Public Enemy Number One!

Jarratt Hahn, a law enforcement officer, has been having a great year trying to trap and kill these nasty hogs between his land and his neighbors.  Jarratt lives in White Sand, Mississippi and caught over 150. Here are a few photos taken this year and commented that it still doesn't look like he put a dent in the population.  

Hogs are all over Mississippi and they tear up gardens, food plots, and crops.  They are very hearty aminals and very resilient.  They multiply like mosquitoes.  

Jim Walker with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks describes them as "public enemy number one."

Congrats to Jarratt in trying to eradicate these annoying hogs in our great wild Mississippi outdoors.

2017 Rut Predictions

A Hog Control Weekend

Jason Moore's oldest son of Neshoba County, MS, shot and kill this nasty ole hog after a fun weekend in our great wild Mississippi outdoors. Congratulations young hunter!  Way to go!

Jason and his youngest son taking a selfie while hog hunting!

Checking out his big brother's hog kill!

Tomato Place Luncheon

Johnette and I had an enjoyable BLT with a guacamole sandwich, sweet tea and homemade bread pudding for dessert at The Tomato Place for lunch.  It's a beautiful breezy clear blue sunny day. Tomorrow will be a different story with rain forecast from the tropical storm, IRMA.  

An elderly couple came in and I overheard the waitress asked where they were from and they said Florida.  They had come this far to get away and live in the Tampa Bay area.  They were leaving Wednesday to try to get back home. We wished them safe travels on their way back from the worst weather disaster to ever hit our homeland.    

Watermelons for sale.

Delicious varieties of smoothies. 

Love this bike with all bright neon lights hanging on the wall.

Beautiful picture on the wall of Blessed Mother. 

Flowers that hummingbirds like.

Gators too!

A very tall bottle tree!

 The Boiled Peanuts Shack!

Outer feeder bands coming in from the tropical storm, IRMA while leaving The Tomato Place.  

Some Tailgating Pigs!

Jeremy McCamon of Pelahatchie, MS, and his hunting buddy lucked up showing off three pigs on the tailgate of their truck over the weekend.  My congrats on killing these nasty ole pigs in our great wild Mississippi outdoors! Way to go guys!

Dove Hunting With A Grandson!

Timmy Brownlee from Sandersville, MS, had a good time recently taking his grandson dove hunting. 

Making hunting memories with Grandpa!

It's always great to take a child hunting and introduced them to our wild and wonderful Mississippi outdoors!  Way to go young hunter! Congratulations!

A Queenly Visit Today In My Hometown

The American Queen moored near the trees at the waterfront from early this morning until she left around 1:30.  She will be back next Wednesday, September 13th for a full day to tour our historic civil war town of Vicksburg, MS.    

A tugboat passing by pushing empty containers to the Port of Vicksburg.

All Aboard!!  American Queen in all her glory getting ready to depart with her passengers.

Taken near the edge of Yazoo Diversion Canal before she left on a beautiful cool and nice clear day.

The American Queen' s staff putting chairs away on their buses that had accommodated passengers.

The American Queen turning around in the Yazoo Diversion Canal earlier this afternoon heading north to a destination of Helena, Arkansas on the Mississippi River with her passengers.   The Captain can either turn around in the canal, go to the Port of Vicksburg or backs out.

Dove Hunting With Poppa!

This cute little boy named, Baylor of Edinburg, MS, got to go dove hunting with his Poppa this past weekend.  The smile on Poppa's face tells it all! What a great way to start a young child out in the sport of hunting in our wonderful and wild Mississippi outdoors!  

Maddie Smoked A Great KS Buck

Eight-year-old Maddie smoked her a great buck recently and it was a perfect shot and recovery.  

She is the youngest successful youth hunter ever at Conyers Outdoors!  

My congratulations to Maddie with her Dad sharing memories that will last forever in the great wild outdoors.

Labor Day Sunset Pix & Boudreaux

Yesterday evening after visiting my sister and brother-in-law for Labor Day, I made my way to the Mighty Mississippi River to take some pictures of the sunset.  

The bridges Old Hwy 80 with U.S. Flag atop and I-20 bridge at Vicksburg, MS.

Two bridge spans over the MS River.

Up close picture of a hazy lazy sun.

Pulled back of the sun going down with a reflection in the Mighty MS River.

 I like the Zeke effect!

Got to visit with Boudreaux, a Boxer.  He belongs to my nephew Joey Ables.   

I had an enjoyable Labor Day and hope you did too!  Boudreaux is a good boy!

Rescued Deer

You know it's bad when the wildlife swims up to you to be rescued. 

Please keep all our Houston neighbors/animals in your prayers.

His First Dove Hunt

Kenny Hicks of Booneville, MS took his son dove hunting for the first time and got his very first dove.  He had a blast and they had a good shoot, he said.  Congratulations to this little dove hunter in our great wild Mississippi outdoors.  I'm sure it will be a hunt he will always remember.

2017-2018 Dove Hunting Season Dates:

North Zone:  September 2 - October 8, October 21 - November 4, and December 9 - January 15.
Dove North Zone: Areas north of U.S. Hwy. 84 plus areas south of U.S. Hwy 84 and west of MS Hwy 35.
South Zone:  September 2 - September 10, October 7 - November 11 and December 2 - January 15.
Dove South Zone:  Areas south of U.S. Hwy. 84 and east of MS Hwy 35.

A New Record Gator Length!

On August 28, the MS Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks certified a new alligator length and was taken in the Southwest Alligator Hunting Zone by hunting party of Bryan Burnside of Brandon, MS, near Natchez.  

The length was 14 feet and 3/4 inches, which broke the previous record of 1/2 inch.  It weighed 766.5 pounds with belly girth of 69 inches and tail 43 inches.  

Congratulations to Coby Acy, Stephen Brady, Bryan Burnside and Anthony Acy of a job well done in our great wild Mississippi outdoors!

Public Waters Alligator Season open until September 4, 2017.

Private Land Alligator Season open until September 18, 2017.

RIP Harvey #126

My Facebook hunting friend, Kareen Beinhauer of Alpine, TX, took down a big hog early this morning at 1:05 and in her own words her hog story.  

I was out a little before 9:00 p.m. last night.  Javelinas came in and left and I even got to see a cow elk but I scared her off with the clicking of my camera on my phone. Pretty darn neat! Time went on and all of the Javelinas left and quite sometime later one lone javelina came in and left after about 15 minutes. At this point, I was getting frustrated because I did not kill one hog in August! I thought I was jinxed but then......I could hear hogs squealing in the creek and I could hear them coming and then I saw them. They came in and the feeding frenzy began and there was Harvey! I could not get a good shot at first and then they spooked and ran off and slowly came back in. I told myself to be patient, that Harvey would come back too and sure enough, he did. I finally got a clear shot at him and took it. At first, I thought I had missed as there was so much dirt flying around from the other hogs running off. But as the dirt settled I could see Harvey doing his death dance and let me tell you I was so excited!! He is pretty darn big. Roy (hubby) said he would even skin him out so I could take him to the taxidermist to get him mounted as I don't have a mounted hog head!! I hope I can sleep and as always, pictures will follow although they really don't do him justice. I almost couldn't get him set up because he is so heavy.

Harvey weighed in at 258 pounds, a good size for where she lives, she said.  She took him to headquarters where her husband got his head off and took it to a taxidermy.  This makes Kareen's #126 hog kill.  

Congratulations to Kareen on her BIG HOG (to be mounted) kill in the great state of Texas!  Awesomeness!