Deer Hunting
Patterning key to sticking big bucks, gar and turkey
As passionate as Brad Doughty is about chasing trophy whitetails, he is also an avid bow fisherman in a quest for outsized alligator gar and boss gobblers.[…]
December 2013
Fishing
Tippets
Persistent, strong winds have plagued fly casters this fall. Here’s hoping December brings calm to the marsh. If it does, sight-casting opportunities for the Spottail Elvis should be prime.[…]
Sidebars
Cooking the kill
Hunting ducks is fun. Cooking them is a lot tougher. Waterfowl are easily the most difficult of all wild game to cook. Rolling marinated boneless breasts in bacon and grilling them has claimed the loyalty of a lot of duck hunters, but unless a duck cook has a good recipe for whole birds his culinary arsenal is incomplete.[…]
Deer Hunting
Call ’em in
Brad Doughty relies heavily on two deer calls — a bleat can and a grunt tube — to draw in bucks during the rut.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top 4 Dularge fishing tips for December
“Remember: In these cooler months when you’re drifting and casting, you want to stop when you catch one or two keepers or you’re likely to pass up the fish,” Capt. Gerald Ellender said.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Things to know before fishing Vermilion Bay
Steve Smith is the ultimate teacher. The back of his business card is emblazoned with “Things to know before you go!!!!,’’ followed by directions to four information sources to make successful Vermilion Bay area fishing trips on your own.[…]
Columns
Ruger’s 1911
It has been noted that what you get today for a reasonable price in a 1911 pistol would have cost you a lot extra just a few years ago.[…]
Fishing
Software updates
Brand-new, highly desirable sonar and GPS features are announced at least once each product year by the makers of marine and outdoor electronics.[…]
Columns
Horses for conservation law enforcement
Within a few days after beginning employment with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in 1977, I was riding a bucking bronco on the banks of Bayou Nachitoches in Avoyelles Parish.[…]
Columns
Thoughts on food plot preparation
By the time this article appears in the December issue, the whitetail prerut should be in full swing here in the Gulf Coastal South.[…]
Columns
Kayak Christmas
If it were up to kayakers, Santa would definitely make his rounds in a ’yak. After all, a “Cajun sleigh ride” (being towed around by a large fish) is one of the most sought-after thrills by kayak fishermen.[…]
Columns
The Vortex Shad
A veteran saltwater fishing guide who says he fishes with soft plastics 99 percent of the year always reaches for a bag of soft plastics he has the utmost confidence in when he’s out on the water.[…]
Columns
Have you killed a deer yet?
November should have been the hot month for Area 2 hunters; for us hunters with a late rut the best is yet to come.[…]
Columns
The best of 2013
As each year comes to an end, we are bombarded with lists of everything imaginable. For example, “Top 10 Movies,” “Top 50 Celebrities,” “Best Dressed,” “Worst Dressed,” “Best Cross-Dressed.”[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Get to know your GPS unit
We are experiencing a revolution in navigation that began with the advent of the Global Positioning System communally referred to simply as GPS. This technology stands with the invention of the compass and the sextant in importance to the navigator.[…]
Columns
Yes, we have no bananas today
“Yes, We Have No bananas Today” is the nonsensical title of a novelty song composed by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn for Broadway in 1923. Like the song, the little fish that Louisiana coastal anglers call “banana fish” is self-contradictory. […]