Hunting the rut is all about timing. Tactics change as the rut progresses; hunting scrapes is different from hunting during times when bucks are chasing does and success involves the proper set-up.[…]
Last week, this writer recounted the best dove hunt of my life, when I limited out — 12 back then — in less than a box of shells in under an hour. But even better than my shooting was the organization of the hunt, which was held by a Delta landowner to benefit his son’s high school baseball team.[…]
Information detailing dove-hunting shooting hours in the printed version of the 2012-13 Louisiana Hunting Regulations was wrong, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries reported.
The shooting-hours note on page 28 of the printed regulations booklet indicates Sept. 3 is the exception to the standard rule that shooting can start a half hour before sunrise and continue until sunset.[…]
Should a trespasser be confronted on your property, handle the situation with caution. A poacher will be armed.[…]
Five men were cited Aug. 18 for alleged poaching violations after Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries agents reportedly caught them cleaning ducks and rabbits in a St. Charles Parish backyard, the agency reported.[…]
The Annual Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday set for Sept. 7-9 is the perfect time to stock up on all the hunting supplies for the coming year without paying state or local taxes.
That means stores selling outdoor-related equipment should be hopping the second weekend of September.[…]
There’s no denying I’m a gear junkie. I have two of just about everything and rarely need half of it, but I still like to try it out, which is why my garage looks like a camo bomb went off.[…]
As we transition into August and the pre-season, there are numerous tasks that we as outdoorsmen should be busily engaged in.[…]
Tentative dates allowing for 60 days of hunting were set for 2012-13 waterfowl seasons in early August during the regular meeting of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
Bowhunters spend all summer promising themselves that things are going to be different this year.[…]
A sporting clays shoot this Saturday (Aug. 18) will raise money for prostate cancer research and awareness, with all proceeds going to Dr. Oliver Sarton’s Prostate Cancer Research Fund at the Tulane Cancer Center.[…]
I mentioned last month that the hogs were finally beginning to show up at the bait sites and I was making plans to put some pork in the freezer.[…]
The rut is on. Mature bucks, if not pursuing does, are tending and breeding estrous females.[…]
I pulled my game cam card and anxiously rushed back to the house to see what kind of horn porn awaited me.[…]
Several years ago, my grandfather and grandmother planted blueberry bushes and a few assorted pear and apple trees in a spot they used to keep as a garden. They only planted half of that opening, though, and the rest has been allowed to lie fallow.[…]
One of the things I love about planting food plots is experimenting with different kinds of seeds. Not only do I like trying out different plants, but I also enjoy comparing feed-store seed with buck-on-bag seed.[…]