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Mississippi Sportsman
Pace finishes Classic in 14th February 21, 2010
Cliff Pace went into the final day of Bassmaster Classic competition in 15th, and only managed to move up a single spot when all was said and done.
By John E. Phillips
Pace weighs only one fish, makes final day February 20, 2010
Petal's Cliff Pace had a very tough day during the second day of competition for the Bassmaster Classic, weighing only a single fish to add 2 pounds, 6 ounces to his two-day stringer. But that 18-pounds, 9 ounces was still enough to move him into the final day.
By Andy Crawford
In his own words: Rocky LaGrone's 165-inch Claiborne County buck January 25, 2010
The damp of the January morning (on Jan. 14) drove straight to the bone and clung like steel traps, much colder than the dry snow and sub-freezing temperatures I’d left behind near Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the day before.
But then, that’s the way it’s always been down South – a cold that courses your body; one that numbs the toes and finger tips, tortures any exposed surfaces and makes the sway of an errant limb feel like the lash of an angry whip. I know the pain of Southern cold ever so well: I grew up in Shreveport, La., just about 200 miles east of where I was creeping Indian style through the undergrowth of Claiborne County.
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While the tract of land only encompassed 450 acre, McAndrew soon knew he had made the right decision.
“The first or second week of bow season, my buddy (Brad Balado) actually got a picture way on the other side of the lease of this buck,” the Louisiana hunter said. “Our jaws dropped when we saw the picture.”
By Andy Crawford
Mahannah produces trophy buck January 20, 2010
Eddie Peterson had made the drive from Waveland to Mahanna Wildlife Management Area for a draw hunt, but hadn’t had much luck until they ran across another hunter who had killed a pretty nice deer.
“He didn’t tell us, ‘Go here,’ but he told us a general area to go to,” Peterson said.
So during the mid-day lull on Dec. 16, the hunter and his buddies eased in to find stand sites.
By Andy Crawford
“We had a routine: He likes Vienna Sausages, so I’d bring a can of them and a (cold drink) to the stand,” father Terry Foreman explained. “I’d open that Vienna Sausage, and he’d eat three or four, and then he’d pour that juice out the window of the stand and say, ‘The deer are going to smell that and come out.’”
By Andy Crawford
Protein makes big difference for Washington County hunting club January 15, 2010
All experienced deer hunters know there are two components to producing big bucks: age and food. Clubs will often have one without the other, but one Washington County hunting club has married the two to produce an impressive herd of deer.
By Andy Crawford
Louisiana hunter bags first bow buck on Washington County hunt January 12, 2010
Joey DeVeer picked up a bow three years ago, and he’s killed a number of does. But he’s been waiting for that special buck before putting his first bow buck on the ground.
That special buck showed up Tuesday (Jan. 12) while the Gonzales, La., hunter was on Bassmaster Elite Series pro Greg Hackney’s Washington County property.
By Andy Crawford
Massive buck taken in Monroe County December 31, 2009
The stand on the Watkinses' Monroe County property had produced a couple of 130-inch bucks last season, so it’s been popular with the family. So it was no surprise that Kenny Watkins decided to sit the stand – even though it was technically his father’s – when he arrived on the afternoon of Dec. 2.
By Andy Crawford
Clinton man kills 160- to 170-inch buck December 21, 2009
Monty Braley already had killed a couple of bucks when he arranged another trip to some Wilkinson County family land that for years had been off limits, but the Clinton hunter was ordered to up his standards for the hunt.
By Andy Crawford
Panther Swamp NWR gives up 158-inch 9-point December 19, 2009
Stan McCollough knew there big deer on Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, so he was ecstatic when he and buddy Justin Vandevender were drawn for the muzzleloader hunt on Dec. 9-14.
By Andy Crawford
Six-year-old makes dream come true with 129-inch 9-point December 17, 2009
It was before sunrise on the morning of Sunday, December 13, 2009, when 6-year-old Cullen Edmonston looked at the cover of a hunting magazine and said, “Daddy, I’m going to kill one like that this morning." Little did they know the statement was soon to be a true one.
Mississippi Sportsman
South Jackson youth kills buck of lifetime December 1, 2009
One of those bucks that only comes along once in a lifetime as they say, happened by 8-year-old third grader Griffin Dulaney of South Jackson on Nov. 29 at 5:25 in the evening.
Dulaney patiently waited the buck out, and is now waiting on the drying period to get a final Boone & Crockett score.
By John J. Woods
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