The recoil of the 168 grain Hornady Match A-Max .30-06 rammed the rifle stock backwards, pushing it straight into my shoulder—in line with the prone position I had taken in the gravel shooting pit of the rifle range.[…]
It’s time to plan vacation for the best deer hunting. Also learn the best WMAs to target.[…]
I surveyed Highway 300 that parallels Bayou Terre aux Boeufs just two weeks after the passage of Hurricane Katrina, and what I saw that day left an indelible mark that will stick with me for the rest of my life.[…]
Not only does Eric Williamson catch a ton of bass flipping the canes out of Venice, but he also targets the ubiquitous rocks in the area.[…]
Jonathan Ryan is an avid speckled-trout angler.
The perfect day for him is finding some new honey hole in what’s left of the Delacroix marsh, and throwing double-rigged Hybrids to specks that are on Jenny Craig’s new plastic-only diet.[…]
The trick to September success is to narrow the search for areas where trout will congregate, ignoring the rest of the vast stretches of water in the area, Capt. Sean Cady said.[…]
Another topic that both Gauthier and Locascio adamantly insist on is the ability to identify the birds you are meant to shoot.[…]
Louisiana has long captured America’s imagination with its beautiful bayous, delicious cuisine and abundant wildlife. Television shows such as “Swamp People” have only increased that interest — particularly about Louisiana’s famous alligators.[…]
Did you know when mast-producing trees are stressed, as they are in a drought, they produce a bumper crop of acorns?[…]
Remarkable resilience best describes Sherburne Wildlife Management Area, the huge tract of public acreage in the upper part of the Atchafalaya Basin that was subjected to both natural and man-made flooding in the spring and early summer of 2011.[…]
Say goodbye to the 13,044-acre Ben’s Creek Wildlife Management Area, which ceased to exist June 30 when the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries alerted outdoorsmen four that the Washington Parish property lease would not be renewed.[…]
The key to having a good deer population is to have good reproduction to replace the deer harvested from the previous season and those that die from natural mortality.[…]
There are several simple ways a hunter can keep tabs on his deer herd in order to determine when the rut is going on.[…]
The reported deer harvest for the 2011 Deer Season will be the lowest on record, according to LDWF deer biologist Scott Durham.[…]
Hunting the rut is all about timing. Tactics change as the rut progresses; hunting scrapes is different from hunting during times when bucks are chasing does and success involves the proper set-up.[…]
September can pose some real challenges for trout fishermen. First, we have weather to contend with and, while that is true in any month, September is the peak of our tropical season — which brings winds and seas to a whole different level.[…]