During a special meeting yesterday (Aug. 17), the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission decided to allow deer hunting with dogs on Kisatchie National Forest during a nine-day period in December.[…]
All my buddies were working today and I was off. I didn’t have any other plans, so I decided to make a solo scout down at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA.[…]
It’s August, and bow season is only several weeks away for most of us. If you’re like me, it seems to take forever to get here, and the next thing you know, you barely have enough time to get ready.[…]
If you ask any bow shop owner when the kickoff of pre-season bow prep is, I’d bet they’ll tell you it’s soon after the Fourth of July weekend. That’s when the light switch is turned on.[…]
My buddy Jimmy Kyle and I headed down to the Delta in early August for our first scouting trip in anticipation of the 2011-12 deer-hunting season. We got to our destination about 7:30 a.m., and my first observation was a pleasant one: No mosquitos![…]
It’s time to show off all the photos from your trail cams in the 2011 Trail Cam Photo Contest.[…]
Scientifically formulated, the Max-I-Mizer Mineral Mix provides key nutrients to bucks, particularly during antler development, and to fawns and does during crucial stages of growth.[…]
No matter where in the Bayou State your land is, there are steps you can take to grow bigger bucks.[…]
In a text message on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, Todd Masson responded to my “You’ve got to be kidding me,” message that I had just sent him at 7:30 after hearing a shot ring out from his direction, “Three deer were at feeder … Joel shot but I think he missed. He was a nervous wreck.”[…]
Most deer hunters in Louisiana by now should know something about Quality Deer Management (QDM). It has been preached not only in this state but throughout the Southeast for the past 20 years.[…]
Now is the time to start preparing for the upcoming deer season. “What?” you might say. “It’s only July, and its 100 degrees outside!” Well, yes, that’s right, but in a week it will be August and time to start scouting, no matter how hot it is.[…]
Applications for the two lottery gun hunts on Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge must be received at the refuge office no later than 4 p.m. Sept. 6.[…]
Hunters chasing deer within a portion of Area 6 will be going retro this season, with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopting a declaration of emergency today (July 7) that institutes doe days in the Morganza floodway and inside the Atchafayala Basin guide levees for the first time since being abolished in 2006.[…]
When the hunting seasons end, many hunters leave the fields and woods, and never look back until next fall rolls around. For them it’s off to the lakes and rivers, baseball fields, NASCAR tracks or whatever gets them excited now.[…]
Deer meat can be one of the most delicious meats around, but due to its low fat content it can be tough if not cooked down for long amounts of time. I’ve got a trick to overcoming this, as well as taking any gamey taste out of the meat: fruit juice marinades.[…]
“Does pH really matter?” Don Schmidt asked rhetorically as he began discussing this element of food-plot planting.[…]