Deer Hunting
Trail-cam study homes in on buck-movement patterns
Five months of trail-camera photos, extensive weather data, gave the author a thorough picture of buck movement on his hunting property. […]
Articles by Bill Garbo
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Caliber, bullet selection for white-tailed deer
When it comes to hunting deer, having a rifle in the right caliber and an appropriately constructed bullet can make all the difference. […]
Deer of the Year
A ‘mack daddy’ of a prayer is answered
Chip Henderson arrowed the huge Hinds County buck, which carried a rack with a gross Boone & Crockett Club score of 153 inches, on Oct. 7. […]
Deer Hunting
Get in shape for hunting season
Scouting isn’t the only thing you need to do before hunting season arrives. Get yourself in shape for the effort you’ll be putting forth. […]
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Chronic wasting disease has raised its ugly head in Mississippi again
Chronic wasting disease raised its ugly head in Mississippi, and quite frankly, deer hunting will probably never be exactly the same again. […]
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Gentlemen, start your engines!
It’s finally November, and we all know what that means. For fellow members of the deer-hunting community, the past nine months have been slowly and steadily building toward November. […]
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What’s wrong with simple?
October is finally here, and beyond sitting in a stand and bowhunting, you know what that means. It is once again time to plant food plots. […]
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Pay attention to the business end
My, how times have changed over the past 50 or so years in the whitetail woods, especially when it comes to the “business end” of the enterprise.
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Time is short
My goodness, where has the time gone? In another month, SEC football games will be playing live on television, and the opening of archery season for deer will be less than 30 days away. If you haven’t already been working hard in your spare time to ensure that your hunting property, tree stands and weapons of choice are all ready to rock-n-roll, you are already behind the proverbial “8 ball.”
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Never too early for trail cams
A question I was asked by a deer hunter the first week of June stands out as July rolls around. He wanted to know in what stage bucks’ antler growth would be, but the big question was, “Would it be worth it to put cameras up?” […]
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Prepare yourself and be cautious
We find ourselves in the “in-between season.” Here in the Deep South, it is not only the season of insects, heat and humidity, snakes and poison ivy, but it is also the season of summer food plots, bush-hogging of fields and roads and weed spraying. […]
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Another look at CWD feeding ban
Unless you have been holed up in a cave with no way of communicating for the past three or four months, you are well aware that a buck discovered on Jan. 25 in Issaquena County tested positive for chronic wasting disease. […]