I’ve known Bob Watson all my life.
His daughter and I grew up together, and she swore many years ago that her dad killed the buck hanging on their living room wall in a most unusual way.[…]
Gun seasons open this month, so it’s time to really get down to business. Learn all you need to know to find those bucks, like this one taken last month by Zachary’s Chris Evans, hiding on your property.[…]
They say it’s not bragging if you can do it.
Derek Logan, a 31-year-old Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries game warden, will tell you exactly what he can do. The fact that he often does it with a sly smirk on his face can make his message challenging.[…]
It was a tall order. You see, Doc’s nephew Kyle was bored with duck hunting. So his dad Gus finally had an excuse to bring him over for a weekend to Da Deer Camp.[…]
Lacassine or Lacassane?
With so many ducks and geese flying around the agricultural region in the Southwest Louisiana, it’s easy to get confused. There are public hunting opportunities in Lacassane … no, wait, I mean Lacassine. Dang it! […]
Ah, sweet November. Brisk air, falling leaves, cooler temperatures and the official end to hurricane season.[…]
It’s no secret that largemouth bass love to hang around submerged brush piles, especially early in the year before they are ready to head for the shallow spawning grounds.[…]
Turbidity negatively affects fisheries. It reduces light penetration and, thus, reduces the production of algae that is the foundation of the food web. Eventually the fine silt particles that make water turbid settle out smothering organisms that live on the bottom, turning hard bottom areas into soft muck, and eventually filling in reservoirs.[…]
When Randy Lambert of Barnwell may not be a poker player, but he knows how to play the cards he’s been dealt at the beginning of every deer season.[…]
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway stretches 3,000 miles from New Jersey to Texas, built primarily as a safe haven for military and commercial transport along the eastern seaboard.[…]
Kim Fouquier had the nose of our 29-foot Twin Vee Catamaran in the armpit of the huge 90-foot steel shrimp trawler, putting our bow tightly into the spot on the metal beast where its big outriggers sprang from its hull. […]
The crashing noise startled me.
It was like a sound effect from one of those old western movies during a saloon brawl, where some cowpoke always grabs a chair and smashes it over the sheriff deputy’s head. […]
Hunting season is finally here, so all you have to do now is be in position to score. This issue is packed with information to help you do just that.[…]
The day, Dec. 23, 1998, was nasty and getting nastier, and the weatherman’s promise of sleet and freezing rain couldn’t have been more on target, falling over the north Louisiana landscape.[…]
When I retired from Wildlife and Fisheries in 2007, I predicted that within five years Louisiana would have a new state record typical buck. […]
In the nine years since Hurricane Katrina, forays into one of my favorite fishing holes, Pointe a la Hache, have been few and far between, mainly due to a lack of fishing guides.[…]