In the movie “Groundhog Day,” weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is doomed to repeat Groundhog Day again and again until he learns that his actions can affect the outcome.
Anyone addicted to turkey hunting can easily understand the frustration experienced by Connors of having to live out the same frustrating scenario day after day. And such was the case for me during the 1992 spring turkey season. […]
Mississippi has one of the most abundant wild turkey populations in the southeast, second only to Alabama. This is an incredible feat considering that not 80 years ago, the eastern wild turkey was on its last leg in the Magnolia State. […]
Don’t tell me you’ve never done this. You turkey hunt and you’ve never been caught on the short end of the stick? Yeah, right. I’ve been busted so many times the stick is worn down to a nub.
The best part of that means I have had the blessed fortune to turkey hunt a lot and be guided by some of the best, but I really wish I could say I have learned from my mistakes. I just chalk up all the goofs to the nature of the game of turkey hunting. […]
The Eliminator III is a sleek, next-generation laser scope that is able to provide more accuracy, more range and a method of windage compensation. […]
My farm in west-central Mississippi is my personal field laboratory for experimentation with trail camera techniques and practices, as I continue to study and learn about local buck patterns.
When used fully and properly, trail camera data can become one of the most effective tools in a hunter or property manager’s toolbox. This is true not only from an overall deer population survey standpoint, but also from the hunter’s standpoint as one learns how to convert piles of trail camera photos into predictions about deer movement. […]
Mark McPhail set up quickly beside a large tree under the cover of darkness in the spring woods. As the night sky slowly melted into day with an orange glow rising on the horizon to the east, he sent a few soft tree yelps in the direction of an old gobbler that he had roosted the night before. McPhail was met by a lusty gobble that indicated the old monarch was game and meant business.
A few minutes later, the gobbler pitched out of the tree and landed a mere 7 to 8 yards away. Before the gobbler had a chance to make another move, McPhail’s shotgun roared and another Eastern gobbler met its maker. […]
1. Patience: You’ve got to have patience to turkey hunt. […]
1. Roost a bird: Locate a gobbler on the roost the night before the hunt. […]
Safety in the woods is paramount during the turkey season when hunters are fully camouflaged. […]
The Mississippi Delta has long been known for the big bucks that wander this fertile area of the state, and the Magnolia Records are replete with examples of Delta trophies. […]
It’s time to choose the final winner of the 2011-12 Big Buck Photo Contest, which ended with the close of the hunting season. […]
When Jonathan Cleveland went to bed on the night of Jan. 15, he had plans to be in a deer stand the following day. However, when he climbed out of bed the next morning, one look outside gave him second thoughts: It was warm, with south-southwest winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. […]
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