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Top 10 frogging tips
While Corey Crochet loves any kind of hunting, and all saltwater and freshwater fishing, frogging might be his favorite sport.[…]
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Other Hunting
Top frogging equipment
Frogging is a specialized sport. Even though frogs’ eyes shine in the dark, they can be hard to spot, especially if the frog is partially shielded by water lilies or sitting on the bank behind a bunch of brush.[…]
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The story of a Cottomouth Custom Boats
Corey and Samantha “Sam” Crochet founded Cottonmouth Custom Boats (225-456-0930) in February 2013. And frogging is an activity that dovetails well with their young boat business.[…]
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Defining the Atchafalaya Basin
It’s hard to define exactly what the Atchafalaya Basin is.
People can’t even agree on the name. Most experts on that sort of thing agree the name “Atchafalaya” is derived from the Choctaw Indian language and interprets as “long river.” […]
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Grand River hammers — Expert frogging tips
“Now that’s a hammer there,” rumbled the 35-year-old man as he closed the boat in on a turbo-sized bullfrog sitting on a rare piece of exposed bank. […]
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Applications available online for Elbow Slough WMA opening weekend lottery dove hunts
Applications are now being accepted for lottery hunts on Elbow Slough Wildlife Management Area in Rapides Parish for the opening weekend of dove season.[…]
Features
Bullfrogs are greedy
Bullfrogs are aggressive and greedy predators. They are actually quite easy to catch on fishing lures during the daytime. […]
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LDWF announces 2015 alligator lottery hunts
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is conducting a lottery to award alligator tags to provide the general public with harvest opportunities.[…]
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Louisiana black bear management plan submitted Thursday to LWFC
A comprehensive black bear management plan, including provisions for a potential harvest if federal protection is one day deemed unwarranted for the animal, was presented to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday.[…]
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North Carolina’s No. 2 all-time black bear killed by Virginia hunter
On the morning of Nov. 11, Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed a 782-pound black bear from a blind overlooking a field of soybeans and corn on private land in Hyde County. […]
Columns
Mistaken identity
I was a young officer working my first year on the job when I walked into a little country store in Avoyelles Parish near Bordelonville one day. Being new to the area and not knowing anyone, a lot of time was spent meeting local folks and learning my way around.[…]
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Top 6 squirrel-hunting tips
Keith LaCaze is a lifelong hunter, and he chases pretty much everything that lives in the wild. Deer, hogs, rabbits, squirrels and wood ducks — they’re all on his hit list.[…]
Columns
Arashi Wake Crank a bass magnet
An Idaho outdoorsman had plenty of time to talk about some keys to his success this year as an Elite Series angler as part of a four-year career that has earned him $517,632.[…]
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Mid-season dove tactics
If you’re planning on making an October dove hunt, don’t expect the birds to be as carefree as they were on opening day.[…]
Apex Predator
Cleaning squirrels — the easy way
What hunter doesn’t enjoy bagging a limit of bushy-tailed tree rodents?[…]
Other Hunting
Opening-weekend dove-hunting essentials
Traditionally opening weekend of dove season in the Bayou State is still hot and humid. So hunters need to be cognizant of the dangers to heat and exposure to the sun’s UV rays.[…]