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Mississippi’s WMA Preview 2019 – Northwest Region
Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here’s a preview of WMAs in the Northwest Region. […]
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Beagle music: a harmony you won’t soon forget
There is nothing more pleasant to the ears than the sound of a pack of beagles in pursuit of a rabbit. […]
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Rabbit season is open
Jonathan Thames was wearing a big smile Friday while stocking up on 20-gauge 7½ shotgun shells at a sporting goods store in Flowood, and he was as happy as a high school kid on the final day of school. […]
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Small game: Squirrel first, then rabbits
October is a big month for small-game enthusiasts, with the opening of the statewide squirrel season on Oct. 1 and the statewide rabbit season on Oct. 13, giving both several weeks of hunting before the opening of gun season on deer on Nov. 17. […]
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Writer’s choice: Rabbit sauce piquant
This recipe for rabbit sauce piquant is a based on a Prudhomme recipe and is a three-step recipe that includes making stock. […]
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Rabbit hunters take center stage
February is also a great time to own a pack of rabbit dogs. […]
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Canecutters and hillbillies
February is rabbit-hunting time in Mississippi. Be ready to hit the swamps and briars for swamp rabbits and cottontails. […]
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More facts on rabbits
Female cottontail rabbits are called does, and they begin breeding in January and continue through September, with litter sizes ranging from four to five young. A single doe may add 20 to 25 young to the population in a single year. Gestation for the cottontail is 28 days, and the female may rebreed while still nursing young. The average age of a wild cottontail is 15 months. […]
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Smaller, but tasty
February is small-game month in most of Mississippi, a time for rabbit and squirrel hunters to hit the fields and woods in a search for ingredients for a pot of gumbo, sauce piquant, dumplings or just plain ol’ fried happiness. […]
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All the rabbits run — Best rabbit-hunting tactics
Rabbit hunting provides a great opportunity for some old-fashioned family time. And the resulting stews aren’t bad, either. Here’s everything you need to know. […]
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Hunters catch rattler taking rabbit out of season
The penalty is death for taking rabbits out of hunting season, at least it was for one shoulder-less hunter caught in the act in late July during a deer camp workday in Jefferson County. […]
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Squirrel and rabbit hunting, one more time
It is definitely not time to put away your shotgun or .22 rimfire rifle.
Hunters these days tend to wrap things up after deer season is over. It’s like they never look at the hunting season schedule to see that small-game hunting is still open until the end of February. […]