Hunting
Primos Turbo Dogg
The Primos Turbo Dogg, which can store up to 500 sounds, comes already equipped with 36 sounds and 4 preprogrammed calling sequences from Team Primos experts. […]
Month: January 2012
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Crappie Hotspot Series: Ross Barnett Reservoir
Providing a list of the 12 hottest crappie locations in the state sounds easy in theory, but becomes difficult in practice. It’s not because they’re hard to find, but just the opposite: The Magnolia state is chock full of great crappie fishing waters. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Bonus Spot
Even with the numerous natural brush in Ross Barnett, savvy crappie anglers continue to build man-made cover in the lake — and they continue to catch fish on them. […]
Deer Hunting
Nuts and bolts of shooting distances
OK, so you’ve got the right rifle, scope and bullet. You’ve added a good, solid rest. Now you’re looking at a deer through the scope at 500 yards, and the crosshairs won’t sit still. […]
Deer Hunting
Stability a must
Making long shots absolutely requires a rock-solid shooting platform.
“No person is going to free-hand one and hit one, that’s for sure,” Joe Poole said. “I’ve never shot a deer free-hand past 250 yards and hit it, and that was when I was young.” […]
Deer Hunting
Practice makes perfect
It takes more than proper equipment to make deer die at extreme ranges, so time on the range is a critical part of the equation. […]
Deer Hunting
Scoping it out
Joe Poole is nothing if not consistent. While shooters will tell you glass is much more important than the rifle on which it sits, Poole has found it unnecessary to spend big money on a scope. […]
Deer Hunting
Remington is right rifle, 7mm the right round
Many long-distance shooters spend thousands of dollars getting a rifle custom made, but Joe Poole decided on a stock Remington Sendero SF II. […]
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Long-Distance Operator
Joe Poole had been cooling his heels in his truck for much of the day last Jan. 13, watching a huge bean field that was literally full of deer. It was four days after a major snowfall, and the cold weather had deer up and moving. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Bogue Homa bass
Bogue Homa, a fairly-shallow lake located in Jones County on Highway 84 near Laurel, has about 1,000 acres and several small creek channels running through it. During the winter months, the bass hold close to or in the creek channels. […]
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The Right Time
Randy Pope climbed into his elevated tree stand well before dawn on a recent hunt and prepared for the morning. Pope has hunted big-game animals all over the world and is an expert at finding, hunting and harvesting trophy whitetail bucks. […]
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Hype for Snipe
As duck season fades away and deer season wanes, most hunters begin to retire to their warm homes to recuperate after a long season. A few may go afield for late-season rabbit hunts and a February squirrel or two, but few have wingshooting on their minds this late in the year. […]