Hunting
Lee Farms: Part Two
As promised in an earlier “part one” feature on Lee Farms, we recently made a return visit there to see how they were progressing on their infrastructure, primarily the massive two-story all-purpose building. […]
Articles by Bill R. Lea
Deer Hunting
My all-time favorite camp revealed
No doubt the question I’m asked most often is “What’s your favorite Mississippi hunting camp?” […]
Hunting
Can you quess the mystery camp?
WRITER’S NOTE: When this story first came out, a statewide guessing game started as Mississippi outdoorsmen tried to name the camp. To this date, I have never revealed which camp it was. If you think you know, email me your pick, giving me the camp’s name and location. […]
Deer Hunting
Pete Lake HC better than ever
My first really good buck, like many trophy bucks, was taken almost by accident in the mid 1970s at Pete Lake Hunting Club near Sand Hill. It was a 220-pound 8-pointer scoring in the 120s, a nice weight and rack in those days. […]
Deer Hunting
Bruinsburg Bruiser ruins hunter for life
In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant’s federal troops crossed the Mississippi River at a sleepy little town called Bruinsburg, where Bayou Pierre empties into the Mississippi below a magnificent mansion named Windsor that later burned, leaving only stately columns standing as mute testimony to the former glory the federal troops saw when they climbed those steep bluffs. […]
Hunting
Wildrose dogs hear trainer’s whispers
This month’s featured Mississippi Hunting Camp takes me back 44 years to Oxford when Bobby Stewart introduced me to “The Great Outdoors.” […]
Deer Hunting
Which hunting camp is right for you?
Having written the Mississippi Hunting Camps column in this magazine and its predecessor for many years and having authored a book on Mississippi hunting camps, I regularly get calls and questions about those camps. […]
Hunting
Mississippi Hunting Camps
As we’ve shown in past articles through the years, Mississippi hunting camps come in all makes and models, and I have been blessed to have the privilege of visiting a wide assortment, each with its own personality and intrinsic uniqueness. […]
Hunting
Foundation being laid for Lee Farms
This month’s featured Mississippi hunting camp, Lee Farms, is like many camps — a work in progress. […]
Hunting
Lobutcha HC is doggone exciting
What do you get when you combine 11,000 acres of scenic rolling woodlands, gorgeous fall leaves, clear blue skies and cool weather with 60 enthusiastic hunters and several packs of hard-running dogs? […]
Hunting
Hospitality runs free at Free Run
If I’ve learned anything from visiting Mississippi hunting camps, it’s that they — like all communities — are always in a state of change, sometimes major, sometimes minor, but always changing. […]
Fishing
Tuscolameta HC: Then and now
Located in Leake County where the Tuscolameta River empties into the Pearl River about five miles outside Carthage, Tuscolameta Hunting Club is a multiple-use, 4,000-acre camp offering its 60 members a broad array of hunting, fishing, camping and swimming activities. […]