Other Hunting
Double your hunting fun with duck, squirrel combos
For those obsessed hunters who just can’t give up precious duck days to stalk squirrels, why not combine the two?[…]
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Other Hunting
Subsonic .22 rounds perfect for quiet squirrel hunts
Hunting ground squirrels with a shotgun can be very productive, but it’s much more fun to use a .22.[…]
Bass Fishing
Location consideration for pre-spawn bass
Here are some nuggets of wisdom to help you locate fish along their seasonal routes.[…]
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The story of Paw Paw’s Pirogues
Errol Dennis Sr. recalls it quite well.
“It all started with me wanting to give both of my sons pirogues as Christmas presents,” Errol Sr. said. “The design of the pirogue came from a cypress pirogue built in the 1930s from which a fiberglass mold was made.[…]
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Fanny’s Family Guide Service
Scott Dennis runs Fanny’s Family Guide Service (named for the nickname with which his grandfather had been tagged), where he is able to share his family’s hunting traditions with others.[…]
Bass Fishing
Position and timing for pre-spawn bass
The proper pre-spawn approach is kind of a moving target, but covert ops usually prove prudent.[…]
Deer Hunting
Taking scent control to the extreme
While he has utmost confidence in 33 Point Buck and the Vapor Maker delivery system, avid archery hunter Barrett Van Cleave realizes the necessity of taking scent containment to the extreme.[…]
Fishing
Tippets
It’s rainbeaux trout time in Louisiana. Each winter, East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes stock selected ponds with this coldwater species. In addition, LDWF now stocks ponds as part of their Get Out and Fish! community fishing program.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Top 6 tips for wintertime yellow bass and crappie at Caney Lake
State record holder Eddie Halbrook shares his top six tips for finding and catching yellow bass and crappie at Caney Lake.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Halbrook is a fishing fanatic
Eddie Halbrook fishes five days a week (but never on Sunday), year-round.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to identify striped, yellow, white and hybrid bass
Louisiana has three species of bass that bear bold, black stripes running the lengths of their bodies: yellow bass, white bass and striped bass.[…]
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The making of a duck addict
“I’ve always been fascinated by ducks,” Mike Carloss said with a grin. “My dad bought two baby ducks for me when I was little. They grew up to be Muscovys and ran loose around the yard.[…]
Big Bass
Other Ned Rig options
While the Z-Man Finesse TRDs are made specifically to be used with the Ned Rig, there are a couple of other opti[…]
Deer Hunting
Dump Patrick’s top deer-hunting gear
Kelly “Dump” Patrick doesn’t have a lot of fancy hunting gear. But he’s does have some favorites.[…]
Deer Hunting
Union Parish deer hunting No. 1 again
Football talk dominates conversations on Friday and Saturday nights this time of year, but deer hunting is on everybody’s mind come Saturday morning.[…]
Deer Hunting
Union Parish deer in the spotlight
If you don’t think Union Parish deer hunting is in the spotlight, consider this: The parish has its own exclusive big buck contest, which is sponsored by the local chamber of commerce.[…]