Events & Announcements
Barbera joins Sportsman staff
Lifelong Bayou State angler Sam Barbera has joined the Louisiana Sportsman staff as an account executive handling the Greater Baton Rouge market as well as some national accounts.[…]
Year: 2011
Bass Fishing
Understand rivers to hammer the bass
Understanding rivers is important, both for finding fish on them and to navigating them. The smaller the river is, the more important it is to understand it, but the easier it is to understand.[…]
Hunting
New Bushnell Legend Ultra HD Compact Binoculars
Overland Park, Kan. — Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry leader in high-performance optics for more than 60 years, has introduced two new compact models to its Legend Ultra HD binocular line.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish biting at Lafitte’s Little Lake one week after Lee
This time last week, residents of Lafitte were praying for a north wind to blow all the water out that fell from Tropical Storm Lee. Only six days later, as I drove to Joe’s Landing, I wouldn’t have known the effects of the storm had I not seem them in the news.[…]
Breaking News
Teal numbers down for season opener, biologists predict
Hunters packing up their gear and heading to duck camps for the teal-season opener tomorrow (Sept. 10) will have significantly fewer targets, if Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ estimates from earlier this week are correct.
“The 169,000 blue-winged teal estimated on this survey is 21 percent below last year’s estimate of 215,000 and 32 percent below the long-term average of 248,000,” the official LDWF report reads.[…]
Other Hunting
Tips to avoid dove baiting
Every September, you can take to the bank someone will get busted for shooting doves over a baited field. Not only is this illegal, but it also gives the entire hunting community a black eye.[…]
Events & Announcements
Union Parish man arrested for fifth DWI on Russell Sage
A Union Parish man was arrested and booked Tuesday (Sept. 6) with fifth-offense driving while intoxicated after being stopped on Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Breaking News
Youth waterfowl duck hunting allowed on Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge beginning Sept. 10
Portions of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge will open for the first time to youth waterfowl hunting beginning Saturday (Sept. 10), allowing young hunters to take advantage of the early teal season.
This is the first hunting season opened on the refuge since its establishment in 1990, and youth hunting will be allowed throughout the rest of the teal season and the regular duck season on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.[…]
News Breaker
Two Iota men cited for squirrel-hunting violations
Two Iota men were cited Sept. 1 for allegedly squirrel hunting in western Acadia Parish a month before the season opens, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Sept. 8). Squirrel season doesn’t open until Oct. 1.[…]
Events & Announcements
Sporting clay shoot to benefit prostate cancer research
A sporting clay shoot scheduled for Sept. 24 in Denham Springs will raise money for prostate cancer research and awareness work.[…]
Hunting
Elite Spotting Scopes
Overland Park, Kan. — Bushnell brings two new models to the Elite spotting scope line for 2011. Both models are 20-60×80. One with a straight eyepiece and the other with a 45 degree eyepiece.[…]
Apex Predator
Trail cameras makes public-land deer hunting more effective
Setting out trail cameras has become one of my favorite parts of my hunting experience, adding a fun tactical advantage in planning hunts and scouting.[…]
News Breaker
Teal season opener looking good despite Tropical Storm Lee’s visit
Following the usual long offseason, made longer by reports of record numbers of blue-winged teal and stellar habitat conditions along coastal Louisiana, hunters were particularly optimistic heading into this weekend’s teal season kickoff.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Finding reds in the Delta
The Atchafalaya deltas are new marsh; two of the few places in Louisiana where new marsh is being built rather than los[…]
Hunting
Bossier Parish sheriff asking help in tracking down vandals
Roads leading hunting camps near Plain Dealing area have been spiked, and the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for public help in finding out who has been carrying out this vandalism since last year, according to news reports.
Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen said more than 20 tires have been damaged in the incidents, the Associated Press reported.[…]
Hunting
Multi-Tree Swing Arm Bow Holder
Hunter’s Specialties® new Multi-Tree Swing Arm Bow Holder is the perfect accessory for hunters who frequently hunt out of several stands during the course of the season.[…]