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This is the month of the Extravaganza, and that means deer season is just around the corner. Read the special section in this issue to make sure you're in the right place at the right time.
John Ford

W.H. Covington takes soil samples with a soil probe and a soil-testing box in a food plot he is preparing to plant ball clover, oats, and ryegrass. Lucky Charm Plots
Plant more clovers in your plot this year, and you’ll be thanking yourself for many years to come.
By Cliff Covington

The real key to trophy management is allowing deer to reach 5½ to 6½ years of age. Patiently learning how to age deer on the hoof makes it a lot easier to know which bucks should and shouldn’t be killed. The payoff comes with deer like this 160-class buck killed by Paul Meeks near Port Gibson. Soil Saga
Plenty of great deer are killed from all over Mississippi, but there are some hotspots where you can hunt to up your odds of scoring a trophy.
By Andy Crawford

No Bluffin’
This lake on Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge is loaded with summer-loving bass.
By Michael O. Giles

Brandon hunter Alec Taylor shot this 350-pound hog in Adams County. It took three shots, the last two of which were at point-blank range, with a .30-06 in thick brush to finish off this boar. Hog Season
Now’s the time to brush up your skills for the approaching deer season, and help out your land in the process.
By Rob Heflin

Coleman claims power-trolling is just the ticket for any lake that holds populations of white crappie. Power Trip
Success favors the bold this month on Enid Reservoir.
By Phillip Gentry

Depending on the oak and its growth formation, whitetails will stand erect on their hind legs and perform a balancing act to pluck acorns weighing down low tree limbs. These trees can also be targeted by bucks for signpost scent marking scrapes. Here a tree not only provides food, but can become a central location for rut activity. Oak trees like these are a great place to bag a buck. Deer Dynamics: Hard Mast
Hard mast nutrition is crucial for whitetails, and it strongly influences the rut and the reproduction.
By Tommy Kirkland

State champs Brad Chappell and Bo Hudson are shown here with some huge Grenada slabs. Not only did these men win the 2010 Magnolia Crappie State Championship, they set the MCC best-stringer record for seven crappie at 19.42 pounds. Crappie club keeps tourney fishing fun

By Paul Johnson

 


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