Not many of us think of hunting small game, especially doves, during the dead of winter. It is true that while dove hunters come out en masse on Labor Day and a few weekends afterwards in September, only a few “professional” dove hunters take to the fields during the second and third seasons in the Magnolia State. […]
Like any other shooting sport, dove hunting requires a gathering of critical gear to make the day afield more enjoyable and successful. […]
Bennie Splain and Mark Kennedy paused at the edge of the woods to wait on the young hunters to catch up before releasing their dogs on the Anevay Farm near Vicksburg. […]
Outside of summer cotillions, antebellum pilgrimages and Fourth of July celebrations, there is little in the way of mass social gatherings in Mississippi until dove season rolls around about Labor Day. […]
Shotgun-toting hunters will take to fields all across the Magnolia State this month. You can be one of those who returns home with a limit of doves. […]
The bawl of a loudmouth beagle hot on the trail of a brush-busting cottontail or big-footed swamper is sweet music to the ears of every rabbit hunting fanatic.
Listen, you can hear two gray squirrels and one fox squirrel barking,” I said, whispering to my son after making a young-squirrel-in-distress call.
We would be hunting a 640-acre plot of old plantation land, chock-full of giant hardwoods where squirrels abound. The weather was typical for January in Mississippi –– clear and cold. Perfect for chasing bushytails with a well-trained squirrel dog. […]
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