Deer Hunting
Sherburne complex season dates
While archery hunting began Oct. 1, there is still a lot of deer hunting remaing for this season.[…]
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Deer Hunting
Sherburne WMA deer recover from 2011 flooding
In May 2011, historic flooding once again swamped the Atchafalaya Basin when the Morganza Spillway was opened.[…]
Deer Hunting
Indian Bayou Area offers more deer-hunting opportunities
Directly across the Atchafalaya River on its western bank in St. Landry and St. Martin parishes, another 28,500 acres of mixed swamps and hardwood bottomlands provide even more public access to deer hunting.[…]
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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.[…]
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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.[…]
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Five tactical considerations
Wood ducks differ and share some characteristics of other species ducks. Several things should be considered when targeting wood ducks:[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cocodrie trout, reds move to deeper water
This fall has gotten off to a tremendous start, with anglers all over the marshes of South Louisiana filling their ice chests with limits of specks and reds.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Project to help flow of freshwater in Attakapas Island WMA
Dredging began yesterday (Oct. 24) to help improve the flow of fresh water in the Attakapas Island Wildlife Management Area, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources announced.[…]
Deer Hunting
Going coastal: Up your odds of deer-hunting in the marshes
The suspicious speck of white flickered some 200 yards away, resembling what might have been simply a bird flying or the cotton-like puff from the head of a cattail bursting its contents in the wind.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Henderson dredging project to begin this week
Dredging will begin this week at Lake Henderson just east of Lafayette to allow access to the lake from several boat launches along the western guide levee of the Atchafalaya River during low water periods, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources announced today (Oct. 16).[…]
Inshore Fishing
Dularge fishing moves into fall frenzy
In the past two weeks, fall fishing has been winding up and speckled trout have been spread out in many areas. Southeast of Houma, though, has been ridiculously consistent in producing limits of trout and redfish since late September.
Capt. Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters said the fishing in Lake Mechant, in particular, has been nothing less than amazing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Study shows Basin bass reg unnecessary
For just about the entire time Brent Bonadona has been fishing the Atchafalaya Basin, there has been a 14-inch minimum length limit on bass coming from the area. And for the most part, Bonadona has been pleased with the results of that regulation, which was put in place shortly after Hurricane Andrew ravaged Southcentral Louisiana in 1992.[…]
Deer Hunting
Opening-day success
At the age of 54, I still have trouble sleeping the night before the opening day of bow season. I tossed and turned, and was ready to go before the alarm clock went off at 3:55 a.m.[…]
Deer Hunting
The right glass
Lightweight binoculars are a must when hunting deer in the marsh, particularly in October.[…]
Deer Hunting
Nutra deer attracts marsh deer
It’s impossible to put food plots in marshes, for obvious reasons. Plus the marsh is a virtual smorgasbord of deer food.[…]
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Going coastal: Up your odds of deer-hunting in the marshes
The suspicious speck of white flickered some 200 yards away, resembling what might have been simply a bird flying or the cotton-like puff from the head of a cattail bursting its contents in the wind.
But, when hunting deer in the marsh, nothing is left to chance — where coastal deer are concerned, more often than not it’s simply “now you see em, now you don’t.”
The suspicious white-colored flicker needed to be thoroughly checked out, and not simply become a passing thought that would leave me wondering on the boat ride to the landing.
Picking up my binoculars, I studied the white speck. It was still moving and, low and behold, the white turned out to be a deer’s ear.[…]