“Get on it!” The cry rings out from the dense undergrowth laid out in front of the shadowy figure leaning slightly against a young plantation pine. Ever since daylight broke, the lone hunter has been on stand watching the cold morning world come to life. […]
Shelby Tate, 11, poses with the new state-record non-typical buck, which he shot in December in Adams County […]
Has the time come in your bass-fishing life that you are ready to catch the one trophy fish to mount or have a replica mount made? Is there a space on your den wall that you are saving for the bass of a lifetime to fill so that it will remind you visually of that day when the hook held and the line didn’t break? […]
Bennie Splain and Mark Kennedy paused at the edge of the woods to wait on the young hunters to catch up before releasing their dogs on the Anevay Farm near Vicksburg. […]
If I’ve learned anything from visiting Mississippi hunting camps, it’s that they — like all communities — are always in a state of change, sometimes major, sometimes minor, but always changing. […]
Every now and then I’ll hear someone at a tackle shop or out at a launch ramp give advice on caring for electronics that stands my hair on end. The most frequent category of advice is how to clean LCD screens or, more accurately, the protective lenses that cover them. […]
To catch February bass, fish 4,144-acre Okatibbee Lake, near Meridian. You’ll catch plenty of 12- to 14-inch fish at Okatibbee, and 5-pounders aren’t uncommon. […]
Mississippi may soon join the ranks of states like California, Florida, South Carolina and Texas as a good place to catch trophy largemouth bass. […]
O.K., it’s February and nobody in their right mind would talk crappie fishing now. […]
The day was one of those where winter hadn’t fully relinquished its grip and spring hadn’t completely taken over. […]
It’s been a year since we began this column. I wondered aloud 12 months ago how long it’d take me to run out of words or ways to talk about crappie fishing. […]
The month of February is a wind-down time for most hunters. Small-game seasons, like squirrel, rabbit and quail are open through the end of the month, but there isn’t much else to do for the big-game hunter. […]
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