Deer of the Year
Sabine Parish hunter harvests offspring of former trophy buck
Ryan Masters of Many downed this 11-point buck in Sabine Parish on Nov. 11, 2023. It was exactly 4 years after killing a similar buck.[…]
Month: November 2023
Features
The Calcasieu Estuary is a favorite for fast fishing action
The wintertime pursuit of saltwater fish within the Calcasieu Estuary can produce a variety of species of fish.[…]
Features
The Biloxi Marsh is superb for winter redfish
The Biloxi Marsh, also called the Bayou Biloxi Marsh, contains some of the best redfish habitat in the country.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappieholics
Getting tips from crappie anglers to understand why they think like they do. We dive head-long inside the minds of three Crappieholics.[…]
Columns
It’s beginning to look a lot like…well, it doesn’t really look like Louisiana
Louisiana is supposed to be green and lush even in late fall and winter — well, at least some green and a dash of lush. We’re not.[…]
Ducks
The glory days of Wham Brake
Wham Brake is one of north Louisiana’s spots that earned a reputation with hunters during the waterfowl glory days of the 1960’s and 70’s.[…]
Features
Hunters are conservationists
Hunters teach the next generation of conservationists to respect the land and wildlife and to always give back to those in need.[…]
Deer Hunting
Find the funnels for deer
Deer living on both ends of a bottleneck or funnel will travel through to move — giving hunters more opportunities to take them.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Catfish feeding frenzy in the Mississippi River
Jared Serigné went down to the Mississippi River to catch catfish. Afterwards, he headed home to make fried catfish sandwiches.[…]
Fishing Reports
Redfish for Seth Guidry
Seth Guidry of Dequincy was fishing on Sept. 22 in Hackberry when he caught this redfish. Seth Guidry landed this bull red fishing on Oct. 3 in Hackberry.
Hunting Reports
Josiah Harrell is having a great season
Josiah Harrell, 9, who shoots 4H Archery with West Feliciana 4H, shot this doe, his second deer of the season, on Oct. 19 with his new Elite Basin set at 36 pounds with a Goldtip[…]
Hunting Reports
Randi Menard’s first buck
Randi Menard of Kaplan, La., a 33-year-old mother of two, was hunting with her boyfriend, Derek, on Oct. 15 when she took her first buck. “On the evening of Oct. 15, I went out hunting[…]
Fishing Reports
Cade Guidry’s barracuda
Cade Guidry, 16, was fishing out of Cocodrie on July 22 when he caught this barracuda as by-catch while hunting for cobia.
Deer of the Year
Big Webster Parish buck surprises hunter on trip close to home
On Nov. 8, Shea Harvey of Springhill shot this 11-point buck with a Howa 30.06 near Shongaloo in Webster Parish.[…]
Hunting Reports
McKenzye Beasley and her 8-point buck
McKenzye Beasley, 8, of Sabine Parish harvested this beautiful 8-point buck in Natchitoches Parish.
Hunting Reports
Brecken’s first bow kill
Brecken Figueiredo, 13, of Ville Platte, La. has been bowhunting with his father, Tibby Figueiredo, since he was 8 years old. He’s learned a lot within the 5 year quest. There were many close encounters,[…]