December 2011 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

This Jefferson County club’s buck-management plan has impressive results.

Now or Never?

December 5, 2012 Todd Masson

Ronnie Corkern had to wait only one year to see the value of quality-buck management. […]

During cold weather, bass in river systems head to the backwaters.

Winter bass

December 29, 2011 Hal Schramm

If you like to catch big bass, appreciate solitude on the lake, and know how to dress for cold weather, good bass fishing awaits you in Mississippi’s waters. […]

Chotard Lake was hit hard by the record flood of 2011, but the crappie fishery is as good as ever.

The fall 2011 fishing season has provided some surprises and some wonderful crappie fishing for lots of us Mississippians. First of all, the weather changes have been more abrupt, with cold weather fronts coming more often and with greater intensity than recent years. […]

On mild winter days, the trout fishing can be really good.

A new winter tradition

December 1, 2011 John E. Phillips

During December, most of us are thinking about Santa Claus, children getting out of school and upcoming bowl games. However, on Christmas Day, when the presents are all unwrapped, and the toys are put away, these memories still aren’t nearly as long-lasting as fishing trips with mom and dad. […]

Winter bass

December 1, 2011 Hal Schramm

If you like to catch big bass, appreciate solitude on the lake, and know how to dress for cold weather, good bass fishing awaits you in Mississippi’s waters. December signals the end of fall fishing and the start of winter fishing throughout the northern two-thirds of the Magnolia State. And there are bass to be caught. […]

After observing the author fire over 80 rounds, Jeff Lewis found Final Finish bullets, which start off coarse and use progressively finer coatings to polish out the bore in most popular rounds, reducing the time and money spent using standard ammunition.

Breaking in the .22-250

December 1, 2011 Gordon Hutchinson

I was more than a little frustrated, and embarrassed to boot.

Invited to Jeff and Karen Lewis’ Agriana Plantation in Tensas Parish, I had promised to help them sight in Karen’s new .22-250 bolt-action rifle. […]

A high-quality onboard smart charger can handle short- or long-term battery storage 24/7.

Off-season battery care

December 1, 2011 Allan Tarvid

Fishing and boating tend to slow down during the winter months, but letting your battery maintenance slow down can be expensive. […]

MS-Sportsman.com user BuckDat88 posted this photo of a big Claiborne County buck on the Trail Cam Contest forum. Now he’s hoping the deer will make the mistake of walking around in the daytime while he’s sitting a stand.

Eyes in the woods

December 1, 2011 John J. Woods

The firestorm over the use of digital trail cameras for deer hunting rages on. The debate among hunters is whether the information revealed by trail cameras is of any real value or is it just imagined? […]

Throwing 3 to 5 ounces of weight took a toll on Elias’ arm and back, but all the pain went away after he received the $100,000 check for winning the FLW Guntersville Lake Tournament.

The $100,000 bass tactic

December 1, 2011 Paul Elias

I was at Pickwick Lake on the Mississippi/Alabama/Tennessee border helping with a weigh-in at a cancer benefit when one of the fishermen in that tournament called me over to his boat after the event ended. […]

This buck has almost shed his velvet. Dillard sometimes catches the same bucks on camera before they shed and right after, sometimes only a couple hours apart on the same night or day.

Range Shifters

December 1, 2011 Michael O. Giles

Rick Dillard eased through the woods in full stealth mode with his rifle ready for action as he worked his way toward his afternoon stand on a late December hunt last year. With a heightened sense of anticipation, Dillard scanned his surroundings quickly as a doe ran by. […]

Deer won’t know Primos cam is there

December 1, 2011 Mississippi Sportsman

The Truth Cam Blackout is designed to be undetectable to animals and humans, offering complete surveillance without pressuring and alarming game.
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Moultrie proves good things come in small packages

December 1, 2011 Mississippi Sportsman

Moultrie has entered the mini game camera market this year with a bang, introducing the Game Spy M-80 and Game Spy M-100 infrared cameras. Each infrared camera is loaded with features like widescreen pictures and videos, new Illumi-Night sensor, Plot Stalker time-lapse mode battery-life calculator and up to one-year battery life – all in a unit smaller than your hand. […]