Deer of the Year
Burns wins Yamaha ATV in 2014 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest
Sometimes it’s just your time. Lady Luck showers her blessing upon you, and you just can’t do anything wrong.[…]
Hunting
Sidebars
Small tract case study – St. Tammany
Small tract case study – St. Tammany[…]
Columns
Will you kill a gobbler this spring?
The theme this year for the National Wild Turkey Federation is “Save the Habitat, Save the Hunt.” This is also the theme for the Federation’s new initiative that has set three goals or objectives: conserve and enhance 4 million acres of critical upland wildlife habitat, recruit 1.5 million new hunters, and open access to 500,000 new acres for hunting and other outdoor recreation.[…]
Deer of the Year
Vidalia hunter arrows big Concordia Parish 11-point on final day of bow season
Clayton Chauvin definitely saved his best bow hunt for last.[…]
Deer of the Year
Simmons Sporting Goods’ Big Buck Contest results
Hunter Simmons, who manages the sporting goods store’s yearly Big Buck Contest, says that although there were not quite as many trophy bucks brought in, those that were entered were some of the best he’s seen in the past several years. […]
Hog Hunting
LDWF to use helicopters to hunt down feral hogs this week on Pearl River and Sherburne WMAs
With harvests by hunters not putting a dent in the wild hog population on state wildlife management areas, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is using helicopters this week to hunt down feral hogs on Pearl River and Sherburne WMAs.[…]
Deer of the Year
Roszell takes down ‘Freaky’ buck in November, hangs on to win women’s division of Simmons’ Sporting Goods Big Buck Contest
Tara Roszell is a registered nurse working in the recovery room at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, and although she’s hunted deer off-and-on for 30 years since she got married, she’s spent most of her time at home as mom to her kids.[…]
News Breaker
Enter your dog in the Louisiana Sportsman Show Splash Dogs competition
Winter is drawing to a close and dog owners are looking for ways to engage their dogs physically and psychologically. As duck season closes, retrievers are looking for something to chase. House dogs are tired of being indoors, and they too are looking for something to do.[…]
Sportsman TV
Sportsman TV tonight at 6:30 on CST: Public Land Turkey Hunt
With host Greg Hackney busy fishing a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, Sportsman TV producer Jared Serigné is joined for tonight’s episode by veteran turkey hunter Shane Johnson to pursue some public land gobblers. […]
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Wetland Warriors — Battling coastal erosion by hunting nutria
“The coyotes ate all the rabbits! The ducks got short-stopped! And the squirrels all live in woods leased by deer clubs who hate squirrel hunters! So how’s a kid supposed to scratch his hunting itch nowadays?” […]
Contents
Small Tract Toms — Turkey-hunting tactics for small properties
My return to turkey hunting after a 15-year hiatus was truly haphazard.[…]
News Breaker
Completed wetland restoration project on Sherburne WMA’s South Farm Unit provides more acreage for duck hunting next fall
Duck hunters on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area will have more acreage available for hunting this fall after a $440,000 wetland restoration project on the South Farm Unit, according to Ducks Unlimited.[…]
News Breaker
Ruston hunter documents duck season with aerial drone and GoPro
Hampton Rutland didn’t originally start out with the idea of documenting his first-ever duck season on new property into a tidy 4-minute video, but the GoPro Hero3 camera he got for his birthday last year spurred him on.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF seeks input from dove hunters across the state
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is surveying dove hunters across the state on season dates, hunting success, ammunition and more.[…]
Deer Hunting
Climate change impacting wildlife, study claims
The National Wildlife Federation is urging sportsmen to do their part to help slow down or reverse climate change, concluding in its latest report “Nowhere to Run: Big Game Wildlife in a Warming World” that many big-game species across North America are already being affected and could be headed for a big fall.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
SlatGrate makes a versatile cooking platform
If you’re tired of using un-twisted coat hangers to roast wieners around a campfire, or if you just want to step up your game and cook burgers or steaks over your fire pit, the SlatGrate cooking platform might be what you’re looking for.[…]