November 2011 - Page 3 of 4 - Mississippi Sportsman

This screen view shows Simrad’s BSM-2 CHIRP sonar module at work clearly tracking the 3,993-foot bottom.

First pings, now chirps?

November 1, 2011 Allan Tarvid

Keeping up with developments in sonar, radar and GPS over the last few decades hasn’t been easy, and the evolution of marine electronics seems to be speeding up. […]

As the waters get cooler, crappie will make their annual migration out of the deep water of many lakes.

The fall fishing season is officially here. This is my favorite time of the year to crappie fish, and I continue to discover that I don’t know it all when it comes to figuring out crappie’s fall patterns. It seems to me that they change from year to year and from lake to lake. […]

Mounting a riflescope requires a good work space and the proper tools.

Precision scope mounting

November 1, 2011 John J. Woods

With rifle season just around the corner, the calls and inquiries start each year about the proper way to mount a scope on a hunting rifle. The operative term here is proper. If you buy a new rifle with a scope and allow the store “gunsmith” to mount the scope, it had better be somebody you really trust. This is even more important if they also perform a bore sighting for the new scope on the rifle. […]

The fall run of big kings has started. The bigger fish will be caught offshore, but there are plenty of 12- to 20-pound kings with an occasional big one near the shore to be had.

Big fish bonanza in Biloxi

November 1, 2011 John E. Phillips

Capt. Bobby Williams of the charter boat Three Sons IV has fished the Biloxi area for many years. […]

User "taylor 4h" entered this image into the Nikon Big Buck Photo Contest.

Voting begins in Big Buck, Trail Cam contests

November 1, 2011 Andy Crawford

Voting has begun in the Nikon Big Buck and Trail Cam contests in which MississippiSportsman.com users name the monthly winners. […]

Bay St. Louis fishermen (left to right) Stewart Abercrombie, Blake Heyman and Bob Barkley show off their
day’s catch.

GPS Guide: Bay St. Louis

November 1, 2011 Keith Goodfellow

Last summer, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill threatened our beaches. Subsequently, most of our saltwater fishing areas were closed by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. […]

Don’t Bite Me! Patch

November 1, 2011 Mississippi Sportsman

Whether you are camping, golfing, hunting, fishing or watching an outdoor sporting event, you can now enjoy your time outdoors without worrying about pesky bugs. The Don’t Bite Me! Patch delivers a blend of Vitamin B1 and Aloe, providing total body coverage and deterring insects for up to 36 hours. […]

Mature bucks vigorously rub traditional signpost trees used through the years.

The Old Traditional Deer Rub

November 1, 2011 Tommy Kirkland

The rut is close. By procreative instinct, a mature hefty 8-pointer traverses the land. Ascending a bluff ridge, the persistent male steadily climbs the steep vegetative terrain with ease. […]

Washington Parish resident and long-time Bogue Chitto Refuge hunter Alan Williams says that variable power scopes turned down to their lowest setting are perfect for quickly zeroing in on animals in thick woods.

Ground Check

November 1, 2011 Chris Ginn

Before Hurricane Katrina, Washington Parish deer hunter Alan Williams hunted Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge from the ground because he wanted to. Now, more than six years after the historic hurricane, he hunts from the ground because he has to. […]

Month: November 2011

First pings, now chirps?

Slabs head shallow for fall