Hunting
Swamp Donkey
This new easy-to-use line of attractants from Primos is sure to greatly improve your odds for success in the woods this season.[…]
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YETI Bait Tray
Made of 18 gauge stainless steel and resistant to corrosion, the new custom offshore fishing bait tray from YETI is not only tough, but provides ease of cleaning and offers a finish that won’t scratch like painted systems.[…]
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Bushnell Riflescope
The Elite 6500 series from Bushnell features the world’s most versatile riflescopes, including a 6.5x magnification range, the widest in the industry.[…]
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LaCrosse boots
A new series of pac boots from LaCrosse Footwear were specifically designed for performance and protection during the winter months.[…]
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Multicultural Hunting
Last year I was fortunate to take two nice bucks by early December. With only one antler tag left for six more weeks of deer hunting, I decided to try something different for the rest of the season.[…]
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Sitting and Slipping on WMAs
Last season on Pearl River WMA, my focus in the Katrina Woods was browse, primarily blackberry and trumpet creeper vine. I found several areas where the trumpet creeper was being heavily eaten. Other items to focus on are travel trails, especially along the sloughs and bayous.[…]
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Crystal Clear
Depending on the weather and, of course, the hunter turnout, Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area usually produces a decent harvest of deer each year. The whitetail deer at Clear Creek are not as large as their cousins at Jackson-Bienville and other Mississippi River Delta WMAs, but the area has produced some nice racks.[…]
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A season of change
It is my favorite time of year again. Aside from the cooler weather, redfish frenzies and Saturday nights in Death Valley that the fall season ushers in each year, it is once again the time of year when ducks come down to grace us with their presence.[…]
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Night School
Every deer hunter in Louisiana thinks his parish has the most notoriously nocturnal deer in the entire state.[…]
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Cover: November 2010
Louisiana’s public lands will surrender trophy bucks this season. Follow this issue’s tips to up the odds one will fall to you.[…]
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The Speck Special
I got the call, and not a moment too soon. Sure the phone was ringing, but the quacking ringtone denoted the beckon of a hunting buddy to all within earshot of my office desk.[…]
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Lean-Year Limits
You’d think the Saints stomping the Cardinals (45-14) in the playoffs might have lifted the spirits in Doc’s Venice houseboat. And it did — for about 10 minutes.[…]
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Public Prowess
Josh Chauvin was on a mission. He had paid his dues, and knew the small portion of Red River Wildlife Management Area like the back of his hand. Maybe even better.[…]
Blind's Eye
Thoughts on decoys
With the duck season opener in the west zone only weeks away now, most of you will probably be in high speed getting your gear together. If not, you should be. This summer I paid particular attention to getting my decoy spread souped up.
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Deer Hunting
Peason Ridge W.M.A. closed for hunting, Ft. Polk may have limited areas open Oct. 30-31
Due to military training exercises, the Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area will be closed Oct. 30-31 for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries either-sex hunt.[…]
Deer Hunting
Massive 8-point downed in Tensas Parish
Hammond’s Brandon Amar really wasn’t after a big buck when he dropped off his buddy Saturday (Oct. 16) for a hunt on the 6,000-acre hunting club. It’s not that he didn’t want to kill a monster; Amar just decided to break away from the feed trees around which he had been seeing deer to check out what was going on in a thicket.[…]