Deer Hunting
Trophy management not for the faint of heart
A lot of hunters talk about managing their deer to produce trophies, but few are willing to take the steps necessary to actually follow through. […]
Articles by Andy Crawford
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Soil Saga
The buck eased through the woods, nipping at greenery and moseying along the edge of the slough before turning and slowly crossing the depression. The animal moved along a trail a couple of does had used hours before, without so much as a sniff of the ground. […]
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Health concerns from dispersants drive Louisiana fishing closures, fishing stocks could collapse in wake of BP oil spill
The fishing closures that have rolled across the Louisiana coast following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been frustrating to many anglers, but Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries head Robert Barham said there is method to the madness. […]
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Recreational fishing in Biloxi marshes, Chandeleur Islands closed because of Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Recreational fishing in much of Southeast Louisiana, including the Chandeleur Islands and the Biloxi marshes, was closed April 30 as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster edged into to the coast. […]
Bass Fishing
Lighting strikes twice for Florence bass angler
March was a very good month for Florence angler Ray Porter, who managed to do something very few fishermen will ever be able to accomplish – catch no one but two 14-pound bass. […]
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Mississippi school-board properties now online for hunting leases
Finding hunting property to lease is now even easier with the merging of an online listing of 7,000 tracts of land into a geographic information system, allowing outdoorsmen to access GPS coordinates and even look at maps of available property online. […]
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Deer of the Year
This past season was really one for the record books, with monster deer seemingly falling every week. The cold fronts that rolled through the state on a regular basis kicked deer movement into high gear, and hunters flocked to the woods to kill the big bucks as they moved about. […]
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Pace weighs only one fish, makes final day
Petal’s Cliff Pace had a very tough day during the second day of competition for the Bassmaster Classic, weighing only a single fish to add 2 pounds, 6 ounces to his two-day stringer. But that 18-pounds, 9 ounces was still enough to move him into the final day. […]
Deer Hunting
155-inch buck with double main beam killed in Amite County
Wayne McAndrew stumbled across a piece of Amite County property available for lease in August 2009, and jumped at the chance to start his own club.
While the tract of land only encompassed 450 acre, McAndrew soon knew he had made the right decision.
“The first or second week of bow season, my buddy (Brad Balado) actually got a picture way on the other side of the lease of this buck,” the Louisiana hunter said. “Our jaws dropped when we saw the picture.” […]
Deer Hunting
Mahannah produces trophy buck
Eddie Peterson had made the drive from Waveland to Mahanna Wildlife Management Area for a draw hunt, but hadn’t had much luck until they ran across another hunter who had killed a pretty nice deer.
“He didn’t tell us, ‘Go here,’ but he told us a general area to go to,” Peterson said.
So during the mid-day lull on Dec. 16, the hunter and his buddies eased in to find stand sites. […]
Deer Hunting
Brandon youth drops 158-inch buck using Vienna Sausage
Will Foreman has hunted with his dad since he was 5 years old, and a tradition developed for the youngster during those days afield.
“We had a routine: He likes Vienna Sausages, so I’d bring a can of them and a (cold drink) to the stand,” father Terry Foreman explained. “I’d open that Vienna Sausage, and he’d eat three or four, and then he’d pour that juice out the window of the stand and say, ‘The deer are going to smell that and come out.’”
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Deer Hunting
Protein makes big difference for Washington County hunting club
All experienced deer hunters know there are two components to producing big bucks: age and food. Clubs will often have one without the other, but one Washington County hunting club has married the two to produce an impressive herd of deer. […]