Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0000

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0000

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) is offering an online Boater Education Course.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0000

With hunting season over and the best fishing still nearly a month away, the first of February can often be a dismal period for people who enjoy spending time outdoors.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0000

Outdoors Calendar

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:08:00 -0000

With reports still trickling in from remote areas of the state, Tennessee's deer harvest numbers already look better than they have in a half-decade.

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

A little more than a decade ago, outdoors photography was as much about luck as it was about skill.

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' field offices at Enid and Sardis Lake recently announced the dates for their annual Fish Habitat Day - Feb. 4 at Enid and Feb. 11 at Sardis.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:00:10 -0000

During the mid-1930s, waterfowl populations across the United States had dipped so frighteningly low that many hunters had begun using the term "Duck Depression."

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is accepting applications for turkey hunting on select Wildlife Management Areas. Applicants must apply online at mdwfp.com before Feb. 15.

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

When I first started duck hunting back in 1997, I realized quickly that it's pretty much impossible to keep a Federal Duck Stamp in good condition for an entire season of wading through timber swamps and slip-sliding across muddy rice fields.

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

Odds and ends from the outdoors beat.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:00:01 -0000

There are some decisions to be made about the Alabama Rig.

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

We need to take care of the fish and the fishermen on the Alabama Rig.

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

The practice of gathering discarded Christmas trees to sink as fish habitat has become a January tradition in some parts of the United States almost as prominent as the practice of displaying decorated trees in December.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) is partnering with the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, Mississippi State University Extension Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to host seven youth squirrel hunts Feb. 11.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0000

On my way out of town for a January duck hunt a few years back, it dawned on me as I was almost out of my neighborhood that I'd forgotten my waders.