Freshwater Fishing
The Sinkhole
Since mid-summer, Bayou Corne has received plenty of not-so-welcome publicity because of what the media has dubbed the “Bayou Corne Sinkhole.”[…]
November 2012
Inshore Fishing
Separate and distinct
Because he fishes every day, Dr. Bob Weiss has more fishing partners than a bass pro wannabe on the co-angler circuit.[…]
Hunting
The Vapor Maker
The Vapor Maker is a scent dispersal system that puts scent in the air in liquid form, allowing you to release any scent killer or attractant the natural way that animals smell it.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
An author too!
Besides being a fanatical angler, Jim Looney is the author of 12 fishing booklets focused on how to catch bass, bream and sac-a-lait in the Grand Bayou-Bayou Corne areas, as well as the Atchafalaya Basin. He also covers redfish and speckled trout in Pointe au Chien.[…]
Contents
Scout’s Promise —Tips for hunting Atchafalaya Basin wood ducks
Long before daylight, Cole Romero laid flat on his back along the floor of the boat, the back of his head resting on a gear bag positioned on the front deck like a pillow.[…]
Hunting
THE TUBE Gravity Feeder
Keep your feed off the ground with THE TUBE Gravity Wildlife Feeder.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Learn It!
Like so much of Louisiana, the Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou area seems to be a maze of canals and bayous. All of them look almost the same, so “what does a poor girl do?”[…]
Sidebars
Three ducks in the bag
From the season being totally closed in the early part of the 20th century to a limit of two birds in 1962, after 20 years where hunters could harvest just one, in the 2008-09 duck season the daily bag limit for wood ducks went to three.[…]
Hunting
Barnett Buck Commander
The Buck Commander comes standard with the industry’s only proprietary Carbon Riser Technology (CRT), giving it great handling and superior balance.[…]
Contents
Shoot, Don’t Shoot — Learn how to properly manage deer through proper harvest
It’s time for the 2012 edition of Shoot-Don’t Shoot Sportsman, so grab a pen and paper, and mark how many times you would squeeze the trigger.[…]
Sidebars
Five tactical considerations
Wood ducks differ and share some characteristics of other species ducks. Several things should be considered when targeting wood ducks:[…]
Contents
Cover: November 2012
Ryan Bergeron’s huge buck turned heads last season; more trophies are sure to fall this year.[…]
Hunting
Ameristep Brotherhood tree stands
Ameristep’s Brotherhood tree stand collection was created with the comfort of the hunter in mind. Features of the ladder stands include a flip-up adjustable camo shooting rail, new larger flip-up Durasling seats and a flip-up footrest.[…]
Contents
War of attrition — maximizing your public-land hunting
The Friday after Thanksgiving 2011 found Lyle Savant of Central locating an active scrape near an oak flat deep within the interior of Sherburne Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Contents
Stick, Move and Communicate — Catch more redfish on tough fishing days
As a soldier in a field-artillery unit based in Baumholder, Germany, three words drilled into my government-issue brain were shoot, move and communicate.[…]
Deer Hunting
Sherburne complex season dates
While archery hunting began Oct. 1, there is still a lot of deer hunting remaing for this season.[…]