Deer Hunting
Bow season all about wind
Well, we are approaching my favorite day of the year, Oct 1, and it looks like the first several days of bow season are going to be blessed with great weather.[…]
Columns
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Not all fuel problems caused by ethanol
Last year, I wrote a column urging readers to avoid ethanol at all costs. Ethanol has caused many problems ranging from sludge in the fuel tank to deterioration of the fuel lines. It absorbs moisture from the air.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Use caution when buying map programs
Dear Capt. Paul:
I recently bought a Humminbird 898c SI fishfinder, and am looking to buy a chip to upgrade the maps.[…]
Currents
No better month than the 10th one
If I ever find a lamp, rub it and a genie pops out, one of my wishes will be to rip June, July and August off the calendar. What do the three months have to offer?[…]
Columns
Is it a reptile, or is it a fish?
Most fish-identification books (except mine, of course) list the value of lizardfish to anglers as either a “nuisance” or “useless.” I happen to think that they are a pretty interesting critter. It could be the biologist in me.[…]
Columns
Sighting in doesn’t have to be hard
Buck drove me crazy.
As anal as I am about my rifles, his idea of sighting in before deer season was to drive out on the pipeline at our lease, throw a gallon cooking oil can out, back off 60-75 yards, take a rest on his elbows, squint through his cheap scope and touch off a .30-06 round from his immensely popular (and notoriously inaccurate) semi-automatic rifle (he even had see-through mounts on the thing!) and bounce the can about 5 feet.[…]
Columns
Bass love Bomber’s Model B
When Oklahoman Edwin Evers needs to put bass in the boat in one of the many high-pressure bass tournaments he fishes, including the recent Bassmaster Elite Series, he goes “hunting” with his favorite balsa wood crankbait — the Bomber Model B.[…]
Columns
It’s time to hit the cooling oxbows
In North Louisiana during October, the weather will start to cool off. The bass will get into their fall mode more quickly than they do in South Louisiana because they’ll start to feel winter approaching.[…]
Columns
Try to beat the odds in 2010
It’s all about the antlers’ was a statement made at the 2006 Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting in Baton Rouge. The evening’s discussion was on the use of antler restrictions (ARs) to produce older and bigger bucks.[…]
Bass Fishing
The haunt for reds in October
For most fly anglers in our state, it’s not the waters that torment us, but what swims in them. As we count down to All Hallow’s Eve, and the invasion of predatory species into our estuaries, the fly fishing can be so good it’s frightening.[…]
Deer Hunting
Archery shooting techniques
Many enjoy archery and bow hunting because of the increased challenge and heightened sense of accomplishment through taking game with a bow. What makes archery such a challenge?[…]
Columns
Deer season finally arrives
I am writing this column in late July, which means I have two months to get things in order for the upcoming season. On the other hand you are reading this column in September, which means that the deer season is here.[…]
Columns
U.N. Small Arms Treaty a real threat to U.S. gun owners
Several times a week, I receive internet warnings that scream the present administration plans to circumvent the Second Amendment to the Constitution.[…]
Columns
Missing someone? Blame it on the Rios
To fellow flyfishers in Southeast Louisiana, our loved ones are wondering: Where have you been?[…]
Ask Captain Paul
GPS an invaluable tool for deer hunters
Now is the time to get in the woods with your GPS. Now is the time to hit the woods and establish your GPS waypoints and trails for your stands, blinds and favorite hunting locations.[…]
Columns
Mako shark is LOWA’s Fish of the Year
Generally speaking, a shark, any kind of shark, just doesn’t make the average Louisiana saltwater angler’s heart beat faster.[…]