November 2016 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

November: It’s special

November 28, 2016 Sammy Romano

November means one thing to most bowhunters: It’s time to hunt white-tailed deer. […]

The concave nose, paddle feet and tough double hook of the Poppn’ Toad make a deadly combination.

Stanley’s Poppn’ Toad

November 24, 2016 Don Shoopman

Stanley’s Poppn’ Toad, a hollow body soft-plastic frog with a pronounced cup in the nose, is going places. […]

The skipper of this boat probably can’t use his soaked cell phone or his marine radio — hopefully he had an EPIRB or similar device.

Emergency electronics get faster

November 21, 2016 Allan Tarvid

When Murphy’s Law suddenly sinks or disables your boat, your Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) is your no-nonsense, last-ditch rescue resource. […]

Become a Decoy Doc

November 17, 2016 Joe Anglin

A little TLC can bring older duck decoys back to life, so when you need to greet those northern red-legged greenheads they are all ready for the show. […]

Buck indicators

November 17, 2016 Bill Garbo

Since deer are to a great degree edge dwellers and edge users, the benefits of “edge” to hunters and trail camera users can be very good. […]

The No. 1 recipe for catfish stink bait

November 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Robert “Kud” Stevenson of Tallulah, La., shares the steps to making his homemade catfish stink bait recipe. […]

Stump fields hold heat and offer attractive habitat for winter bass.

Winter bass-fishing lures to keep handy

November 15, 2016 David A. Brown

Those unexpected moments of day-making potential in the midst of winter’s doldrums keep us coming back for more. The classic scenario is a winter warm-up that stimulates bass to move around and chase bait. […]

One barrier worth hunting is a grown-up fence line along a field, which is where Angelia Rustin of Laurel found this nice buck.

Binoculars vital in spying barrier bucks

November 15, 2016 John J. Woods

The naked eye might be great for viewing a lot of things, but picking out a deer in dense cover isn’t one of them. For that, smart hunters carry top quality binoculars to their deer stands. […]

Buck attractants can still be effective to pull deer away from woodland barriers.

Enticing barrier bucks into the open

November 15, 2016 John J. Woods

Bucks really like to hang out in barrier habitats and thicket hideouts, and hunters are always looking for a way to encourage them out of the cover and into the open. […]

Romano believes deer have become more sophisticated at eluding hunters as hunting pressure and deer herds have increased.

Deer are more educated, better at hiding, hunter says

November 15, 2016 Jerald Horst

The deer hunting world has changed. Hunters over 65 years old remember when hunting clothing meant a flannel shirt and khaki pants or blue jeans. […]

Preparing for a different form of noodling

November 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The term “noodling” for catfish usually refers to the sport of grabbing catfish by hand, but at Lake Washington it takes on a different meanings. […]

Don Drane of Madison holds up two fat Lake Washington channel cats, which were destined for a fish fry at a tail-gating party on a college football Saturday.

Yo-yo regulations

November 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

On June 23, the MDWFP instituted new regulations regarding yo-yo mechanisms used for fishing. […]