September 2022

To survive, doves require four main elements — food, cover from predators, water and grit for digestion. Find these essentials to find doves.

Mississippi Sportsman covers the best opportunities to harvest deer at our state managed WMAs in each region for the 2022-23 season.

George Cox and Tre’ Haydel are serious about catching mangrove snapper. They’ve developed a technique using Penne pasta.

Kyle Thompson and Zachary Young experiment with techniques and baits to gain insight on fishing for striped bass.

Hayden Jeffries and his dad, Dan Jeffries, are one of the hottest crappie teams in the country. They are catching crappie and cashing checks.

Paul Elias fishes Sardis Lake in September because the lake usually floods in the spring, bringing in new nutrients and an abundance of food.

The Delta Lures Redfish Spinnerbait has been the downfall of beaucoup redfish since Fred King and Roy LaBorde introduced it in the mid-2010s.

Dr. Wes Neal, Fisheries Extension Specialist at Mississippi State University, has found a way to increase bass biomass in a farm pond.

Hunting other parts of the country will broaden your hunting skills and teach you lessons that can be applied to your home hunting grounds.

The wood duck is one of the most colorful ducks in the U.S. and is second only to the mallard duck for popularity among waterfowl hunters.

Fall harvest time begins in September as hunters head to the woods and waters in search of a wide variety of fish and game this month.

Zak Jumper caught a personal best record 10.64-pound largemouth bass while fishing in a charity tournament at Lake Chewalla.

Cliff Pace turned in a consistent tournament finishing in 12th place at the Major League Fishing tournament held Aug. 6-11 at Cayuga Lake.

Young hunters will get the first crack at doves on four state WMAs: Black Prairie, Hell Creek, Leroy Percy and Muscadine Farms.

In addition to the exciting action a kid can have during a hunt, squirrels make excellent table fare if you know how to cook them up right.

A look at the PacBak P88-MK Combo and a handful of other new freshwater products shown at the 2022 ICAST show in Orlando, Florida.