Outdoors Today

Hit the Trail! Hiking offers good exercise, family camaraderie

As temperatures cool in the fall and leaves start changing, people might want to enjoy the outdoors.

Back from the Brink: Large goose subspecies came back in huge numbers

Propelled by powerful, broad wings, massive birds are headed directly toward us at deceptively fast speeds.

Freshwater Pickerel: Vicious, Overlooked Predators can Provide Great Sport

Chain pickerel go by many names. Mississippians also call them pike, duckbilled pike, or jackfish.

Building life from destruction: Recycled storm debris helps create fish habitat

For millennia, the Mississippi River deposited uncountable volumes of silt into the Gulf of Mexico, turning the bottom into a giant mudflat.

The Tenn Tom: Where Whiskered Monsters Roam

Popularly known as the Tenn.-Tom, the 234-mile Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway links the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers.

Veteran’s Fishing Day

A special day for a special man.

Hitting the Bullseye: Archery offers year-round fun for people of all ages

Not everyone can or desires to play team sports like football or basketball.

A Miracle of Life

When water warms, bass thoughts turn to love.

Think ‘small’ for BIG ACTION: Mississippi offers outstanding smallmouth bass fishing

Foxy Hues: Mississippi sportsmen find squirrels of a different color

Mississippi sportsmen can hunt two squirrel species, eastern gray squirrels and fox squirrels, both found throughout the state.

Feathered firecrackers: Small birds can challenge even the best shooters

Walking quietly along a small creek flowing through a hardwood forest just awakening to a new dawn, I paused occasionally to scan for squirrels.

Chronic wasting disease increasing: Fatal disease affects nervous system in deer

Similar to Mad Cow Disease, Chronic Wasting Disease affects the nervous system in members of the deer family, including whitetails.