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How to be a Top Gun
Guided duck hunts are expensive, but often cheaper than doing it on your own.
A day hunt at Top Gun with accommodations, for instance, is $375 per hunter.[…]
Hunting
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Shoot big for more waterfowl hunting success
With all the waterfowl gear available in the sporting goods world today, Davy and Colby Daniels are pretty basic — and old school — in their approach to guiding their 300 to 400 duck hunters each season.[…]
Deer Hunting
Best public deer-hunting areas
Begin your deer season in the western part of the state in mid-September with plans to hit these WMAs. The rut starts earlier here than anywhere else in the state, which launches around the end of September in some locations and ends near mid-November.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer are more educated, better at hiding, hunter says
The deer hunting world has changed. Hunters over 65 years old remember when hunting clothing meant a flannel shirt and khaki pants or blue jeans.[…]
Deer of the Year
Haynesville hunter drills Webster Parish 12-point
Late last month, Mike Heckel had a mid-week, early-morning work meeting scheduled — but he figured he had just enough time to squeeze in a quick deer hunt on some private land in Webster Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Crowley hunter nails giant Vernon Parish 17-pointer
Darryl Foreman had only seen nighttime trail camera images of a giant buck that would never show itself during daylight hours. […]
News Breaker
3 million-plus ducks noted in November aerial survey
Despite no really cold weather so far, the annual November aerial waterfowl survey completed last week indicated almost 3 million ducks have already arrived along Louisiana’s coast.[…]
Deer of the Year
Second chance brings down Caddo Parish 16-pointer
When Shreveport construction superintendent Kenny Holsted first saw a big buck at 225 yards Sunday morning, he was instantly afflicted with a bad case of buck fever.[…]
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Hunters report solid opening weekend
Louisiana duck hunters in the coastal and west zones who headed into their blinds for opening weekend reported seeing lots of birds — although heavy hunting pressure on Saturday seemed to make things more difficult on Sunday.[…]
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November aerial duck survey incomplete, but Southwest Louisiana looks promising
Larry Reynolds, the state’s waterfowl study leader with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, spent all day Thursday flying 11 transect lines for November’s aerial survey of the coastal zone from the Texas line to Marsh Island.[…]
Deer of the Year
Elusive Grant Parish 9-point finally slips up
A slick nocturnal buck had eluded Shandon Ferrier for three long years in Grant Parish — until the big buck finally slipped up Monday.[…]
Columns
Louisiana families keep hunting traditions alive
The sport of hunting remains strong in the Bayou State because families make it a priority.[…]
Deer of the Year
Monroe seventh grader downs monster 6-point on Davis Island
When Kade Woods let his little sister borrow his Remington Model 700 .308 at Rosedale Hunting Club last weekend, the 14-year-old got to borrow his dad’s rifle for his hunt Sunday afternoon in a box stand overlooking three shooting lanes on Davis Island.[…]
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Top scouting tips for successful duck hunts
With Louisiana’s coastal and west zones set to crank up this Saturday morning, duck hunters across the state will be prepping all week in advance of opening day.[…]
Deer of the Year
Claiborne Parish gives up big 12-pointer
Claiborne Parish is known for producing quality bucks, and the one that responded to Lance Middleton’s bleat and grunt calls late last week is no exception. […]
Deer Hunting
Two arrested for alleged night-hunting in New Orleans East neighborhood
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested two New Orleans men for allegedly spotlighting deer in a neighborhood in New Orleans East Tuesday night.[…]