Ducks
Hunting flooded timber for ducks in Louisiana
Although it’s not as prevalent as it once was, flooded timber still provides Louisiana’s hunters with plenty of opportunities to fill their straps.[…]
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Bass Fishing
Bayou Black bass blast
These bass anglers spend every available minute together on the water, and they know there’s no place better for numbers of bites than Bayou Black.[…]
Ducks
How to set up your duck decoys
Dekes are probably the most important controllable factor for the average hunter. Here’s how to set ‘em up — so you can shoot ‘em down.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crushing cold water crappie
Cooler water means more active fish — and with the crappie gathering up for prespawn feeding, you can bet that schooling competition will motivate the fish to eat whatever they can catch.[…]
Deer Hunting
Creating mock scrapes to hunt white-tail deer
Creating mock scrapes is a great way to provoke a big buck into shooting range — here’s how to get it done and put a big deer into your crosshairs.[…]
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How to catch wintertime speckled trout in the Geoghegan Canal
Some tips on how to fish the ledges in the Geoghegan Canal to catch wintertime speckled trout near Lake Pontchartrain this month.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fish Lake Bruin like a pro
One of the most fascinating things weekend bass tournament fishermen can witness is professional anglers picking apart their local lakes when major tournaments roll into town.
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Deer Hunting
Follow this advice to see more deer
While sitting in my ground blind last season watching 15 deer second-lining down the lane I was hunting, I was struck by deer movement — and how it’s really the only factor that matters.[…]
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Magic Man
Capt. Lloyd Landry is apparently a master of black magic. It’;s clear he spends his free time reading tarot cards, casting tea leaves and studying the works of Aleister Crowley.[…]
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“Artificial’ Intelligence
Venice is arguably the ultimate fishing destination. […]
Deer Hunting
Making the big bucks
The past several seasons, big buck contests and social media posts have exploded with impressive photos of true trophy bucks, more than most anyone can remember in the recent past. […]
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Black magic
From short jokes to hand-me-downs that don’t quite fit, it’s tough being the smallest kid in the family.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sabine River bass surprise
“We are very blessed,” Johnny Watkins said. “There are very few places where you fish bass on a shrimp pattern.[…]
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The Delacroix Trifecta
Specks, reds and bass are all doable on a nice fall day in Delacroix. Here’s what you need to know to pull off the triple play.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hunting the rut in 2018
The rut is always the best opportunity for a hunter to connect with a real trophy buck during deer season.[…]
Catfish
Pitch black cats
It was black on the water. Of course, it was midnight.
We sat as quiet as death in Sidney Haynes’ 17-foot aluminum SeaArk boat. In the distance, automobile headlights flitted busily through New Roads, perched hard on the shores of False River, the big oxbow lake of Pointe Coupee Parish.[…]