch tines, an 18-inch spread and scored 162 Buckmasters-BTR.

Tenth-grader drops monster buck

December 13, 2017 Michael O. Giles

Camden Lott eased towards his stand in full stealth mode while searching for an unseen buck. Lott had hunted on this land many times before, usually with his grandaddy, James Homer Massey. […]

Ben Pearson, 23, of West Point, killed this trophy palmated buck Nov. 26 in Monroe County after patiently waiting nearly four years since his last buck. This 16-point, with great circumference measurements, should top 167 inches.

Pearson’s patience produces palmated trophy

December 12, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Ben Pearson had only killed two bucks in his life, and it had been four years since he’d shot his last one, a 120-inch 11-point, with a bow.

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Zac Carothers of Oxford took this rare, natural 14-point Sunday in Coahoma County. The buck gross scores over 180 inches, putting it close to the typical archery record in Mississippi.

Carothers sticks 180-inch typical 14 point

November 20, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Here’s what you need to know statistically about the 180-inch (green, gross) buck Zac Carothers shot with a bow Sunday in Coahoma County. […]

Understand a deer’s body language and tag more bucks

November 1, 2017 Jeff Burleson

From using the latest technology in optics, attractants and calls to different hunting strategies in the woods, deer hunters are always looking for something that helps them gain an advantage over their quarry. […]