Other Hunting
Top squirrel-hunting tactics
Consistently killing limits of squirrels is no accident, and avid hunter Joe Speyrer puts in a lot of work to ensure he and his sons don’t come home empty handed.[…]
Hunting
Other Hunting
Taxonomy of Louisiana’s squirrels
There is perhaps no greater source of discussion concerning Louisiana squirrels than identification of species and subspecies ,and their respective color phases.[…]
Deer Hunting
Stick bows growing in popularity
The amount of dedication traditional archery requires and the patience it takes to harvest an animal might dissuade some from trying a stick bow. It’s likely the reason the number of traditional hunters is relatively small.[…]
Deer Hunting
Organizations promote traditional archery
The Southern Traditional Archery Association is committed to the preservation of traditional archery in Mississippi.[…]
Deer Hunting
Longbow or recurve?
For thousands of years the longbow design hasn’t changed much. It’s quite simply a single piece of wood with a string attached at both ends.[…]
Other Hunting
Ticks are no joke
We’ve all shown up at the camp and just hit the woods to slip around and bag a squirrel or two without a thought to dangers posed by ticks.[…]
Deer Hunting
Two Rapides Parish men cited for alleged deer hunting violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two Otis men for alleged deer hunting violations in Vernon Parish on Thursday, according to a news release.[…]
Sportsman TV Episodes
Duck Hunt in the Snow
It’s not often it snows in Louisiana, but we got the timing just right for an epic duck hunt in the Mississippi River Delta.[…]
Deer of the Year
‘Biblical’ buck goes down with recurve bow in Bossier Parish
In the book of Genesis, Jacob wrestled with an angel of the Lord all night and came away with a permanent limp.[…]
Columns
Champion trees and trophy bucks
Records are kept these days of just about everything. As we saw during the 2016 Summer Olympics the old adage “records are made to be broken” is still true.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bowhunter shares story of fall to encourage safety harness use
Justin Lanclos is a serious bowhunter — so much so that he designed and owns the popular bowhunting site louisianabowhunter.com.[…]
Deer of the Year
Monster 190-class buck goes down in West Feliciana Parish
Sometimes, a plan just comes together perfectly and all the pieces fall in place to bring down a monster buck.[…]
Deer of the Year
ULM freshman arrows big Grant Parish 10-pointer
Taylor Kight got his Mathews Heli-m bow back in 2013, but in the ensuing years since, never actually connected with a deer.[…]
Deer Hunting
Trail cam photos: Coyote and deer dine at the same corn pile
We’ve all seen pictures or videos online of animal odd couples — a kitten snuggling with an adult German Shepherd, or a bulldog roughhousing with a lion cub.[…]
Deer of the Year
Central hunter arrows velvet 8-point near Natchez
On August 13, Kavon Ghassemi stood in his front yard in Central watching helplessly as more than a foot of muddy water crept into his house during historic flooding.[…]
News Breaker
Winnsboro man cited for being over the limit on squirrels, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 36-year-old Winnsboro man for allegedly shooting 22 squirrels on Oct. 1 in Catahoula Parish.[…]