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Mark McPhail guide to becoming a good turkey hunter
1. Patience: You’ve got to have patience to turkey hunt. […]
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Mark’s ideal hunt
1. Roost a bird: Locate a gobbler on the roost the night before the hunt. […]
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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. […]
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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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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. […]
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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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Turkey hatch below average this year, MDWFP says
Hunters could find fewer turkeys next season if the annual brood survey is correct, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said today (Aug. 31). […]
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Wounded Warriors celebrate women vets with Mississippi turkey hunt
“Do you want your daughter to be buried at Arlington or in the cemetery in your home town?” military personnel asked Leslie Smith’s parents as they stood by their ailing child’s side. The doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center had just told them that their daughter would be dead by morning and that they should go ahead and make arrangements for her funeral. […]
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Turkey hunt goes to the hogs
MS-Sportsman.com columnist Dan McKinzey set out for a turkey hunting trip March 27, but came home without the gobbler he hoped. […]
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Turkey trifecta provides family memories
Nowhere else across this country do wild turkeys receive more hunting pressure than right here in Mississippi. This intense hunting pressure results in our Magnolia State longbeards being a little bit wiser, a little bit spookier and a whole lot harder to kill than gobblers in any other state. […]