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Cover: November 2015
With deer hunting seasons in full swing, we provide tips on how to make sure you get the most out of your hunting days.[…]
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Stihl
Outdoorsmen will appreciate the quiet operation, instant starting ability and lightweight construction of STIHL battery-powered equipment. Each tool in this innovative battery system is powered by Lithium-Ion technology, delivering long run times with no gradual drop in power.[…]
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Road warriors – Even summertime trophy-trout anglers can’t resist this relaxing hotspot.
I had to watch out for the traffic.
Cars and trucks thundered up and down Louisiana Highway 1, the only route into Grand Isle, not only what is arguably the state’s only fishing resort but a thriving base for the oil and gas industry.[…]
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Wet is best — How to deer hunt the Florida Parish swamps
“‘A face only a mother could love,’ goes the saying, right?” snorted Doc’s cousin Brian as he returned from yet another run to the sheepshead ceviche platter with another heaping plate. […]
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Delacroix’s Fall Festival — Trout, redish action picks up this month
Imagine my surprise to find long-time Golden Meadow charter Capt. Chad Dufrene fishing out of Delacroix Island — not just occasionally, but full time.[…]
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Breaking the language barrier — Expert tips for specklebelly goose hunting
“If it doesn’t fire you up to see a group of specks come in your face, flying 15 yards over your head with their feet down — and you’re looking into their eyes and you see the bars light up in the sun — if that doesn’t fire you up, then you don’t need to be out here.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Pick it apart — How to fish laydowns
Wood — once a tree, felled by man or nature, it’s now a bass fortress and a structure to be negotiated, encroached upon, invaded by those seeking a face-to-face with said fish.[…]
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A softer approach to deer hunting
Artie’s cousin Cliff was seriously pumped, despite the LSU-Auburn disaster unfolding on Doc’s mega-screen TV.[…]
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Hooked! Fishing guide shares tips for trout success at Shell Beach, Hopedale
I think the first time I fished with Capt. Tim “Hook” Ursin Jr. was back in the early to mid-1990s. At the time he was running his charter service out of the End of the World Marina on Delacroix Island — and we were both a lot younger then.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lightweights — Why you should fish with lightweight rods and reels
Power-fishing, chucking-and-winding, the grind — we typically think of baitcasters for such duties, while the more modest, finesse presentations usually go hand-in-hand with spinning tackle.[…]
Bass Fishing
Two sides of the coin — Expert tips for fall Atchafalaya Basin bass fishing
Stepping aboard the bass boat at Doiron’s Landing last October, I noticed the smiles on the faces of my two hosts. They appeared more than confident, and they insisted the game plan was certain.[…]
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Bowed up — How to deer hunt with a longbow
Like most of his young friends decades ago, Gary Pat Craig went to the Saturday afternoon movies at the Don Theater in Alexandria to watch popular shoot-em-up Westerns.[…]
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Hiding in plain sight — D’Arbonne NWR is an overlooked hunting jewel
John Hanks waded the shallow, flooded hardwood bottom off Point Road, hopeful of a successful morning duck hunt. He wasn’t disappointed.[…]
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Flounder fantasy — Tips for Point-aux-Chenes WMA flounder
If Ray Scott had been a flounder fanatic rather than a bass buff, I would have signed up as his first lifetime member of Flounder Masters and granted him easy access to my coffers.[…]
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Perfect Timing — What’s the best time to plant food plots?
When former Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson and I first started managing my property in Washington Parish for better deer hunting, our number one objective was to put in food plots.[…]
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Christmas fishing — 2015’s newest fishing products
Whether you’re a serious angler or a weekend warrior, the right gear can greatly impact your success.[…]