Catfish
Reservoir cats also suspend but can be caught
While the Mississippi River is probably the best-known catfish producer in the state, many of Mississippi’s reservoirs also hold their share of decent blue catfish. […]
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Deer Hunting
Writer’s Thanksgiving morning buck
I love hunting cutovers that are between three and five years old, offer plenty of browse for deer and afford them security to feed openly during the day while never leaving the thick browse. Hunters who set up in elevated stands are able to spot deer — and pick out a good buck every once in a while — without ever being spotted. […]
Deer Hunting
Club poll provides base of cost-saving ideas
Several hunting club presidents and/or board members surveyed about what they’ve done to help alleviate the financial burden their groups have faced volunteered some of their tactics to compensate for the rise in lease prices. […]
Deer Hunting
Be safe with a system
Hunter Safety System, Inc., was born out of a love for hunting and a desire to keep safe all hunters who use tree stands. Even so, it took a near-death experience to provide the impetus for the creation of the HSS harness. […]
Field Notes
How to have redfish success with a chatterbait
Most Gulf Coast anglers have seen, either in person or in videos, redfish in water that’s so clear, it looks like it should have been delivered by the Kentwood man. […]
Ducks
Get quacking come Thanksgiving weekend
After what was, at best, a decent teal season in the latter part of September, Mississippi duck hunters are hungry for more. No, make that starving. […]
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Mississippi Sportsman wants to feature….. YOU!
We value your input and want to see what you’re doing and how you’re doing it. Here’s how to become part of our Sportsman community… it’s easy. […]
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Catching your target fish is easy some days, hard or even seemingly impossible other days. […]
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Plenty of shooting on the wing
For waterfowlers who just don’t want to wait for the duck season to get a little wet and muddy, there’s the regular goose season that starts well in advance of duck season this fall. […]
Deer Hunting
How to raise deer ‘clubbing’ to an art form in Mississippi
Tactics to keep hunting clubs vibrant and alive include changes in management of leased land, beyond just economic or membership moves. […]
Deer Hunting
Climb for the prize
If you were to survey any given piece of hunting property, there are areas that cry out to be hunted. A majority of times, these areas are soon saddled with a permanent hunting stand, be it a ladder, box or other permanent fixture. A hunter may even take one or more deer from that stand the next season, or it may be one of those rare stands that produces every season. But the reason that site was chosen is because it looked good to the hunter, not because it was conducive to the deer. […]
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Cover: November 2018
Barrett Van Cleave arrowed this huge buck on Oct. 1, opening day of archery season in the area around Woodville where he was hunting. […]