Hunting
Gator Teal
Kicking off hunting season with a bang, we took it to the marsh to bag us some teal at Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras. Then we jumped across the Mississippi River to Delacroix to get swampy on a gator hunt.[…]
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Cover: October 2013
With the opening of bow season, it’s important to set up just right to ambush that buck you’ve been seeing on trail-cam photos.[…]
News Breaker
Teal’s closing weekend a mixed bag statewide
The closing weekend of teal season was pretty much like the opening weekend of teal season: some mixed reports of good hunting, but a nagging feeling that fewer birds than normal made it into the state.[…]
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Going Whole Hog – Part II
Last month, we left Chef Mark Falgoust and Bill Borges, president of New Orleans Fish House, admiring the impressive tusks of a wild boar Falgoust had just shot. […]
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Early Bird — How to arrow a deer in the early bow season
Dan Preaus, owner of Shelter Insurance agency in Ruston, has been a bow hunter for the past 10 seasons. Hunting on Shiloh Hunting Club as well as family land in Union Parish, he has learned and accomplished a lot as a bow hunter.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Fowl Foolers
Instead of wobbling side to side in the water like many other decoys on the market, Fowl Foolers decoys are designed to move front to back like a real duck.[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Communication
Scent pheromones and their distinct odors are instinctively utilized by whitetails to convey a realm of communication related to dominant hierarchy and sexual interactions.[…]
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Time Sensitive — Early season bow-hunting tips for public lands
Temperature’s dropping to 48! But it’s two days after Christmas. Getting in your deerstand for dawn? Probably. But you’re not really pumped for the occasion.[…]
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After the shot — Tips on tracking deer
It is often at the most disheartening times that we have an epiphany and realize we must change our ways. For Thibodaux’s Joshua Chauvin, that defining moment came when he was just 17 years old.[…]
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MOJO Pick Stick
The MOJO Pick Stick is an easy and convenient way to pick up empty shotgun hulls in the field. Shooters will no longer have to bend over or get on their knees to retrieve spent hulls from wet, muddy or messy surfaces.[…]
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End of the Beginning — How to make the move from deer hunter to deer manager
A tan streak flashed across the front of my truck as my son and I made our way to school a few weeks ago.[…]
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Ameristep Lightspeed Razor
The Lightspeed Razor is a great choice for both firearm and crossbow hunters. Weighing only 8 pounds and boasting an 8-second set up, this ground blind is easy-to-use, extremely portable and offers plenty of concealed space.[…]
Field Notes
Get retrievers in shape now
You’ve been pumped up for months on end — really since the last season ended. The boat or ATV is ready, and the credit card statement has a laundry list of purchases of all the must-haves bought during the offseason.[…]
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TreeStalker II
The TreeStalker II from Hunter Safety System is stronger, more comfortable and provides more shock absorption during a fall than its predecessor, and is available at the same great price.[…]
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The Scent Maker Kit
The Scent Maker Kit from Vapor Trail Scents provides hunters a money-saving scent resource that captures an animal’s natural inclination to respond to familiar smells.[…]
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Next in Line — How to score during the early bow-hunting season
The earlier the opening date the easier it is to kill the game.[…]