Columns
This couple cooks with passion
Mike and Shellie Daniel use the word “passion” repeatedly when talking about cooking.[…]
March 2017
Fishing
C-MAP lets you customize inland and coastal mapping
A bass club member I used to know was hilariously secretive about his tournament fishing. As we watched from the headquarters dock, he would circle around the far side of a lake before returning to weigh-in to hide where he’d been fishing.[…]
Columns
Gobbler chasing
Louisiana’s spring gobbler season began on March 25 in all three areas, and the youth and physically challenged hunt weekend was March 18-19.[…]
Columns
Get the best sight picture
The deer hunter flips up the collar of his fleece jacket to better protect his neck from the chilly, late-afternoon breeze, remaining alert, hoping that an unsuspecting doe will meander by before dark. Success would be two-pronged, as he needs venison for his freezer, and his camp needs a few more does harvested to reach the year’s quota.[…]
Columns
Fresh and salty mix near Pointe a la Hache
If you live in South Louisiana, you need no explanation as to what a levee is or what it’s for. They’re used to protect our homes and allow us to live in areas that otherwise would regularly flood.[…]
Columns
Crappie Ammo
After one bait was put on the market in late January, people who go after crappie won’t be fishing for the tasty panfish so much as hunting for them with Crappie Ammo.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The best knot to catch more crappie
With a fish as challenging to catch as a sac-a-lait, you have to pay attention to little details.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Losing sac-a-lait? You’re setting the hook wrong
Sac-a-lait aren’t nicknamed “papermouths” for nothing.
Hooks easily tear from on the hook set, which isn’t conducive to getting crappie in the boat.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Crankbaits effective in the summer, too
Crankbaits certainly whack the speckled trout in the spring, but Arthur Borchgrevink doesn’t put them away when temperatures soar.[…]
Other Hunting
Musking is important
Raccoon is a mystery meat to most game cooks. Much of it has to do with the mumbo jumbo associated with removing the musk glands from the animal.[…]
Other Hunting
How to cook raccoon
There was something primal about it — grown men imbibing beverages around a fire, watching meat sizzle and talking about politics, cooking, hunting and trapping.[…]
Sidebars
The little turkey call that can
Jerry Antley has always had the itch to make turkey calls and other outdoor gear for outdoorsmen.[…]
Other Hunting
The coon dog man
The people in the little hamlet of Tangipahoa call George Ricks “The Dog Man.” Everywhere he goes, Claire Bell, his retired-from-hunting treeing walker hound, rides with him. […]
Sidebars
Calling all turkeys
Every hunter has a favorite turkey call. Jerry Antley’s favorite is “all of them.”[…]
Other Hunting
Why freeze hides?
George Ricks freezes most of his hides during the winter hunting season, saving them to tan during the summer when the weather is better.[…]
Sidebars
Sometimes turkey hunting is a marathon
Jerry Antley can’t count the times he’s been turkey hunting nor the number of turkeys he’s taken in the past 40 to 50 years.[…]