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Cover: December 2013
Ferriday’s Jason Archer shook up the deer hunting community in November when he knocked down what could be the largest Louisiana typical buck on record. Read the story on page 14 for all the details.[…]
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Pothole fever — Duck hunting potholes along the Boeuf River
I had heard those words before: “Ray Charles could find it.”
The last time I was given the challenge that the great, but completely blind rock-and-roll singer could find his way to where I was being directed was in the days before GPS units and cell phones. […]
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Dead-end Dularge
Picking out the best parts of water to fish is harder than it sounds, particularly here in Southeast Louisiana where every body of water along our coast teems with nature’s bounty.[…]
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Making ’em move — How to up your odds of deer-hunting success
“You want cold for deer-hunting and wind for duck-hunting!” Artie growled. “All da rest is a buncha snake-oil and hocus-pocus by outdoor writers to sell a buncha stupid, worthless trinkets!”[…]
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First Flight — Tips for youth waterfowl hunts
A long offseason crept to a close as the final weeks were counted down leading up to the last year’s waterfowl seasons.[…]
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Doctor’s Orders — Fall speckled trout and redfish hotspots mapped out
You’ve heard of situations described as “win-win-win.” How about one that’s “Win-Wynn-when?”[…]
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The Edge — How to hunt Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge deer
“Now, during most of the day,” my cousin-in-law Al frowned, “the big bucks hole up in this thick stuff. This timber sure makes for tough hunting at times!”[…]
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Triple Play — Trout fishing tips for Lake Charles, Prien Lake and Moss Lake
There’s a lot going on in Lake Charles in November and December besides refining oil and moving liquefied natural gas.[…]
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Ground Rules — How to stalk deer
Decades ago, most people deer hunted either by using dogs or quietly stalking through the woods. Today, both methods seem to be dying out because of the land lease system and the increasing popularity of climbing and box stands. […]
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Shoot-Don’t Shoot, 2013 Edition
A new age of deer management and hunting was ushered in when the concept of quality deer management began to sweep across the Southeast United States and eventually into the Bayou State.[…]
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Limited Success — Duck hunting Manchac WMA’s limited access area
I knew this would probably be my last Louisiana duck hunt.
The Sirens Ulysses had to deal with had nothing on the Call of the Grandchildren: The wife was putting on serious pressure to move to Colorado.[…]
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Clovelly two-step — Speckled trout fishing gets hot at Lafitte’s Clovelly
I couldn’t figure out why my son wasn’t making a cast.
It was obvious where the fish were. The gulls dive bombing nervous shrimp was a dead give-away.[…]
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Theophile’s Flying Circus — Seaplane offers easy fishing access to barrier islands
Did you ever go to the circus when you were a kid? There really wasn’t anything else quite like it.[…]
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Night Stripes — Fishing tips for Lake St. John hybrid stripers
When darkness falls on Lake St. John, hybrid stripers swarm around pier lights. And these anglers know how to get them to bite.[…]
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Water Works — Hunting from a pirogue
Sid Havard exited his truck and left it parked along the banks of Black Lake Creek.[…]
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Cover: November 2013
Deer hunting means you have choices to make: Should you shoot that buck that walks out or let it live another year?[…]