Meridian Star - Outdoors

MDWFP provides fantastic hunting opportunities
As I eased along the open hardwood bottomland during a recent fall outing I marveled at the color-splashed fall foliage and teaming wildlife surrounding me. My senses were on full alert as a flock of wood ducks flushed from a nearby slough, while they made their escape with whistling wings. The woods had also taken on an aromatic smell of freshly decaying leaves and acorns. The sweet succulent aroma emanating from a grove of white oak trees pleased my senses and brought back a flood of wonderful deer hunting memories from days gone by.
MSU focuses on the lost art of grabbling
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Mississippi State University is preparing for a research project to understand what motivates fishermen and women to risk personal injury reaching into a dark underwater hole for a fish instead of using the traditional hook-and-line method.
Dove Season Opens
Facing Off
First Fish
To Heck with Dove Hunting
Dove Season Opens
Finding clues to an early culture
About a thousand years ago a Choctaw man crept silently toward a deer that fed unaware on browse growing in northeast Newton County, Mississippi. When the hunter was close enough, the deer turned broadside and the hunter drew his bow and loosed an arrow that tipped a limb and sailed over the deer’s back and into the thicket beyond.
Extravaganza highlights monster bucks
The Mississippi Wildlife Federation recently held its annual outdoor show in Jackson. The results of the big buck contest were almost unbelievable, as many of the bucks were “Canadian sized.” And that’s not an exaggeration as several qualified for the Boone and Crockett book. One interesting lady hunter stood out among the rest. Rose Blakeney recently decided to try her hand at deer hunting and my was she successful at it!
NorthPark Wildlife Extravaganza a big success
The second annual NorthPark wildlife extravaganza was a huge success with many children taking advantage of the cooler temperatures inside while participating in Mike Giles’ annual casting contest. FLW angler Ken Murphy provided hands-on instruction to each participant in the art of flipping, pitching and casting.
Outdoor humor and who’s laughing
Serious pursuit of the outdoor sports brings rejuvenation to body, mind and spirit. Yet, as with almost all other human endeavors, there is a humorous slant in most sporting undertakings. Appreciating this funny side of our adventures afield rounds out the outdoor pleasures.
Some of the funniest things are those which are funny only to the observers, the instigator or victim often seeing no humor at all in the occurrence.
Wondering where to go from here
Many readers know that my brother, Ron, died unexpectedly this week and his funeral is today. You have seen him mentioned often in my stories because unlike my sane brother, Robert, he and I couldn’t leave things in the wilds alone.
Calls of the wild
Man has conjured up some sort of calling device for nearly every wild creature around. Somewhere far back in history, a hungry hunter reasoned that if the game he sought was also hunting him, it would be easier to find. He soon discovered he needed to sound like a duck in order to lure one close to him. There began an endless string of sound-making gadgets painstakingly invented to call game.
FIRST FISH
Northern Trophies
Finesse fishing time
Turkey Season Defeats
Explosive Bass Action after Dark
A Priceless Photo – Lost and Found
Imagine that!
Mockingbirds magically turn into parrots of the Amazon. Squirrels easily become Africa’s tree- dwelling chimpanzees. Rabbits are the elusive Bengal tigers of south Asia. Poplar trees are now Alaska’s grizzly bears. The imaginations of a young, outdoor oriented boy can be wildly comprehensive; utterly devoid of boundaries.
Swim baits deadly on lunker bass
After a couple of hours of fishing without catching a lunker bass, Jeffrey Carver decided to try one of the hottest new bass lures on the market. That lure is called a soft swim bait and is sold by a variety of companies such as Bass Magic and Yum. Though the lure hit the professional scene a couple years ago, it has just become available to the general public in the last few months.
Fourth of July Reflections
The first thing that pops into my mind when I think of Independence Day and the outdoors at the same time is hot days and warm nights. The second thought is of that outing on Toledo Bend Reservoir in East Texas a long time ago with my best fishing buddies. I know, there should be room in my thoughts for the day when we declared that we would be our own country and rule ourselves. And there is, when I am feeling patriotic.
Fishing and Freedom on the 4th of July
Awakened from a much needed catnap by the low hum of distant engines, J. P. Nolen knew instantly what was happening. The young man and his companions were concealed in their camouflaged “blind” and ready for action. Years of target practice and woodsmanship skills honed in the woods of Webster County were about to come to fruition.
Nine Pounder
Young anglers enjoy fish conservation
Kemper County shotgunner
Coleman Collection
New turkey load tested
Most shotgunners buy the latest shotshells at the store, go afield, shoot their game and come home happy as larks with nary a thought or care about the technology within their shells. And they live happy, well adjusted lives. But a minority of us has to know how these shells are put together and with what and why and when we fire off a volley our inquisitive minds visualize all the components doing their job in concert to reach out and touch the game animal and do the deed.
Murphy helps others first
With the passing of a recent cold front Ken Murphy knew that the bass bite would be slow, making it even tougher for first time anglers. Murphy had taken time out from his busy schedule to volunteer to guide novice and first time female anglers during an NWTF Women in the Outdoors event this past February. Bass fishing is tough enough under ideal conditions, but can be downright hard during poor weather conditions.

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