Columns
Meet the cute hammerhead
Hammerhead sharks, with their grossly misshapen noggins, have always inspired a sense of ominous dread and awe in humans.
They are just scary-looking. Thus they have to be dangerous. […]
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Columns
Sometimes it’s just your time
Deer hunters spend untold hours scouting out their hunting leases, doing everything they can to up their odds of killing big bucks.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
The Wetland Seat
The Wetland Seat from Delta Waterfowl Gear by ALPS OutdoorZ is a lightweight, easy carrying seat perfect for flooded timber and marsh hunting.[…]
Fishing
Trident Series
Ocean Kayak has introduced an entirely revamped Trident Series. Changes to the Trident 11, 13 and 15 include the addition of the Active Comfort System 2.0 for all-day comfort when seated, a redesigned Modular Fishing Pod for gear management, gunnel accessory tracks, generous hatch storage, and a handy, quick-stow paddle holder.[…]
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Cover: January 2017
There are just a few days remaining of the 2016-17 deer season, but you still have time to nail that wallhanger like this 190-class hammer taken by Hayden Cassels.[…]
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2017’s Top Fiberglass Boats
Fishing boats are different animals to different fishermen. The same boat won’t work across the spectrum of lakes, inland rivers, coastal rivers, coastal backwaters, the inshore ocean or gulf and the offshore bluewater.[…]
Events & Announcements
LDWF’s Melancon tenders resignation effective Dec. 31
In a hand-delivered letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Charlie Melancon tendered his resignation effective Dec. 31 — specifically citing the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana, the state’s outdoor writers and LDWF employees for sabotaging reforms he was attempting to bring about.[…]
Columns
On the rut track
Well, it is now December here in the Deep South, and as far as patterning mature bucks this is the time when the rubber meets the road.[…]
Deer of the Year
Rainy forecast leads to hammer Caldwell Parish 12-point
An ominous weather forecast for the afternoon of Nov. 29 prompted Brandon Malone to head to his stand in Caldwell Parish several hours earlier than usual — which proved to be perfect timing to intercept a heavy-horned old 12-point attempting to cross his food plot early that afternoon.[…]
Deer of the Year
Lake Charles hunter busts big Natchitoches Parish 12-point
Blake Cureton and his dad live in Lake Charles and lease 3,400 acres from timber companies near the village of Goldonna in Natchitoches Parish.[…]
Fishing
Portable emergency power for your boat
If you have never turned your boat or tow vehicle’s ignition key only to have it do absolutely nothing, you should be both wary and happy.[…]
News Breaker
December aerial survey of 3.6 million ducks highest since 1999
Below-freezing temperatures and snowfall in the upper-Midwest states appears to be benefitting Louisiana duck hunters, as the state’s annual December aerial waterfowl survey completed last week revealed 3.61 million ducks in the state — the highest estimate since 1999.[…]
General
Cougar sighted on trail cam in Northeast Louisiana, LDWF says
A Morehouse Parish trail cam picture authenticated by biologists with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is the state’s first confirmed cougar sighting since 2011.[…]
Deer of the Year
New Iberia hunter nails Claiborne Parish 10-point
Normally, an unexpectedly high utility bill — especially with Christmas right around the corner — is no cause for joy or celebration. […]
News Breaker
Commentary: Melancon debacle should be lesson in LDWF appointment
Often the best lessons are learned not by success but by failure. So the debacle of Charlie Melancon’s reign at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries should give Gov. John Bel Edwards a lot to chew on as he contemplates naming a successor.[…]
News Breaker
Weekend weather extremes greet second-split duck hunters
Second-split Louisiana duck hunters were greeted by a neurotic Mother Nature this weekend, with relatively warm conditions and south winds on Saturday morning — followed by rain, lightning and howling north winds on Sunday morning.[…]