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2012 Turkey Season Forecast
The Magnolia State is blessed with some of the finest turkey hunting to be found anywhere in North America. […]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Giles Island makes like-father-like-son wish come true
Michael Rogillio was happy when his father Ricky Rogillio downed a double drop-tine whitetail trophy on Nov. 30 while hunting at Giles Island Hunting Club. But the 22-year-old never dreamed he’d have a chance to find out what the saying “like father, like son” meant 61 days later at the same place. […]
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Turkey season changes on southern Delta WMAs
Flooding of the Mississippi River delta over the past several years has resulted in changes to turkey-hunting season changes on wildlife management areas in the southern reaches of that popular area of the state, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced earlier this month.
These changes impact Mahannah, Shipland, Sunflower and Twin Oaks WMAs. […]
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MDWFP to hold public meetings about wildlife management areas
A series of public meetings to discuss the state’s system of wildlife management areas will be held through the end of February, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has announced.
The meetings, which will showcase regional WMA harvest data, habitat work, infrastructure improvements and information about the agency, are being held across the state and hosted by MDWFP. […]
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2012 Turkey Season Forecast
The Magnolia State is blessed with some of the finest turkey hunting to be found anywhere in North America. But before you can draw a bead and seal the deal on a longbeard, you must first identify the areas that offer up the best opportunities for success.
Here is what the state’s top turkey biologists are predicting for the 2012 spring turkey season. […]
Other Hunting
It’s leisure time
By this time of year, most hunters are worn out. Deer hunters have been in the woods since way back in October. Bowhunters are tired, deer dogs are thin as wheat wafers, even the deer are glad the season has finally come to a close. […]
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Mississippi’s turkey hunting hot spots
Selecting the top Mississippi turkey hunting hotspots has never been easier. […]
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How to participate in the 2012 Spring Gobbler Hunter Survey
The Spring Gobbler Hunter Survey (SGHS) was initiated in 1996 as a means of collecting long-term data on turkey activity and population numbers. The success of the survey is largely due to voluntary participation by hunters who are interested in assisting with turkey conservation within the state. […]
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Mississippi wild turkey state records
As an interesting side note, four of the five Mississippi wild turkey record categories have been set in the last three seasons. […]
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Nature’s Vacuum Cleaner
A serious dog man will sink thousands of dollars into the right hound. Coon hunters are especially proud of good bloodlines, and go to great measures to protect their hounds. Micro-chip implants, ear tattoos, GPS tracking collars, food, vaccinations and the like become a huge investment. So when a hound gets injured for any reason, it becomes a big deal. […]
Deer Hunting
Trail camera scouting
This is my inaugural column in Mississippi Sportsman based around the general topic of trail-camera scouting. Each month I will share advice, tips, tactics, strategies and techniques regarding the use of digital scouting cameras that have proven useful to me over time in the successful pursuit of whitetail deer on my farm in west-central Mississippi. […]
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Cover: February 2012
Natchez hunter Will Rives may have broken his own state record when he arrowed this 180-class monster in January. […]