Deer Hunting
Wide-angle trail cams yield more information
Success with trail cameras varies widely, despite the technological advances over the past decade. […]
Month: December 2016
Deer Hunting
Rutting facts you don’t want to hear
Have you ever heard this statement around deer camp in October: “We need to get some cold weather to get the rut going?”
Of course you have. You might have even been the one who said it. […]
Deer Hunting
When to be in the the woods
Every hunter knows the best time to be on stand is when deer are rutting. That’s when bucks start looking for love and let their guard down. […]
Featured
December’s lesser-known fishing hot spots
Mississippi Sportsman usually names the five hottest fishing spots each month. There’s a feature in the December issue called Winter fish fry that gives you December’s Top 5 fishing patterns and where to use them. But this month we also wanted to give you the second five best places to fish.
Featured
CMR gives final approval for speck changes
As expected, Mississippi’s Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) on Tuesday gave its final approval on a new 15-inch minimum length limit on speckled trout caught in coastal waters.
Bass Fishing
Fish Okatibbee for December bass
I’ll plan to fish relatively shallow Okatibbee Reservoir in December because rarely does Mississippi have enough cold water to drive bass into deep water.
When Okatibbee goes through a winter drawdown, the bass move to the underwater creek and river channel edges. You can locate those edges with your depth finder.
Inshore Fishing
Same baits, different retrieves
What in the cat hair is going on? He’s not walking the dog, he’s — dragging the dog. […]
Deer of the Year
Rut helps Herring top 320 inches
The rut is on, at least in some areas of north Mississippi, and it has helped a young hunter exceed 320 total inches of antlers this season.
Deer of the Year
Archer breaks through with double
Joel Alexander, 33, of Flowood, began this week with an albatross around his neck — “I’ve been hunting with a bow most of my life and I’d never killed a deer, neither a buck or a doe.”
Ducks
Second brief duck season opens today
Normally, a three-inch rain similar to the one that hit Mississippi on Monday and Tuesday this week would have a dramatic impact on duck habitat in the Delta. […]
Deer Hunting
Primitive season starts Friday, but won’t affect majority
Mississippi’s first gun season for deer ends today, but for most hunters it is nothing more than a hiccup in their hunting plans. […]
Content
Before the chase — Pre-rut deer-hunting tactics
The hunting terrain across northern Mississippi is some of the most varied in the state, giving hunters opportunities to take deer from the lower reaches of the Appalachians to the deep rich Delta soils along the Mississippi River. […]