Even after seven high school tournament wins an an angler of the year award on the high school trail, Skip Howell says his best day on the wat…
The mountainside fell down from a rocky peak and into a long, narrow valley. It was the place where three smaller rivers twisted their way out…
In its simplest form, a knife’s edge is a pair of angles ground into steel. Keeping those angles consistent while sharpening, then, is the key…
The Old Man sat in the same recliner he claimed every Friday night when he and my grandmother stopped by to visit, and the conversation soon t…
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The Old Man watched the people arguing with an expression that was half bemusement, half disgust.
With daylight hours growing shorter and the big waters beginning to cool, schooling shad are drawing frenzied bass and opportunities for fast …
Creativity and the option to preserve and use more parts of a deer than the meat and head alone bring the outdoors lifestyle into the everyday…
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The Boy took his time settling the crosshairs on what was about to be his first deer of the season. He squeezed the trigger, said, “Bull’s-eye…
Mississippians are never very far from a deer when they’re on the road, but during the fall and winter those encounters tend to increase drama…
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The Old Man dragged his green metal chair out of the shop and into the shadow of a big willow oak, as he usually did on any warm afternoon. Th…
The blaze orange and hunter education requirements that have gradually become an accepted part of the landscape for deer hunters in Mississipp…
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It had been a cool morning for early fall, and daylight came wrapped in thick fog. Doves began flying before sunrise and the action continued …
While water temperatures in big lakes and the Tenn-Tom Waterway have been slow to respond to the recent gradual cooling, those in smaller pond…
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The Old Man kept the small variety of beagles, presuming it’s all beagles that they were. Maybe they were entirely beagles, but various of his…
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Whether you’re cleaning out the freezer in preparation for seasons to come, or already welcoming this fall’s archery deer to the table, there’…
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I had no idea there’d ever been a horse in the pasture but, by the time I learned one was supposed to be, he’d gotten out and I had to get him back.
The first warm days of spring may be the only time many fishing enthusiasts hit the water with crappie in mind, which is a shame because the f…
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A great amount of human instinct expresses itself every day in our lives. Just because we’ve put on high-heeled shoes or a sport coat and walk…
When it comes to small game hunting, few firearms have earned as much praise and popularity as the Ruger 10/22. This semi-automatic .22 calibe…
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The men pulled into the landing’s parking lot in a big, sweeping half circle, piled out of the truck and stepped quickly to their pre-launch t…
The formal rules and legal restrictions that govern the consumption of our shared natural resources are clear and rarely change, but there are…
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Time in the outdoors means something different to each of us. The sight of bass tearing into a school of baitfish, the ringing howl of beagles…
WEST POINT • Selling traps and buying fur have been a mission for Bill Duke’s family since the 1930s. Their operation on Brame Avenue continue…
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We walked into the wind as we crossed atop a small hill, passing an old house place someone had once worked hard to make, likely scraped and s…
The lines had been taken up from the big waters, returned to the foam boxes that held their hooks in order row by row for a season yet to come…
Much of nature is experienced through scent. Countless species of critters address their world primarily that way. Among larger mammals, man a…
Mississippi’s early velvet whitetail season runs Sept. 13 to 15. Because most bucks are still in bachelor groups and following summer patterns…
If your plan for staving off a bear attack includes the use of a repellent spray, it’s important to know how it’s going to work if you ever ha…