For outdoor enthusiasts, Eschete’s advice is simple and straightforward: If you suffer any type of injury while fishing, swimming or working in a saltwater or brackish environment here in South Louisiana — from being poked by a fish or jabbed with a hook — wash the wound quickly and thoroughly.[…]
When it comes to frogging, having the best gear will definitely put more legs in the pot. These cold-blooded critters only pump hot blood during the summer months, allowing them to jump at even the slightest hint of danger.[…]
The Frog Giggin’ Tournament Series will make a stop in Columbia on June 14-15.[…]
If you liked the way the original 4-gallon CanCooker cooked your food but wanted a smaller version, then the new CanCooker Jr. is just for you.[…]
This past season was definitely one of the most exciting for me. I was blessed to take two does, two bucks and three hogs during the bow season at the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Join Greg Hackney and crew as they hunt Squirrels, Southern Style in South Louisiana[…]
Revelry raged around him, but Artie looked morose. Doc’s uptown bungalow rocked with the traditional St. Patrick’s Day lunacy, but Artie remained oddly oblivious to the festivities.
Not even the stroll to Parasol’s helped.
“What a difference two months make,” Pelayo laughed, while pointing at his pouting friend. “New Year’s Artie was the life of da paaawty. Now look at him.”[…]
From the piney woods of the north to the alluvial Mississippi River basin’s bottomland hardwoods to the coastal marshes — all across Louisiana there is a certain quietness that seems to take over in late winter.[…]
Somewhere inside the small patch of woods surrounded by sugarcane fields, Hoke hunted. Maybe no more than 20 acres in size, if you flew over it the woodland would resemble a postage stamp stuck in the middle of an envelope.
A mix of hackberry, swamp maple, water and pin oaks, the isolated habitat wasn’t large enough to support a deer population, but it’s perfect for big red fox squirrels.
Hoke was used to the terrain, having hunted it before. There’d be no surprises on the afternoon. The goal was simply to spend a couple of hours hunting on a day already short because of winter, and if all went well the day would culminate with shooting a couple of the tree dwellers for the pot.[…]
Essential equipment for squirrel hunters who may or may not use a dog includes a good, quality pair of binoculars.[…]
Squirrels are abundant statewide and found in every terrain, from piney woods to bottomland hardwoods to coastal marshes.[…]
I grew up in Winn Parish and learned how to hunt while chasing squirrels in Dugdemona swamp. Whether alone or with family members, I always kept a sharp eye out for the free-ranging hogs that roamed the woods.[…]
Squirrels aren’t sexy.
They don’t have 12-inch beards and 1 ½-inch-long spurs that hunters just can’t wait to measure.[…]
Not only are predators such as coyotes, bobcats and foxes intelligent, but they also have remarkably keen senses.[…]
Traditionally, Louisiana’s hunting season kicks off in earnest at the crack of dawn on the first Saturday of October when a veritable army of camouflaged hunters creep into the woods in search of fox and cat squirrels.[…]
When pressed if he had any tricks a squirrel hunter might be able to take into the woods, Simsboro squirrel hunter Sid Havard suggested taking along a pocketful of smoke bombs and a rag.[…]