Ducks hunters across Louisiana knew this season could be a tough one, especially in Southeast Louisiana where Hurricane Isaac came through and stripped out most of the submerged aquatic vegetation that attracts and holds ducks.[…]
You have to hand it to Steve Burnum and his 16-year-old son Leyton for sticking with the mission of downing a big buck they’d known about since 2008.[…]
My brother joined me for a few days of hunting Red River Wildlife Management Area during the bucks-only season. Rain was in the forecast, but he drove up early for a morning hunt, and we decided to tough it out in our ground blinds.[…]
I took some time off of work to enjoy the great outdoors. I was rewarded with some very exciting hunts, seeing both deer and hogs. I saw a nice buck on an afternoon hunt, but despite drawing back twice could not get an open shot.[…]
Miller Holt may never kill another buck in his life. No matter — the 6-year-old has already accomplished over a five-week period what few deer hunters ever have the opportunity to do in a lifetime.
After killing a 168 ⅛-inch 14-pointer on Nov. 16, the young hunter knocked down a 9-point deer on Dec. 23 that scored 149 6/8 inches Boone & Crockett.[…]
The rhythmic whistle of mallard wings slicing bits of air from the sky could be heard as they nervously circled high above.[…]
Squirrels are abundant statewide and found in every terrain, from piney woods to bottomland hardwoods to coastal marshes.[…]
Is a popup blind on a boat the answer for you? When they first made their appearance, lots of hunters wrote them off tersely, with “They don’t work.”[…]
Wildlife research is conducted to learn information about a particular species. Where does it live? What does it eat? What is its breeding chronology? What are its habits?[…]
Boats equipped with surface drive engines were not long ago seen as an oddity in anything but duck-hunting situations.[…]
The power plant of choice for surface drive motors is the 35-horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine. These stock engines can be modified to improve their performance, something done every day by Andy Johnston and his crew at The Boat Doctor Inc. in Metairie.[…]
Add life-like motion to your spread with the FLOATSTAND, a floating platform designed to support your spinning wing decoy in a variety of water depths and hunting situations.[…]
You won’t believe what Casey Young went through to kill this 205-inch deer. Story on page 12.[…]
Featuring a high 8x magnification, a rugged body construction and easy-to-use controls, the Pulsar Expert Laser Range Finder Binocular ensures you’ll get a brighter image which can be seen even in unfavorable weather.[…]
My butt hurt and my back ached. For several hours I’d been sitting against a small holly tree watching a glade filled with rubs.[…]
I had never been a big fan of boat blinds, but the reality of the situation was finally beginning to settle in.[…]