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Delta Dawn
There is a place down at the mouth of the Atchafalaya River known to many locals as “The Delta.” This is not your average hardwood, highland hunting grounds. This place is totally different.[…]
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Postage-Stamp Plots, Year II
Where does the time go? It doesn’t seem like a year has passed since I first wrote about the postage-stamp plots that Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson and I began to keep back in 2008.[…]
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Hunters who plant clovers tend to get lucky
Research indicates that no single supplemental forage variety can meet all the needs of whitetailed deer year-round. Additionally, there is no one plant suited for every soil type and growing condition found across the state.[…]
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Pre-season archery tips
So is it summer time, or is it that time of year just before fall? You know, the most important time of the year – bow season![…]
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Everything Archery
Brad Ripp is the owner of Louisiana Outdoors, an archery pro shop in Pearl River, La. […]
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Cover: August 2010
Check the calendar; deer season is right around the corner. Follow this guide to make this season the best ever.[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Antler Growth
As the days become longer, the process of “photoperiod” takes hold — stimulating more hormonal growth for bucks. More available sunlight allows changes to unfold with a buck’s pituitary gland, producing hormones that significantly contribute to bone and tissue growth.[…]
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19 bucks added to Louisiana Big Game Record Program during Marksvile QDMA event
The Central Louisiana Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association hosted its annual scoring event in Marksville last week, and once again proved why Avoyelles Parish is probably the top-producing big-buck parish in the state.[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Early Summer Forage
Tend the food plots, manage the timber, check the pH and get rid of the weeds. We’ve all heard and know it.[…]
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The Life of a Fawn
Spring gives way to warm days as the summer season nears. Pesky insects start to dominate the woodlots and open fields. For the young whitetails that survived the pursuit of predators, now their lives of growing into mature deer begin to unfold.[…]
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Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck contest highlights Louisiana deer potential
The 2nd Annual Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck contest provided a glimpse into Louisiana’s big-buck potential, the former head state deer biologist said.[…]
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Last call for Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck contest
Hunters wanting to enter the Second Annual Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck contest have until April 23 at 1 p.m. to have their deer scored at the Baton Rouge store.[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Carnivore Predation
With stealth, a lone coyote moves through the woodlot, its nose to the ground. Periodically, the canine stops and visually scans the timber.In the near distance is a female deer.[…]
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Input sought for proposed Area 1 deer-season changes
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission members are proposing a major change in the deer-season structure for Area 1 hunters, and want your input.[…]
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Public input for Area 6 deer-season changes sought
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission members are proposing a major change in the deer-season structure for Area 6 hunters, and want your input.[…]
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Input sought for deer-season changes proposed for much of state
Hunters in Areas 1 and 6, constituting all of Southeast Louisiana, would be able to hunt through Feb. 15 if changes proposed by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission are ultimately adopted.[…]