Features
Dog day afternoon (or morning)
The woods were drab, leafless and gray. The bare tree trunks and limbs were gray. The dead leaves underfoot were gray. The sky was heavily overcast with uniformly gray clouds. […]
Small Game
Sidebars
Squirrel and dumplings, easy and healthier
A healthy alternative to Grandma’s squirrel and dumplings. It is a low-fat version, and can also be used with rabbit. […]
Content
Squirrel away that knowledge
A tradition with roots in learning how to become one with the woods, Mississippi’s squirrel season is a popular October event. […]
Dove
Early season essentials
Hunting dove in early September can be brutally hot, especially when the Saturday opening time is high noon. During these late days of summer, when the latent heat of the dog days still lingers, you need to use caution and consider bringing the following. […]
Dove
Mississippi Delta dove-tactics
Labor Day weekend dove hunting is about family, kids, and having a good time. It’s also about getting ready for the upcoming waterfowl season. […]
Dove
More than just mourning doves
Mississippi dove hunters could find as many as four different species in their range of fire this season, and one of them — Eurasian collared dove — are not managed with a bag limit since they are not native to North America. These are larger birds, more like pigeons than other doves, and usually lighter in color except for a black collar around the neck. […]
Dove
September means hunting
Never have so many been so happy to see September arrive, and that certainly includes Mississippi sportsmen. […]
Dove
Public dove hunts
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks recognizes the important tradition that dove hunting is to the state and works to provide public hunting areas through two different programs. […]
Dove
Good dove fields are no accidents
First and foremost you must have birds to shoot for a successful opening day hunt, and preseason preparation is imperative to attract doves. […]
Featured
Spring squirrels, take 3
In 2015, Mississippi squirrel hunters had their first opportunity to hunt in a spring season. Going into the third year, it appears that it is a slowly developing and acquired taste. […]
Rabbit
More facts on rabbits
Female cottontail rabbits are called does, and they begin breeding in January and continue through September, with litter sizes ranging from four to five young. A single doe may add 20 to 25 young to the population in a single year. Gestation for the cottontail is 28 days, and the female may rebreed while still nursing young. The average age of a wild cottontail is 15 months. […]
Featured
Smaller, but tasty
February is small-game month in most of Mississippi, a time for rabbit and squirrel hunters to hit the fields and woods in a search for ingredients for a pot of gumbo, sauce piquant, dumplings or just plain ol’ fried happiness. […]