Hunting
Making a fast flintlock
One of the challenges a hunter faces when hunting with a flintlock is maintaining his aim through the slight delay between the ignition of the pan powder and the barrel.[…]
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Hunting
Black powder or substitute?
While Pyrodex and other substitutes might burn cleaner, Danny Jones advises using authentic black powder in a flintlock to ensure the pan flashes.[…]
Hunting
Lock, stock and barrel
The flintlock musket was common on the early American frontier, and settlers’ lives often depended on it. As a result, flintlock terminology has become part of our everyday language.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
It’s rainbeaux trout time in Louisiana. Each winter, East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes stock selected ponds with this coldwater species.[…]
Hog Hunting
Hog busters — How Louisiana Wild Hog Removal operates
A few years ago a group of eight hunters formed Louisiana Wild Hog Removal LLC to hunt, kill and remove feral hogs from other people’s property.[…]
Hog Hunting
Varmint: Why wild hogs spread so quickly
Louisiana has a strange relationship with Sus scrofa — the feral hog.[…]
Deer Hunting
Coushatta man cited for alleged deer hunting violations
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Coushatta man for alleged deer hunting violations on Jan. 7 in Red River Parish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Angler talks about Poverty Point 14-pounder
For most fisherman, dealing with a backlash can be a frustrating, time consuming ordeal that often results in a bird’s nest of line being surgically removed from your reel- all while your buddies are hauling in a steady stream of fish over the gunnels.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hitting the road: Fishing for wintertime speckled trout on Highway 1
As Tommy Vidrine’s Chevy pickup crested the bridge over Caminada Pass heading west from Grand Isle, the lights of Port Fourchon shimmered in the distance.[…]
Coastal Projects
Corps opens temporary bypass channel in Plaquemines Parish
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a temporary bypass channel in the Doullet Canal today to facilitate construction of the new Empire Floodgate in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
News Breaker
DU celebrates more than 5 million acres conserved in United States
Since 1984, Ducks Unlimited has successfully conserved more than 5 million acres of waterfowl habitat in the United States, according to a release.[…]
Bass Fishing
Poverty Point sets new record with 14-pound largemouth
Poverty Point Reservoir’s largemouth bass record was shattered Monday when David Houston arrived with a hawg that was actually just a little wider than it was long.[…]
Deer of the Year
Natchitoches hunter downs 11-point Red River Parish buck
Mike Waters started rattling for big bucks last year with some success, and decided to employ the same tactic when he hunted an old cutover near Coushatta in Red River Parish on the cold, cloudy afternoon of Dec. 29.[…]
Deer of the Year
Coyotes prompt quick decision on 170-class buck
Mark Cappel of Pineville makes his living working in the oil and gas industry in Alaska, so he doesn’t get to hunt his family’s land in Rapides Parish very often.[…]
Fishing
Longtime Acadiana bass and saltwater angler dies
A longtime bass angler and Louisiana Sportsman source for both fresh and saltwater fishing reports throughout Acadiana passed away Monday.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF currently upgrading ROLP website
The website where anglers can apply for Recreational Offshore Landing Permits is being upgraded starting today, and could be down for up to three days during the work, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]