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A proposed increase in the percentage of ethanol in the nation's gasoline mix could damage many outboards, particularly those older than 2001.

Followthescience.org coalition warns of ethanol increase in fuel

April 7, 2010 From News Reports

The Environmental Protection Agency is set this summer to decide on whether to allow a 50-percent increase in the amount of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline supply, and the implications worry members of a coalition of boating groups who warn that testing will be inadequate to ensure the safe usage of these new (mid-level) forumulations.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., – This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency will decide on whether to allow a 50-percent increase in the amount of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline supply, from the current E10 (or containing 10 percent ethanol) up to E15 (containing 15 percent ethanol) – a move that a broad coalition of consumer groups fears would be devastating to older-model engines.

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Win Official Sportsman and Primos Hunting Calls gear in the MS-Sportsman.com Turkey Photo and Video Contests.

Online turkey contest launched

April 1, 2010 Mississippi Sportsman

Registered users of MS-Sportsman.com can win official Sportsman gear and Primos hunting equipment in the new Turkey Photo and Video Contests. […]

Since doves have no teeth, they need help grinding the food they eat. Areas that provide grit and gravel are important to birds. Having a grit source near your favorite dove field increases the chances birds will hang around.

Now or Never

March 31, 2010 Rob Heflin

With spring turkey season going strong and crappie action fast and furious, it is doubtful many people are thinking of doves or dove hunting. […]

Cover: April 2010

March 31, 2010 Mississippi Sportsman

It’s April. If you want to catch a lunker bass, now’s the time to do it, and this issue tells you where. […]

The Heckler & Koch USP Compact is a semi-automatic pistol with a composite frame, exposed hammer and decocker mechanism. This is an excellent choice for a concealed-carry self-defense pistol. It is small enough to be easily concealed, light enough to be comfortable and large enough to give a firm grip and allow excellent control of recoil.

Homeowner shoots armed invader

March 31, 2010 Gordon Hutchinson

It was a drizzly, miserable December 2009 night in Marrero, a small river town across from New Orleans on the west bank of the Mississippi River. […]

Jason Blackwell and Shelton Culpepper show off some Barnett pre-spawners.

It’s April, and the spawn is on!

March 31, 2010 Paul Johnson

It’s April, and it’s the peak of the annual crappie spawn on most lakes in Mississippi. If there were only one month out of the year that a fellow could choose to go crappie fishing, most anglers would pick April. […]

Small automatic chargers like this Deltran Battery Tender can keep almost any sized starting battery ready to go, and pulse chargers like this one from PulseTech can prevent plate sulfation and condition your deep cycle or starting batteries while they keep them hot.

Is your inattention killing your battery?

March 31, 2010 Allan Tarvid

My truck pulls a travel trailer or a boat much of the year, but there are weeks when it just sits in the garage. Thinking it had been two weeks or so since I’d driven it, I figured I’d give it some exercise while running a few errands. […]

At the first of April, black drum as well as redfish should be plentiful along the channels and drop-offs.

April a tale of two months

March 31, 2010 John E. Phillips

Many Mississippi Gulf Coast anglers consider a temperature gauge the best tool for catching fish during April. A temperature gauge will tell you the most-abundant and the easiest-to-catch fish on the Gulf Coast and the locations of those fish, and often identify the baits these April fish will prefer to eat. […]

April is bed-fishing month on the Tombigbee River, and Paul Elias says you'll see plenty of 2- to 6-pounders trying to bed in the Columbus Pool.

Top methods for Columbus spawners

March 31, 2010 Paul Elias

During April, I like to fish the Columbus Pool of the Tombigbee River because that’s when the bass usually spawn there. The bass stay very shallow, and are really accessible this month. You often can catch a nice string of good-sized bass in April at Columbus. They will be holding in all the backwater areas and around the banks. […]

Copiah County WMA offers outstanding hunting very near Jackson.

Three primo public turkey hunts

March 31, 2010 John J. Woods

It’s April. Spring has sprung, and we are in the throes of prime time for turkey hunting. Big toms are heating up their gobbling action. Hen groups are starting to bust up a bit and separate. This is the time when a big gobbler can be coaxed into gun range with some seductive hen calls. The trick is where to go to find these gobbling toms. […]

After the courtship and its culmination, the female swims off, leaving the male to guard the eggs and fry.

Do you know the biology of the spawn?

March 31, 2010 Hal Schramm

The largemouth bass are spawning. In South Mississippi, bass have been bedding for a couple weeks in ponds and in backwaters of the Pascagoula and Pearl rivers. In central Mississippi waters, the spawn is heading toward a peak. […]

The survival rate of a deer fawn depends not only on nutrition but the mother’s maternal guidance. Her vocal commands play a major role in teaching the fawn when and where to bed.

Deer Dynamics: Carnivore Predation

March 31, 2010 Tommy Kirkland

With stealth, a lone coyote moves through the woodlot, its nose to the ground. Periodically, the canine stops and visually scans the timber. […]