Features
Gueydan guides: Don’t play games with specklebellies
With specklebellies occupying more attention from waterfowl hunters, especially around Gueydan, don’t take any chances. Cover all your bases.
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Month: November 2021
Ducks
Louisiana ducks are disappearing. What do hunters do about it?
The information gathered through aerial surveys over the past few years indicates a significant downward trend in duck numbers.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Wading puts winter trout within easier reach of anglers
When targeting winter trout, Capt. Adam Jaynes believes wading puts the odds ever more in your favor of landing a trophy trout.[…]
Deer Hunting
Keep it simple, and you’ll kill more deer
Berwick bowhunter Duval Arthur Jr. has gone back to basics when he plans his deer-hunting excursions. That change has paid off.[…]
Bass Fishing
Christmas cheer for bass fishermen at Caney Lake
December bassing on Caney Lake can be a huge gift to anglers. Here’s how Corey Harris catches hawgs this month.
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Hunting Reports
Jared’s first buck
Jared Garland dropped his first buck at 160 yards. The buck, along with two smaller bucks, was in the shooting lane before he got on the stand for the afternoon hunt. He had to sneak[…]
Hunting Reports
Turner Thompson’s first bow kill
On Nov. 16, 2021, 8-year-old Turner Thompson of Bluff Creek used his brother’s crossbow to take his first deer with a bow. They hunted together for two days and finally bagged one after letting a[…]
Hunting Reports
Cody’s Vernon Parish buck
This buck was harvested by Cody Haymon in Vernon Parish on Nov. 12, 2021.
Hunting Reports
Deer and ducks combo
Brennan Pizzolato had a great opening weekend of duck season in Caddo Parish. He had this 10-point come out during the day for the first time and was in the tree waiting for him.
Fishing Reports
Brayden’s first red
Brayden Giroir caught his first redfish on Nov. 12, 2021 using dead shrimp out in Mud Point. The fish was released to grow.
Hunting Reports
Vernon Parish trophy buck
This Vernon Parish trophy 8-point nicknamed Hoops was taken by Barbara “Barbi” Rains. The big buck weighed 185 pounds.
Fishing Hotspots
Great Biloxi Marsh action has started
Sal Fontana of “Gotcha Hooked” Guide Service tells anglers how to burn up the speckled trout this month in the Biloxi Marsh.[…]
Hunting Reports
Kolt’s buck
Nine-year-old Kolt Carlin Thibodeaux killed this buck in Fort Polk on Oct. 10, 2021
Deer of the Year
Brown uses crossbow to down Madison Parish trophy
Cody Brown of West Monroe harvested a 9-point trophy buck on Nov. 12. in Madison Parish between Tallulah and Waverly.[…]
Deer of the Year
Shongaloo hunter drops bragging-sized Webster Parish buck
Jason Campbell of Shongaloo was hunting in Webster Parish on Nov. 14 when he killed a trophy buck that measured 155 3/4 inches.[…]
Geese
Louisiana goose season begins like an old Clint Eastwood movie
Louisiana goose hunters have experienced the first 10 days of the 2021-2022 season. It’s been good, bad and ugly depending on where you are.[…]