Cole Switzer, 8, killed his first long beard turkey on April 19 while hunting in Fayette with his father. He is the son of J.T. and LaShey Switzer. View photo »

Lan Ginn, 9, killed this turkey earler this month. It weighed 19 pounds, its beard was 12 inches long and its spurs were 1 and 3/8 inches long. He is with his sister, Sarah Beth Ginn. They are the children of Michael and Katie Ingram of Vidalia. View photo »

Carolyn Harper killed this turkey with a 9 1/2 inch beard and 1 1/8 inch spurs on her land on opening day, March 15. View photo »

Walker Smith killed this buck while hunting with his uncle Buck at Laurel Hill Hunting Club. View photo »

Marshall Edmonds, 8, killed his first deer, an 8-point, while hunting with his uncle Buck at Laurel Hill Hunting Club. View photo »

Michelle Zimmerman killed her first deer on Dec. 20 while hunting with her brother Mark Zimmerman. View photo »

Dillon King, 14, killed his first turkey while hunting with his father at Rifle Point. He is the son of Mickey and Shane King of Vidalia. View photo »

Ninety-two-year-old Jack Adams of Ferriday killed this 8-point buck on his latest hunting trip. View photo »

River City Bass club retiree Dale Jamison of Natchez fooled this lunker on Lake Concordia which weighed 9.86 pounds plus another at 9.06 for a monster day. View photo »

Drake Bergeron killed his first deer, a buck, while hunting with Roy Farmer. View photo »

Tanner King,10, killed his 1st deer , a 10-point buck, during youth hunt weekend at Rifle Point. Tanner is the son of Mickey and Shane King of Vidalia. View photo »

Hayden Lindsey killed this deer with friend Country Jaynes in November. Hayden is the son of David and Ashley Smith and Rod and Stephanie Lindsey. View photo »

Devin Alexander, 8, killed his first deer Jan. 16. It was a doe. He was hunting with his father Danny and brother Ryan. View photo »

Seven-year-old Brady Barfoot, son of Steve Barfoot, killed his first deer in Vicksburg. View photo »

Ten-year-old Kenneth Jordan killed his first buck, a 10-point, in Wilkinson County. View photo »

Ryan McIntosh, 11, killed this 9-point buck Jan. 20. It weighed 200 pounds, had an inside spread of 15 1/2 inches and an outside spread of 17 1/2 inches. He was hunting with his father Toby in Clayton, La. View photo »

Tyler McClain killed his first deer, a doe, while hunting with his cousin Jonathan. Tyler is the son of Debra McClain and Lee McClain and the grandson of Bobby and Gail Moore and George and Net McClain. View photo »

Hailey Wroten killed her first deer, an 8-point buck, on Jan. 30 while hunting in Adams County with her dad, Bubba Wroten. View photo »

Hayden Nunnery, 11, killed his first buck, a nine-point, at Rifle Point with a muzzle loader. The buck had a 23 1/4 inch spread and scored 141 3/8. Hayden is the son of Jon and Holly Nunnery. View photo »

Caleb Smith, 5, killed his first buck Dec. 31 using his 243 while hunting with his dad in Churchill. View photo »

Morgan Taylor, 10, killed her first deer, a six-point, on Dec. 27 at Glasscock Island while hunting with John Bennett Fudickar III. Morgan is the daughter of Brad Taylor of Natchez and Shanari Taylor of Ferriday. View photo »

Cole Switzer killed his eight-point on Jan. 5 in Fayette. He is the son of J.T. and LaShey Switzer. View photo »

Hannah Wilson, with boyfriend Zack Wilson, killed her first deer while hunting at Doloroso. View photo »

Caroline Freeman killed her first deer on her first hunt with her first shot while hunting with Tucker Crisp in January. View photo »

Blake Perrin killed this 13-point buck while hunting with his father Mark in Adams County. The buck had an 18 inch spread. View photo »

Wardell Gaines, 10, killed his first deer, a seven-point, in Natchez. He is the son of Sherry and Wardell Gaines Sr. View photo »

This eight-point buck was taken by Lane Gordon, 11, on Jan. 13 while hunting by himself in Adams County. It was his second buck of the season. It has a 15 1/2 inside spread with its G2 and G3 each measuring 9 1/2 inches long. View photo »

Marlee Magee, 7, killed her first deer, a four-point, Dec. 26 while hunting with her father. She is the daughter of Jodie and Kenneth Magee. View photo »

Brian Winn killed this buck on Dec. 30 at Ward Lake Hunting Club in Clarksdale. Brian is the grandson of Lucien and Roni Gaudet. View photo »

Local retiree Bill Tomko recently caught a string of big fish. He holds a stringer of bass he caught in less than three frigid hours last month. View photo »

Local retiree Bill Tomko recently caught a string of big fish. He holds a bass that is 5.75 pounds and the striper a twin after sunset fishing on Lake St. John in January. View photo »

Toby Shows caught this fish off the shore line at Grand Iles while on vacation. Toby loves to fish and hunt. View photo »

Drue Carly Disher killed her first deer, a doe, while hunting with her paw paw, David Crnkovic. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Carl Disher of Ponchatoula, La. View photo »

Matthew Sanders killed this eight-point while hunting in Wilkinson County. He is 15 years old and is the son of Lisa Bonin of Gonzales, La. and Mark Sanders of Woodville. View photo »

Sean Wagoner killed this buck on Jan. 13 at Dick Hill Hunting Club in Jefferson County. View photo »

Mike Walters killed this 12-point while hunting on a private ranch in South Texas. View photo »

Matt Warnock, 11, killed a six-point buck on Dec. 31 in Adams County while hunting with his grandfather Murray Warnock. View photo »

Six-year-old Coy David Disher shot his first buck, an eight-point, while hunting with his paw paw David Crnkovic. Coy is the son of Jennifer and Carl Disher of Ponchatoula, La. View photo »

Ashton Moore, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Button and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Moore of Ferriday, killed his first deer, a 120-pound doe, in Crockett County, Texas. View photo »

Andrew Beesley, 10, killed this eight point Jan. 6 in Jefferson County. View photo »

Michael Iles 12, killed this 8-point buck while hunting with his stepfather in Wilkinson County. View photo »

Valerie Forman, 12, killed this doe while hunting with her dad R.T. Forman on youth weekend in Adams County. View photo »

Tanner Powell, 10, Killed this 10-point buck at Dick Hill Hunting Club in Jefferson County. Tanner is the son of Dusty Powell and the grandson of Lewis Powell. View photo »

Peyton Moore, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Button and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Moore of Ferriday, killed his first deer, a 115-pound doe, in Crockett County, Texas. View photo »

Will Sandel killed this 13-point buck while hunting with his father, Adrian, at Beverly Hunting Club on Nov. 24. View photo »

Mia Gamberi killed her first deer on Saturday, Jan. 5, while hunting at her family hunting camp with her dad, uncle Jeff and cousin Adam. View photo »

Bryce McCarthy, 6 yrs old killed his first deer recently in Frogmore, La. View photo »

This was the first deer killed by Payton Emfinger, 7. He killed this deer on Nov. 11, in Adams County. View photo »

Toostie Ferguson killed this 10-point buck with a 16-inch spread while hunting on Little Ten Hunting Club in Concordia Parish. This is the first big deer she has ever killed. View photo »

Madison Newman, 9, shows off the doe she killed on Jan. 12 on a weekend hunt with her dad at Outdoor Buddies property in Noxubee County. View photo »

Jacob Wilson, 9, killed his first buck, a 9-point, Jan. 5 while hunting with his dad on family land in Jefferson County. View photo »

Evan Webber, 11, killed his first buck hunting with his father, Phillip, at Lake St. John. View photo »

Chandler Russ, age 11, killed this ten point Nov. 15 at Beverly Hunting Club while hunting with her dad Kurt. View photo »

Lacy Book recently killed this 8-point buck in Adams County. View photo »

Kenneth Jordan, 10, killed his first buck, an 8-point, in Wilkinson County. View photo »

Mary Kate Huber killed this 7-point buck while hunting with her father on Giles Island Dec. 23. The buck was 5 1/2 years old and weighed 227 pounds. View photo »

Jake Pender killed his first deer recently on a hunt in Adams County. View photo »

N.D. Fuller, 83, killed this 8-point buck in Jefferson County with a 3855 primitive weapon. View photo »

Guage Thomas, 7, killed his first deer at L & D Hunting Club in Meadville. He is the son of Jamie and Chad Thomas. View photo »

Lauren Rymer, 9, killed this 275-pound, 15-point, non-typical buck on her very first hunt. She is the daughter of Todd and Melissa Rymer. View photo »

Landon Seyfarth, 10, killed an 11-point buck in Hamburg while he hunted with his uncle, Jamie Clement. Landon is the son of Shane and Dayla Seyfarth. View photo »

Cathy Meng submitted this photo of Johnny Kent of Baton Rouge with the alligator he caught in Mud Lake at rifle point. View photo »

Monty Mayo submitted this photo of his daughter Kate Mayo, 9. She killed her first buck, a 7 point, at Beverly Hunting Club. View photo »

The Dixie Bass Club of Natchez won the 2007 Top Ten bass tournament on Black River Lake at Monterey. Team members were, left to right; Henry Butler, Buster Martinez, Johnny Davis, president Glen Foster, Randy Pitre, Alan Brumfield, Robbie Buckles, Scott Emfinger, Paul Foster and Allen Blanton. View photo »

The Miss-Lou Crappie Club had its fourth tournament of the year at Lake Louie on Saturday under bad weather conditions with rain, lightening and thunder. Seven club members boated and fished for first place in the club standings. A total of 77 pounds of crappie were caught. The top five finishers from left to right were, Cedric Moore, Eddie Jones, Ponce Crossgo, Bo Mitchell and Issacc Mitchell. Other anglers not pictured were Jerry Johnson and Robert Sylvester. View photo »

Eight year-old Connor Mire, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Blaine Mire, visited his grandparents John and Sondra Pilgreen in Red River, N.M., near the streams and ponds in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. Connor and his friend Benjamin stand with Mire’s five pound, 23 inch rainbow trout that he caught during the trip. View photo »

Borderline Bass Club winners on Lake Louie were, from left, first place winner Carrol Ray Huff of Natchez (10.85 pounds; 4.75 lunker); second place winner Doug Schexnayder of Vidalia (10.85); third place winner Joey Chapman of Vidalia (6.95) and fourth place winner Charlie Brister (6.95). The Borderline Bass Anglers held their May 26 event on a very dingy falling Lake Louie near Sicily Island in the pleasant 65-83 degree air conditions. The 74-77 degree water produced 48 keepers and six limits for the 15 members plus two guests under a hazy sky. Others with fish were Charlie Brister (three for 6.95), Ricky Gillespie (five for 6.15), Bob Holland (four for 6.05), Wayne Doolittle (five for 5.45), Thomas Freeman (five for 5.20), Bill Murray (three for 4.40), Terry Grant (two for 4.10), Barry Chapman (three for 3.60), Clifton Chapman (two for 2.55) and Keith Andrews (one for 1.10). Also fishing were R. W. Barnhill, Cliff Persick and guests Jason Holland and Seth Sanford. View photo »

Lanelle Barnett caught this large bream behind her son’s house at Minorca landing in Concordia Parish. View photo »

Earl Stafford caught this 45 pound catfish in the Mississippi River recently. View photo »

Wildlife enthusiasts and nature lovers found paradise at the Environmental Educational Festival Saturday at the River View Park in Vidalia. Wildlife Outreach Foundation member David Hall sits with two Harris Hawks which he brought to educate visitors about. View photo »

Dixie Bass Club winners on Larto Lake were from left infirst place, Alan Brumfield of Natchez (15.83 pounds), second place, Scott Emfinger (11.53) and third place, Ken Mahoney (10.04). View photo »

Thomas Garrity killed his first deer while hunting with his father, Dr. Byron Garrity, in Claiborne County in December. View photo »

Sarah Garrity killed this wild turkey gobbler while hunting with her father, Dr. Byron Garrity, in Claiborne County Friday, March 9. She was not late for school that morning. View photo »

Barry Williams of Roxie killed this 20-pound turkey with a 10-inch beard Saturday, March 17. View photo »

John Ashton Hicks, 8, killed his first deer, a 7-point buck, on a recent hunt. He is the son of Courtney and John Hicks of Natchez. View photo »

Sean Lyden, 11, caught this 9.5-pound, 23.5-inch bass in a private pond in Nixon, Texas, during spring break March 17. He is the grandson of Carl and Sally Flowers of Natchez. View photo »

Daniel Garrity, 7, killed this wild turkey gobbler March 24 while hunting with his father, Dr. Byron Garrity, in Claiborne County. View photo »

Taylor Mitchell, 12, killed this eight-point, 170-pound buck with a 17-inch spread at his PawPaw’s place south of Natchez Jan. 4. View photo »

Wyatt Booth, 10, killed his first gobbler Saturday, March 10 at 11 a.m. in Adams County during a youth hunt. He is the son of Judge Leo and Kim Booth of Dunbarton, La. View photo »

The Ms-Lou Crappie Anglers held their first tournament of the year March 3 at Tew Lake with 10 anglers competing for first place. Winners were Mike Taylor (13.44 pounds), Willie Foster (13.28 pounds), Cedric Moore (10.42 pounds), Ike Mitchell (10.13) and Jerry Johnson (9.06) pounds. A total of 90.09 pounds of fish were caught. View photo »

Rebecca Myers, 11, killed her first turkey just after daylight March 10 with a .12-gauge shotgun. View photo »

Jordan Petty, 8, killed her first deer, a four-point, on private land in Adams County during youth hunt weekend 2006. She is the daughter of Michael and Stephanie Petty of Natchez. View photo »

Matt Petty, 4, caught his first bass while at Clear Springs during the Thanksgiving holidays last year. He is the son of Michael and Stephanie Petty of Natchez. View photo »

Jimmy “Boo” Wilkinson, 5, killed his first deer Nov. 11. He was hunting with his father, Jimmy Wilkinson, during youth weekend at Honey Hollow Hunting Club in Jefferson County. Jimmy shot this 115-pound doe with his .223 rifle. View photo »

Natchez High School Class of 1970 hunting buddies Ed Godfrey and Glenn Simmons watch a “goose vortex” while duck hunting this past season on David Ames farm off of Archer Road near Ferriday on a foggy day. View photo »

This 400-pound Russian hog was captured and killed at Hi-Lo Hunting Club Feb. 18. Pictured from left to right are Pete Mount, Paul Bourke II (land owner), Corryn Bourke and Chad Blaney. View photo »

James Lee killed this 12-point, 275-pound deer on the last day of deer season. View photo »

Alex Miller, 9, killed his first deer, a four-point buck, Jan. 20 on private land in Tensas Parish. View photo »

Blake Perrin, 5, killed his first deer with his .44 Magnum while hunting with his father, Mark, in Adams County. View photo »

Amber Frye, 10, killed this eight-point buck Christmas Day in Natchez. View photo »

Tyler Lindsey, 6, killed his first deer, a five-point buck, while hunting with his father, David Lindsey, uncle, Tim Nettles, and friend, Buck Brumfield, in Adams County. View photo »

Brooke Kerrigan, 11, killed this eight-point buck Jan. 13 while hunting at Triangle Ranch Hunting Club. View photo »

Pamela R. Gladney, Jimmy Ray, Windy Gladney, Charles Gladney and Jamie Ray had a successful day of hunting last month at Rifle Point Plantation, each coming home with a buck. Windy’s deer was a new record at Rifle Point, a 16-point, 24-inch spread 182 pound buck. View photo »

Mark Verucchi, 9, killed this nine-point buck while hunting in Adams County Dec. 21. View photo »

Landon Havard, 7, killed his first deer Jan. 8 while hunting with his father at their camp in MIssissippi. View photo »

Win Person, 7, killed this 11-point Jan. 8 while hunting at Excelsior Plantation. View photo »

John Austin Evans, 8, harvested this 7-point, 225-pound buck while hunting with his father at Rifle Point. He is the son of Jay and LeAnne Evans. View photo »

Cole Mosby, 8, killed his first deer while hunting with his father at Beverly Hunting Club. It was a 7-point buck that weighed in at 175 pounds. View photo »

Sarah Godbold, 10, killed her first deer Nov. 21. She was hunting with her father, Ricky Godbold, who said his daughter has “better shot placement than her daddy.” She is the daughter of Ricky and Pam Godbold. View photo »

Josh Wilkerson killed this eight-point buck at Retirement Plantation during youth hunt week. He is the son of Billy and Leah Ulmer. View photo »

Chandler Russ killed her first buck, this eight-point, Dec. 1. View photo »

Scotty Floyd killed this five point buck Nov. 12 on youth hunt weekend. View photo »

Braxton C. Robinson, 6, killed this 110-pound doe Nov. 11 using a .30-.30. It was his first deer. View photo »

Brock Farmer killed his first deer, a doe, Nov. 19 while hunting with his father, Gary Farmer, on Hwy. 61 South. View photo »

Kyle Bradley, 11, killed his first buck, an eight point, Nov. 25. View photo »

Peyton Melton killed this 12-point, 185-pound buck Nov. 22 while hunting with his father at their hunting camp in Jefferson County. View photo »

Sawyer Allen, pictured here with his father, Tim, killed his first deer, a 120-pound doe, Nov. 12 on a youth hunt. He used a 7-30 rifle at 182 yards. His four-year-old brother, Braxton, was also hunting that day. View photo »

The Borderline Bass Anglers had their Saturday event on a very dingy falling Lake St. John near Ferriday in 72-84 degree humid air conditions. The 80-84 degree calm water produced 29 keepers but only 1 limit for the 15 members under a partly cloudy sky. Winner Bob Holland, at left, crushed the field with a 15.75 five bass limit using mostly plastics after some buzz bait action early. Carrol Ray Huff, second from left, had 3 for 8 pounds fooled by a multibaits for second while third was Mike Essary, second from right, with 3 for 7.70, mostly on crank baits. Others with fish were: Bill Murray (4 for 6.70) at right, Barry Chapman (3 for 6.20), Phillip Harper (2 for 5.70, lunker of 4.35), Joey Chapman (3 for 4.50), Cliff Persick (3.90), Clifton Chapman (2 for 3.0), Doug Schexnayder (2.35), Keith Andrews (2.30) and Terry Grant (1.15). Also fishing were Charlie Brister, Wayne Doolittle and Richard Hess. View photo »