Deer Hunting
Balancing hunting and family
Hunting is not life. There I said it. Not exactly what you thought you would read in this article, huh? But it is absolutely true.[…]
Hunting
Hunting
Bodcau WMA shooting range to reopen
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shooting range on the Bodcau Wildlife Management Area will reopen Saturday, Jan. 2, the agency reported. […]
Hunting
Pearl River WMA reopens, Old Highway 11 remains closed
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has reopened the portion of the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area in St. Tammany Parish north of Hwy. 90 to hunting.[…]
News Breaker
Duck numbers sore, survey shows
The number of ducks in Louisiana jumped 60 percent in the past month, with biologists estimating that roughly 2.16 million birds are now in the state.[…]
Blind's Eye
Second split tactics
With the opening of the second split, every day that goes by becomes more and more challenging to get birds into gunning range. This is the traditional “late season” time.[…]
Columns
Identification dilemma
I took an opportunity this past weekend to go on a deer hunt with my son in Natchez, Miss., and we had a great time. But that means I have no new duck story to tell.[…]
Deer Hunting
No Christmas buck for me
I mentioned last week that I thought the deer breeding in the Clinton area should be in full swing over the next two weeks. Last Wednesday I had a single buck move into the drain I was set up in.[…]
Hunting
Hunting seasons in nine Southeast Louisiana parishes re-opens
Hunting seasons in nine Southeast Louisiana parishes reopened today, although deer hunters will be restricted to shooting only bucks until further notice, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Deer Hunting
Giles Island treat
Starting the back half of my six-day hunt at Giles Island, it rained all day. We got in a funnel stand at 3 pm due to a lightning delay. It was still raining the next day as we arrived at our climbing tree, and already there was a 17-inch, 3-yearr-old 8-pointer eating pecans in the road 80 yards ahead.[…]
Hunting
Another WMA bear killed, making fourth of season
A female Louisiana black bear was found dead by a hunter on Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area in Concordia Parish on Sunday, Dec. 20.[…]
News Breaker
Watefowl survey delayed, tentative outlook improving
The inclement weather recently delayed completion of the monthly waterfowl survey, for which results normally are released at this point, but a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries official said preliminary observations indicate an improving situation.[…]
Deer Hunting
197-inch buck killed in West Baton Parish
Jeremy Horner has killed a lot of deer in his 35 years, and he’s usually chasing the animals hard. But this season he just hasn’t had time.[…]
Hunting
Flooding ends deer hunting in portions of Southeast Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham has issued a declaration of emergency closing all hunting seasons, except waterfowl, effective today in portions of Southeast Louisiana due to flooding.[…]
Deer Hunting
A hunting trip to remember
It was before sunrise on the morning of Sunday, December 13, 2009, when 6-year-old Cullen Edmonston looked at the cover of a hunting magazine and said, “Daddy, I’m going to kill one like that this morning.” Little did they know the statement was soon to be a true one.[…]
Deer Hunting
Claiborne Parish delivers 216 7/8-inch monster
Steve Lewis of Haynesville took some time off during Thanksgiving week with an eye on spending some hours in his duck blind on Corney Lake in Claiborne Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Giles Island deer running wild
I just finished my first of two three-day bowhunts in a row at Giles Island, and it was awesome. The deer started chasing on Dec. 9, and we’ve been seeing chasing activity every day even in the terrible weather.[…]