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Old 07-28-2008, 12:03 AM
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huntinyoung
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Default RE: Hunting advice for MS and KY

For deer hunting in Mississippi once you have the gear you need to find somewhere to hunt. If you don't have somewhere private to hunt there are some public areas you can hunt. If you go to the Mississippi department of wildlife, fisheries and parks www.mdwfp.com there is a lot of things that can help you out such as regulations, etc. I believe they also have a forum. The local forums help out a lot more for starting out. A book such as Whitetail Strategies would be a good read to help you out a lot or some other book. But basically you get a gun, find where the deer are (through scouting, deer trails, rubs, scrapes). Easiest place to find them is at a food source. Hunt early morning or late evening. Easiest way to hunt isstill hunting (also known as sit or stand hunting) where you sit in one place deerusually travel. Try not to move to much and and stay quiet until one comes by. They have really good eyesight and an even better sense of smell and hearing. The wind needs to be blowing away from where the deer are so they don'tsmell your scent. When he comes by put the cross-hairs just behind the crease of the shoulder and squeeze the trigger. If he doesn't drop follow the blood trail until you do. Gut him. Drag him out, skin him, put him in a deer body bag, take him to the deer meat processor or butchershop. You need to find someone to hunt with you that has hunted before if possible.
For squirel hunting take a .22 long rifle, walk through the woods looking in the trees, preferably around oak trees because of acorns.
For rabbits you really need hunting dogs.
For turkeys you need to learn how to use some type of turkey call. Easiest is a friction slate call or box call. In the spring go to where they might be (through listening and scouting) listen for them gobbling, get close, call (tips of the national wild turkey federation web site) shoot the head within 30 yards with a shotgun with turkey shot. Other tips on the wild turkey federationwebs site.
Remember you will need a hunting permit and need to take a safety course.
For hunting any other animals go to the mdwfp forum for help, there are other website articles for starting huntersjust google the type of hunting.
Any other questions just ask me.
Good Luck.
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