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Use fluorocarbon leader, loop knot to catch more specks

December 22, 2014 Patrick Bonin

If you want to catch more speckled trout, then use a fluorocarbon leader and loop knot on every bait you use. […]

Zero your scope — properly

December 20, 2014 Andy Crawford

When you open up that Christmas present and find a brand-new scope for your rifle, what is your first thought? […]

Hunters once had to walk all through their hunting grounds to scout, but now much of the work can be done digitally to keep human scent to a minimum.

Digital scouting equals scent-free scouting

December 18, 2014 Taylor Pardue

Technology gives and takes. And each Mississippi hunter has to make a decision about how traditional or modern they want to hunt. […]

Without a doubt, wearing orange has made hunting safer. Not wearing orange as required by law was a contributing factor in an accident in Franklin County on Friday that resulted in Mississippi's first hunting-related fatality this season. The ultimate responsibility lies with the hunter who mistook the victim for a deer.

Hunter’s death puts focus on safety

December 18, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s first fatality of the 2014-15 hunting season serves as a perfect reminder of what can happen when people disregard two basic rules of hunter safety: […]

When do deer go into rut? Recent studies show breeding dates remain consistent from year to year — no matter the moon phase.

Debunking the moon myth

December 18, 2014 Bill Garbo

With the whitetail rut fast approaching, I thought it would be perfect timing to revisit and discuss a subject that has been debated for decades in deer camps far and wide. […]

You’ve killed a few squirrels, and now it’s time to prep them for cooking. Here are the steps to making quick work of the process.

7 steps to clean a squirrel

December 18, 2014 Andy Crawford

Here are the steps for hunters to easily, quickly and cleanly making quick work of prepping squirrels for cooking. […]

Brandon Bosarge (left) and his son, Blake, hold the speckled hind that broke the state record.

Bosarge gets second saltwater record

December 17, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Brandon Bosarge of Gautier now has his named on two species in the list of Mississippi’s saltwater fishing records. […]

Top 6 squirrel-hunting tips

December 17, 2014 Andy Crawford

Keith LaCaze chases pretty much everything that lives in the wild. Here are his top 5 tips for squirrel-hunting success. […]

Get all knotted up – with the crossover uni knot

December 16, 2014 Andy Crawford

Today’s popularity of braid has resulted spinning reels designed to be have braid spooled up with no backing. The crossover uni knot is designed for this usage.

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The immediate public reaction to this eagle being found a bloody mess was that it was a scumbag hunter who shot the eagle.

Hunters get immediate blame for injured eagle

December 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

It was easy to do, jumping to the conclusion that an unethical hunter had shot and injured a bald eagle, leaving it in such a poor, bloody condition that it couldn’t — or wouldn’t — fly.

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Jay Forest hooked himself in the lip recently, so he decided to let another camp member try to pull the hook using the old string trick. Watch the vid to see if it was successful.

Will the string trick remove a hook from the lip?

December 15, 2014 Andy Crawford

I’ve had a treble hook jammed into my jawline, so when I heard that fellow Louisiana Publishing employee Jay Forest had speared himself in the top lip with a jig hook I had to shiver a bit.

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Lake Bill Waller produces big fish in the winter months, as Wesley Bass proved with this 13-pound, 4-ounce toad in 2013.

With so much attention paid to hunting season, it’s easy to overlook what is one of the best fishing periods of the year. Remember that it was in December — Dec. 31, 1992, to be exact — when the state record for largemouth bass was set at 18.15 pounds by Anthony Denny at Natchez State Park […]