Deer of the Year
12-point public land brute goes down on Yancey
Joey Turner is a serious deer hunter, and living in Marksville makes it convenient for him to hunt one of several wildlife management areas located not far from his home.[…]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Union Parish 12-point is late Christmas gift
John Stansbury was faced with a bit of a dilemma Christmas day: He and his wife were enjoying the company of his wife’s mom, including a lovely Christmas lunch, sharing gifts and everything else that goes with celebrating on Dec. 25. […]
Deer Hunting
Franklinton teens allegedly shoot 181-inch fenced deer in Washington Parish
The irresistible urge to post pictures of yourself doing stupid things on Facebook apparently continues.[…]
Deer of the Year
Family farmland yields 13-point stud in Avoyelles Parish
Zach Roszell has access to a couple of hunting leases near his home in Effie, but chose to hunt his family farmland in Avoyelles Parish on Friday, Dec. 22. […]
Deer of the Year
Big 14-point nicknamed ‘Mufasa’ goes down in Jackson Parish
In Disney’s “The Lion King,” the chief of the lion pride was a stately monarch named “Mufasa.” […]
Deer of the Year
‘Second chance’ 10-point goes down in Union Parish
Late on the afternoon of Dec. 4, 37-year-old Daniel Colvin finally saw his quest for a big Union Parish buck finally start to pay dividends. He had hunted the big 10-point all season on the 1,300 acres he and his dad own.[…]
Features
Little things that count — Late-season goose-hunting tactics
Shot-wise things were slow. Way too slow.
The speckle bellies were down in good numbers, but for some reason acting real finicky — just plain uppity at times.[…]
Features
Late-season lowdown — How to kill ducks in January
“Some honey hole!” Eddie wailed as he stomped onto the porch after tying up the boat. “We was watching ducks most of the morning! But NONE would come NEAR Doc’s blind![…]
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Ducking Caddo
Dawn was hauntingly beautiful.
No flamboyant sunrise color; rather a suffusion of light through the fog-veiled cypress trees. Todd Hopkins’ and Brandon Garner’s duck calls echoed off the fog as effectively as off a steel wall.[…]
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Air power
I had spent a good 30 minutes creeping up on three particularly vigilant cat squirrels. It was late in the season, and even though I was covered head to toe in a leafy Ghillie suit, it was slow going against the hyper-alert critters.[…]
Features
Treed’s a crowd
The late Jerry Clower may be the only person that coon hunting ever made famous, or vice versa. The “Mouth of Mississippi” won a bushel of country comedy awards and never recorded an album or put on a performance without telling a good coon hunting story.[…]
Hunting
Crosspoint Waterproof Crew Socks
The idea of waterproof, yet breathable socks sounds like an oxymoron, but thanks to the people at Showers Pass, they’re actually a reality.
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Hunting
One-Tie Reusable tie straps
One-Tie reusable tie straps take the traditional plastic zip-tie strip to a new level, and that’s great for outdoorsmen who need a way to tie down or tie up gear when a zip-tie or bungee cord just doesn’t get the job done.[…]
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Cover: January 2018
After four long years of trail cam hide-and-seek, Logansport’s Donald Alexander finally caught up with a magnificent 199-inch DeSoto Parish buck he nicknamed Crab Claws.[…]
Deer Hunting
Driven to distraction
Behind my house five years ago at 5 p.m., I killed a buck that I captured on camera 4 miles down the road at 2 a.m. that very same morning.[…]
Columns
A crossbow built for supreme accuracy
A little over a year ago, I heard rumblings that Matt McPherson and his engineers at Mission Crossbows were working on a revolutionary new crossbow design that would raise the bar for the entire industry. […]