Features from - February 2022
- If you are a veteran deer hunter, there is a very good chance you’ll eventually call in someone to track and recover your deer.
- Practically anywhere that people can find a sloping shoreline and a drop-off into a deeper channel might hold bass living on the edge.
Columns - February 2022
- Take nothing for granted when you climb into your deer stand; your shooting had better be up to par.
- A recent study by Mississippi State fisheries researchers evaluated the success of crappie stocking in four of Mississippi’s state lakes.
- February weather dictates the water depth and the structure where the bass will be holding in Ross Barnett Reservoir.
- This recipe is easy to master and gives you another way to use some of your prime cuts, including backstrap from that deer you harvested.
- When Prototype Lures LLC’s Smasher Frogs get eaten, they often wind up far back in the mouth of self-respecting, hungry bass.
- Most catches of amberjack are incidental catches by anglers targeting snapper and grouper while bottom fishing with cut bait.
Outdoor Updates - February 2022
- McKinna Powell and her brother Wyatt Powell both killed trophy bucks in Humphreys County just after Christmas.
- Mikaela Mengarelli of Linn was hunting with her boyfriend and brother near the Sunflower River on Dec. 5 when she shot a trophy buck.
- Bryan Daugherty of Hernando was hunting family land in Sunflower County the afternoon of Dec. 2 when he shot a mature Delta buck.
- Gerry "CJ" Parker was on a hunt near Lauderdale on Nov. 27 when he harvested a piebald deer nicknamed the “ghost”.
- February is a transition month for many outdoors people as most are recovering from the deer season and preparing for spring fishing.
- Cody Hollingsworth of Lawrence killed a trophy 198-pound, 14-point buck at his deer club in Newton County on Dec. 13.
- What was an everyday hunting adventure for brother and sister Harley and Haven Harris one afternoon in November is a lesson for us all.
- Creek Baham of Loranger, La., was hunting in Winston County on Dec. 21, 2021 when he downed a trophy buck on public land.
Field Notes - February 2022
- The prize of the harvest is the select cut off a deer — the backstrap. Deer season is over. It’s time to consume your harvest.
- Every Magnolia State hunter should know and review the latest regulations and pass the info to other hunters.
- Toadfish’s shrimp peeling tool is the only high quality tool that can peel, devein and butterfly the shrimp in one smooth, easy motion.