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Some units include features making it easy to travel a plot trail in reverse, save a trail or save a route automatically constructed from a trail.

Track plotters don’t get respect

December 28, 2007 Allan Tarvid

Early GPS units were pretty clunky by today’s standards — and approximately 30 times more expensive. Today’s units are faster, more accurate, and most importantly, have a lot more memory. Now, we can look at a detailed on-screen map of the area around us and see ourselves on it. We can also see the locations of places we visited and saved as waypoints, and getting between them is as simple as selecting one with a cursor and hitting a Go-To button. […]

Attendees at the Gun Rights Policy Conference took home a library of pro-Second Amendment books.

SAF, GRPC — alphabet soup for gun lovers

November 28, 2007 Gordon Hutchinson

In the middle of the frenetic activities of finishing a book and getting it ready for the printer, my publisher answered the phone to find the director of the Second Amendment Foundation on the line. […]

Muzzleloaders have gotten substantially less primitive in the last decade, but that only serves to give deer hunters more opportunities afield.

New rules mean less smoke, more thrill

November 28, 2007 John J. Woods

Deer hunting with primitive weapons has been radically redefined. Actually the new ruling took effect in the 2005-06 hunting season, so this will be its third year in force. Hunters are still just learning what the provision is and what it means to deer hunters looking for an alternative to blackpowder rifles for our two special primitive weapons seasons in December and January plus on into February in the Zone 2 southeast section of the state. […]

LED trailer lights are illuminated by clusters of tiny light sources that deliver colors sharp and brilliant enough to make conventional incandescent lights look pale in comparison.

Time to consider changing to LEDs

November 28, 2007 Allan Tarvid

The lights on your trailer are your boat’s first line of defense against collisions. Running lights show other drivers that you have a boat behind you when towing in the dark. Brake lights and turn signals can help keep tail-gating drivers from turning your stainless steel prop into a hood ornament, night or day. That is, of course, if your trailer lights work. […]

During stable weather on Bay Springs Lake, largemouth will be easy to catch, but if temperatures this December go on a roller-coaster ride, spotted bass will be more aggressive.

Up-and-down weather makes Bay shine

November 28, 2007 Paul Elias

December is a great month to catch spotted bass in Mississippi. Cool and often unpredictable weather means spotted bass will be the most-dependable fish you can catch now. […]

Hugh Krutz and Steve Stevenson show off the new Bait Pump and a couple of nice Chotard crappie.

Some crappie lakes heat up in winter

November 26, 2007 Paul Johnson

National Crappie Champions — who ever heard of such? You can do that? […]

About 150 rounds left this lead “core,” or cylinder, in the base of the bore of a .22 handgun. It had to be knocked out with a bronze cleaning tip.

Are your guns ready for deer season?

October 24, 2007 Gordon Hutchinson

We were sighting in several rifles for a friend last year — each year it seems he has another boy old enough to start deer hunting, and another rifle gets added to the batch I have to tune in on my range. […]

If you are going to look at fish symbols it doesn’t hurt to make them entertaining. This is a Navman 4500 screen shot.

Is that on-screen fish really a fish?

October 24, 2007 Allan Tarvid

Fish I.D. features that display cartoon-like fish symbols have been around since fish finders became computerized and incorporated LCD screens, and the controversy about whether the feature helps or hurts your fishing has been around just as long. […]

PeeWee Arnold and Johnny Smith of Bude show off their best 10 fish from a December tournament held on Chotard.

Fall crappie movement is predictable

October 23, 2007 Paul Johnson

Can you believe it? We’re heading into November, hunting season and the holidays. Man, how time flies when you’re having fun. And, yes, we’re right smack-dab in the middle of what I consider to be the very best time of the year to go crappie fishing. […]

Floating frogs are extremely effective this month on Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs.

In November, go with the Panther

October 23, 2007 Paul Elias

Although only open for one year, Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs already is one of my favorite places for catching bass. Boat traffic will have decreased by this time of year, and I know I can bet on this 500-acre lake to produce bass weighing up to 7 pounds each. […]

When it comes to deer hunting, it’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it — especially the item on the lower left.

Some ideas for your deer backpack

October 23, 2007 John J. Woods

It’s a good thing somebody invented the ATV; otherwise, I could never get all my gear to the deer stand. Well, the guys in my deer camp don’t call me the Gadget Man for nothing. You may recall Gunsmoke episodes where the old traveling salesman would drive his wagon into town with his stock of house wares banging and clanging from the wagon. That’s me, except I use a Honda Foreman. […]

Crossbows may not be used in Mississippi during the archery season, but they’re a fun alternative to rifles.

Are you ready for bow season? Really?

September 24, 2007 John J. Woods

It may be way too hot and humid to be outside these days, but it’s that time again to limber up the ol’ bow. And at the same time, also getting the shoulders, arms, and neck muscles stretched in shape. Getting that sighting eye tuned in again is good practice now, too. Before you know it, our designated start-up archery season the first day of October will be here. […]