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Well folks, Here is the Bow Hunting
and small game update for the Mississippi Delta Area of Vicksburg, MS.
Seems that there were very few deer taken
from the Oxbow Hunting Camp just off Hwy 27 this Bow season.
In talking to one of the members of oxbow,
I am told only about a dozen deer were taken this past weekend.
As I have talked to several hunters from
all over the county, seems only a few of them were able to score
on Public lands.
One hunter Informed me that on the Mahannah
Farms Public draw camp the take was only several does.
Let us hope that as the gun season opens
this weekend, all the hunters will have better luck in bagging a
deer.
I sure have plans of trying my luck as
the weather here in Warren County and surrounding areas seems to be in
the hunters favor as the weather channel has predicted the weekend of 11/19/2000
promises to bring 30 degree nights with the daytime highs only reaching
the low 50's to low 60's.
On the subject of "DUCK HUNTING"
Duck season opens in La. this weekend (
11/19/2000)
Duck season opens in Misssissippi ( 12/09/2000)
We sure hope all the hunters have a fantastic opening weekend on there trips to the cold!
This is a weekend report form the Vicksburg Post Staff Writer FRED MESSINA about the Vicksburg Warren County Hunts.
On Duck Hunting Mississippi
The duck season has been open a week now, but I have received precious few reports from the hunters. But the season is early and they have plenty of time to hunt and wet various parts of their anatomy.
One report I got this week was from my buddy
Warren Guider, Who is about as committed a duck hunter as his father and
my father were.
Opening weekend, he said he did not even
fire a shot On the reverse, he said another group of friends
mopped up opening day.
I got a call from Paul Kilburn who said
he had spotted two fields full of ducks near the Mahannah Wildlife Management
Area. I asked him what kind of ducks. Paul's reply was, "Big
ducks". Green heads and hens."
I would surmise that if last weekend the
many of the ducks had not made it this far south yet, then the cold
front blew through here earlier this week must have pushed them on south.
This all reminds me of a hunt Doc told
me about. As near as I could tell, this probably happened in the
40"s, or at least back when the limit on ducks was eight per day.
The group on the hunt probably consisted
of Doc and Casey DeVore, for sure.
A third man on the hunt was probably Dudly
Huber. There was a fourth person on the hunt, But if I ever was told
his name, it is now lost in the mist of time and gray hair.
They must have really gotten into a heck
of a flight od ducks somewhere out on the Mississippi River and they decided
they would be selective and only shoot green heads.
Each of the four hunters filled his eight
duck limit and when they got back to City Front laid the combined bag out.
Doc said the sight of 32 mallard drakes
was one of the prettiest sights he had ever seen, Until the day he
died, he said he wished color film had been available back then so they
could have taken a picture of the ducks.
From what I know of Casey, I would
bet he bagged his eight ducks with fewer than eight shots. He had
a habit of sneaking up on ducks still on the water. When he got close enough,
he'd wait until as many duck heads as possible would line up before he's
fire.
The result would be at least two in the
bag from the first shot and then two with the other two shots in his old
Browning as the ducks flushed.
I know Casey could do it because one time
he, Doc and I hunted Eagle Lake, Doc decided he wanted a mess of coots.
Seems he had heard that coots had the largest gizzard of any common waterfowl
and Doc loved gizzards.
Casey left Doc and I in the blind and he
took off in the double ended duck boat he and Doc built in 1945.
In a little while, Casey came back with 15 coots.
Doc asked Casey how many shots he fired
and I believe he said something like maybe seven or possibly eight.
I don't recall if the coots' gizzards were
any larger than a chicken's. I do remember they were the greatest,
nastiest mess I have ever had the misfortune to have to clean!
Article by: Fred Messina December
15, 2000 The Vicksburg Post
To send your email go to
fmessina@vicksburgpost.com
Panther Swamp Area
Hwy 3 North of Vicksburg
Duck Hunting By: Gary Lick ceo Hunting
and Fishing The Mississippi Delta Magazine
I attended a Christmas
Party at a friends house last night, as we were sitting around jawing,
my good friend Ed Pace, "who by the way took me duck hunting on a cold
day last year and gave me Pneumonia". Informed me he had gone to the Panther
Swamp Refuge just off hwy 3 north of Vicksburg, Ms. and it seems he faired
pretty well with the ducks as the days shooting hours began.
Ed Informed me that he had gotten to the
Panther Swamp parking area around two o'clock in the morning and there
were already several other duck hunters sitting in their trucks waiting
for the time to enter into the woods to Ed's favorite duck hole.
Last year myself, Ed and a couple of other
friends went to Panther Swamp on a duck hunt and as we were sitting on
the parking lot around five o'clock a couple of 4 wheelers zoomed past
the parking lot past us and into the woods.
We went into the woods behind them as fast
as our 4 wheelers could go, however when we got to the spot on the leave,
the other guys had already left their 4 wheelers and waded into the woods.
Needless to say the other guys knew they
had taken advantage of us sitting in the truck when they went by, they
knew they were heading for Ed's duck hole.
We parked and went towards the duck hole
and as we approached the other guys started shouting for us to leave the
area. being what we like to call "Good Sportsmen" we turned and went
about 200 yards from them to another smaller break.
As the day started to break the ducks were
flying and Ed was calling "Quack, Quack, Quack". The ducks started
to coming into our hole and our group started to shooting "Boom, Boom",
"Ducks Fell"
Ed is a very good duck caller and the other
guys could not call as good as Ed so they had no ducks in their hole and
as a result of this the other guys started to moving towards our hole,
when Ed would call the ducks would come in and the other guys who were
within 30 to 40 yards of our hole at this time would start shooting at
the ducks trying to run them away from our hole.
As all this was going on one of the other
guys shot 3 to 4 times at eye level about 40 yards from one of the guys
in our group standing beside a tree and as the pellets came by my head
as I was between the two, some of the pellets hit our guy in the back.
It is just fortunate that the shots had
slowed down so much at this distance that they only bounced off his back.
At this point our guy turned and shouted at the other guy that we were
hunting this hole.
The other guy shouted back as he hid behind
a tree that he was giving us a warning shot that we needed to leave the
hole.
The other guy fired one more shot at our
guy so our guy fired back and the other guy went running from the area.
needless to say this had messed up every ones hunt so we headed back to
the levee to the 4 wheelers. As we approached the levee, one of the other
guys was sitting on his 4 wheeler and we ask if it was him that shot at
us, he Informed us he was hunting with the DA of Madison County, who was
his uncle. The DA never came out of the woods and the guy tried to start
a gun fight with our group by holding his loaded 12 gauge on us at waist
level.
I still as to this day believe had I not
intervened in this type of conformation someone would have been shot
or maybe even killed. as I was the only one without a gun in his hand .
this is because I was only there to Video the hunt.
If this story sounds all to familiar, I
hope everyone that enjoys the privilege of hunting will read this story
and think about what a great sport any type of hunting is and treat their
fellow hunters with the utmost respect and hunt in a Sportsmanship
Manner.
Back to the Panther Swamp Hunt, Ed
came home with 6 ducks and so this story ends this season with a very good
hunt!.
Article by: Gary Lick ceo Hunting and Fishing
The Mississippi Delta Magazine email garylick1@excite.com
Mississippi Deer Hunting Update
Below is listed the names, size,and the county which some fine deer was taken
JR's Deer, !50-75 lb,7 Point,Old
Jim Camp,Rawhide Rd,Warren County
Gary Lick, nice doe, 125
lb, Henery Lake Road, Warren County
Andie Hearn, age 9, nice
does, 125 lb & 110 lb, county unknown
Avery Mathes, 181 lb, 8 pt,By
YMCA Camp, Claiborne County
Bruce Buckley and 8 yr old
Chad, 130 lb, 5 pt, Claiborne County
Kenneth Thompson, 263 lb,
8 pt, 18 1/2" spread, county unknown
Derric Malone, 235 lb, 11
pt, 21" spread, 5-5 1/4" Base, county unknown
Phillip Griffing, 238 lb,
13 pt, 17 1/2" spread, Twin Oaks Wildlife Area
Mark Holiness Doe, 90 lb,
Alpha Hunting Club, Oak Ridge Road Area
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to View Photos
Good Hunt Guys!
Kentucky Elk Hunt Update
There is a artical in the Vicksburg Post on Elk hunting draws in Kentucky
Pikeville, KY
The Kentucky Department of
Fish and Wildlife Resources will hold a drawing to randomly select 12 hunters
to take part in the state's first elk hunt in 150 years.
Jon Gassett, coordinator
of the state's elk program, saiid he expects about 60,000 people from acros
the country to pay $10.00 for rhe chance to hunt elk in Kentucky.
He said that would raise $600,000 dollars for the state to transport more elk in from Arizona, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon and utah.
Kentucky now has about 850 elk in the mountain region. Wildlife officials want to bring in about 1,000 more through reproduction to re-establish a healthy heard.
So, if any one out there wants
to apply for the draw you can find the application for this draw at any
place that sells hunting license in any state after January 1, 2001.