Sportsman License Holders Can Win New Truck 10/13/03
In a matter of months, some lucky Mississippi Sportsman License holder will be driving home a new Dodge Truck, according to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. [Comments?]
Sportsman License Holders Can Win New Truck 03/24/03
In a matter of months, some lucky Mississippi Sportsman License holder will be driving home a new Dodge Truck, according to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. [Comments?]
Delta Wildlife Hearings 02/28/03
A public hearing will be held by the Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks at 6:30 p.m. on April 3 at the Mahannah Wildlife Management Area headquarters. Agency biologists, conservation officers, and others will attend and take comments from the public related to upcoming regulations. [Comments?]
Officials Meet On Chronic Wasting Disease 06/18/02
Although Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has not been found in Mississippi's deer herd, state officials with the departments of Agriculture and Commerce and Wildlife have met to discuss CWD and its prevention, control, and testing, according to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. [Comments?]
Year-end Sting Nabs Violators 01/01/02
In recent weeks, state wildlife enforcement officers wrote 150 citations to hunters for a variety of law violations. Most of the infractions of the law involved non-residents with no hunting license, hunting over bait, and hunters not wearing hunter orange while deer hunting. Other citations were written for hunting from a public road, resident hunters with no hunting license, possession of illegal deer, unplugged shotgun, and killing a deer with spike antlers.
Declining Hunter Skills? 11/22/01
The Mississippi deer program coordinator has posted an opinion piece on the state of big game hunting. Issues regarding hunting skills, ATV's, non-hunter opinions, and deer overpopulation are addressed. No solutions are offered, but many of the concerns are relevant to big game hunting's future in North America.
Bow and Arrow Idaho Bull Moose I was very fortunate to draw a once in a lifetime Idaho Bull Moose tag this
year. My area was just west of Yellowstone National Park, on the Idaho side
along the south fork of the Snake river.
I elected to stick it out with my bow and arrow, passing up many Bulls that
I could have easily shot with a rifle. After 16 days and many many miles of
travel the results proved to be colossal.
