Trophy hunters are a unique lot; whether the game is whitetail deer, tuna or speckled trout, trophy hunters are just different. The lengths they’ll go to kill or capture their quarry is typically well above and beyond what the average sportsman is willing to face.
Christmas came early for one of the most-accomplished professional bass anglers in his era.
Two deer seasons earlier, Carey Smith was watching a big deer in a field in Walthall County waiting for a good shot. Two years later, sitting in nearly the same spot, he finally got it. […]
I don’t know where Bob Sysmakowski came up with the idea for this recipe, but it is a pleasant change from many of the things I do with ground venison. This combines ingredients that aren’t often used in a venison recipe, and it works. […]
Opening morning of the youth turkey season turned into a numbers game for 12-year-old Gage McTaggart, who was hunting with his dad Todd and caller Brett Thompson at Homochitto National Forest in Southwest Mississippi. […]
Crossing a bridge over a southern reservoir on a summer night can treat you to a light show that really makes you want to wet a line. When the bite is on and the word is out, the flooded timber can be dotted with enough lights to look like a field of stars. […]
As I write this month’s “Happy Trails” column, the 2014-2015 Mississippi deer season here in Central Mississippi has just ended. […]
Looking over the license report from last Wednesday’s meeting of the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in Jackson, a red flag was spotted immediately. […]
When he wants to get the drop on speckled trout, more often than not Capt. Mike Gallo goes with one of his old favorites — the drop-shot rig. […]
A neap tide is one that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least. It comes twice a month in the first and third quarters of the moon. The problem with a neap tide … is that it can totally shut the trout bite down. […]
Melvin Cummings explains why the best way to present a bait to a shallow crappie this month is jigging up close with a single pole. […]
Lipless baits and crankbaits like the Shad Rap have been favorite early spring baits among bass fishermen for years because they consistently produce fish. […]
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