Features from January 2019
Battles with big, black drum ward off winter’s chill for Mississippi’s saltwater fishermen.
The whitetail rut is underway in January in plenty of areas of Mississippi — just maybe not at the same times.
If January 2019 duck season is even close to 2018, Mississippi hunters will be in heaven.
We researched the archives of MS-Sportsman.com and came up with the 10 most compelling stories of the year.
Don’t expect to go to Pickwick Lake and see numbers of treetops, brush tops, standing timber and invisible cover that you can fish, because you won’t.
Take advantage of a whitetail’s response to hunting pressure to use your tags as Mississippi’s season wanes.
Columns - January 2019
- Rice and cream of mushroom makes this venison-based soup a great winter meal.
- January and February can be tough months for finding and catching bass, but this is one of the best times for fishing shallow Bogue Homa Lake.
- Asian carp have been expanding their territory throughout the Mississippi River and connected waters for several decades.
- Vudu’s new Weedless Shrimp is perfect for shallow water applications.
Outdoor Updates - January 2019
- Beginning with the 2019 spring season, Mississippi turkey hunters will be required to carry a harvest report in their possession and report all kills.
- Here are five hot spots Mississippi fishermen should try this month.
- All fishermen on Barnett Reservoir will be required to have a designated and clearly marked trash receptacle in their possession while fishing waters.
- A major change in the federal migratory bird framework is giving Mississippi dove hunters additional opportunities to take the fast-flying birds this month.
- Billy McKee and his appropriately named son Gunner of Terry can make a claim that few other deer hunters can — they collected 262 inches of antler with two shots in five minutes.
Heath Hodges won something akin to a big buck lottery on the afternoon of Dec. 3 when a huge 20-point brute chose his trail to walk down.
- The advantage of youth can extend way beyond the lack of fiscal responsibility, work deadlines, body pains and all that stuff us older folks deal with on a regular basis.
- After the 2018-19 season, it will be illegal for deer hunters in Mississippi to use natural deer-urine attractant products.
A suspected second case of chronic wasting disease in Issaquena County has been confirmed, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks announced this week.
Rick and Nathanael Reeves had a rare kinship with a buck that covered several years, not far from their home in Southaven in DeSoto County, a deer so impressive they called it Samson.
Field Notes - January 2019
- The water was high, but it wouldn’t be for long.