When Courtney Kelleher left Huntsville, Ala., on March 25 to obtain her marriage license at the Natchez, Miss., courthouse, the last thing on her mind was turkey hunting. So she had no idea that her first turkey hunt was in the offing. […]
A crappie tournament has been scheduled for April 3 on Washington and Ferguson lakes, Crappie USA announced. […]
The damp of the January morning (on Jan. 14) drove straight to the bone and clung like steel traps, much colder than the dry snow and sub-freezing temperatures I’d left behind near Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the day before.
But then, that’s the way it’s always been down South – a cold that courses your body; one that numbs the toes and finger tips, tortures any exposed surfaces and makes the sway of an errant limb feel like the lash of an angry whip. I know the pain of Southern cold ever so well: I grew up in Shreveport, La., just about 200 miles east of where I was creeping Indian style through the undergrowth of Claiborne County. […]
Eddie Peterson had made the drive from Waveland to Mahanna Wildlife Management Area for a draw hunt, but hadn’t had much luck until they ran across another hunter who had killed a pretty nice deer.
“He didn’t tell us, ‘Go here,’ but he told us a general area to go to,” Peterson said.
So during the mid-day lull on Dec. 16, the hunter and his buddies eased in to find stand sites. […]
Will Foreman has hunted with his dad since he was 5 years old, and a tradition developed for the youngster during those days afield.
“We had a routine: He likes Vienna Sausages, so I’d bring a can of them and a (cold drink) to the stand,” father Terry Foreman explained. “I’d open that Vienna Sausage, and he’d eat three or four, and then he’d pour that juice out the window of the stand and say, ‘The deer are going to smell that and come out.’”
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All experienced deer hunters know there are two components to producing big bucks: age and food. Clubs will often have one without the other, but one Washington County hunting club has married the two to produce an impressive herd of deer. […]
Joey DeVeer picked up a bow three years ago, and he’s killed a number of does. But he’s been waiting for that special buck before putting his first bow buck on the ground.
That special buck showed up Tuesday (Jan. 12) while the Gonzales, La., hunter was on Bassmaster Elite Series pro Greg Hackney’s Washington County property.
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State biologists counted an estimated 400,491 waterfowl in the Mississippi Delta during their December aerial survey conducted Dec. 16-18, the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Department reported. […]
Monty Braley already had killed a couple of bucks when he arranged another trip to some Wilkinson County family land that for years had been off limits, but the Clinton hunter was ordered to up his standards for the hunt. […]
Stan McCollough knew there big deer on Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, so he was ecstatic when he and buddy Justin Vandevender were drawn for the muzzleloader hunt on Dec. 9-14. […]
There’s a popular myth that lightning cannot strike the same place twice, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Fortunately for Brian Burkley of Brandon, this same truth applies when it comes to harvesting monster whitetails with stick and string. […]
Thad Greer manages Fairview Plantation, so he’s used to chasing big bucks.
“This is what I do,” Greer said in late October. “I kill big bucks.”
So he never batted an eye when the 120-class 8-point slipped into view only 25 yards away on the evening of Oct. 4. […]
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