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 ...

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 ...

UNLESS YOU CONSIDER the impenetrable 30 acres of head-high cattails in the old oxbow slough, the wildest part of this working alfalfa field is the stand of green ash and slag-bark cottonwood trees on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Mississippi teenager successfully hunted a large buck he had been tracking for two years. The teen was praying to his late grandfather moments before the deer appeared. After adjusting his hunting ...

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 ...

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 ...