The white-tailed deer became Mississippi’s official state land mammal in 1974, but its connection to the state reaches far beyond a legislative vote. The species reflects a long history of recovery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you want to harvest a big, mature buck, Mississippi is the place to hunt. Year after year, Mississippi has been recognized by ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

August is a critical month for the whitetail hunter. Whether your archery season begins in September or October, now is the time to finish your pre-season chores and be ready to strike when the time ...

White-tailed deer are things of beauty with graceful bodies and muscular builds. When you're talking about mature bucks, they become majestic with large antlers and tines that sweep upward. But nature ...

December offers a wide variety of hunting opportunities in Mississippi, including deer, ducks and small game. Hunters must ensure their licenses are current as the auto-renewal system is temporarily ...

Four long years were spent eating tag soup during my annual archery trip to the prairie in search of whitetail and mule deer. In the vast flatland, stalking with nothing more than ankle-high grass as ...

It’s a phrase often repeated amongst deer hunters who aren’t seeing any bucks—they’ve “gone nocturnal.” And it’s usually about this time in the fall—mid-October—when we start hearing it. The big guys ...

If you want to harvest a big, mature buck, Mississippi is the place to hunt. Year after year, Mississippi has been recognized by the Quality Deer Management Association, now the National Deer ...

Despite the distance limitations, deer hunting with bows and arrows in Mississippi has produced some monster bucks. In fact, to break into the Top 10 net scores for typical bucks taken with archery ...