Directly across the Atchafalaya River on its western bank in St. Landry and St. Martin parishes, another 28,500 acres of mixed swamps and hardwood bottomlands provide even more public access to deer hunting.[…]
From the season being totally closed in the early part of the 20th century to a limit of two birds in 1962, after 20 years where hunters could harvest just one, in the 2008-09 duck season the daily bag limit for wood ducks went to three.[…]
The Buck Commander comes standard with the industry’s only proprietary Carbon Riser Technology (CRT), giving it great handling and superior balance.[…]
Wood ducks differ and share some characteristics of other species ducks. Several things should be considered when targeting wood ducks:[…]
Ameristep’s Brotherhood tree stand collection was created with the comfort of the hunter in mind. Features of the ladder stands include a flip-up adjustable camo shooting rail, new larger flip-up Durasling seats and a flip-up footrest.[…]
I grew up in Winn Parish and learned how to hunt while chasing squirrels in Dugdemona swamp. Whether alone or with family members, I always kept a sharp eye out for the free-ranging hogs that roamed the woods.[…]
Ryan Bergeron’s huge buck turned heads last season; more trophies are sure to fall this year.[…]
In search of vegetative foliage, five bucks — a mature 8-pointer, a 3½-year-old, two spunky spikes and a curious button buck — go single file along the forest edge, ascending a bluff.[…]
Acorns crunched under my boots as my buddy and I pressed farther into the heart of Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
What’s in a name?
Well, if you’re Hunter Simoneaux, quite a bit, apparently. He’s been hunting deer since he was 6 years old. And now, as part of a group of friends and family that hunts on 1,100 acres just north of Alexandria, he prides himself on doing everything by the book, and then some.[…]
Ruston insurance agent, Dan Preaus, is serious about his deer hunting. This time last year, Preaus was featured in Louisiana Sportsman with a story about his conquest of a 12-point buck he arrowed on family property on October 23. That buck scored 147 4/8 inches.[…]
They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
That’s definitely the case for Johnny Gallion, who for the better part of two months, had been spotting a 10-point buck on a trail camera he set up on a small tract of land he hunts near Leesville.[…]
We all should have camp work weekends like Justin Moran.[…]
A story on the benefits of youth waterfowl hunting in the November 2012 issue of Louisiana Sportsman contained erroneous regulations for the ages of hunters eligible for youth hunts.[…]
Sometimes nothing goes your way when you hit the woods, but then there are the times when everything just falls into place.[…]
Teddy Roussel is good to his fiancé. Really good.[…]