General
Stihl Pole Pruner
The HT 56 C-E STIHL Pole Pruner makes it easy to clear around deer stands and duck blinds and helps keep wooded pathways free from encroaching limbs.[…]
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Hunting
ArcticShield Performance
Remain warm and comfortable with the ArcticShield Performance Fit Jacket and Bib from Onyx. Both are loaded with pockets to make it easy to store your gear and keep it close at hand while pursuing game.[…]
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Grand Opening — Top duck-hunting tips for opening-day success
Preseason preparation is the key to success when opening day of duck season arrives. Here are some tips on ensuring you’re ready.[…]
Hunting
Snap Lock Hunting Blinds
The Snap Lock Hunting Blind by Formex is a revolutionary twin sheet plastic blind that weighs less than 100 pounds and can be assembled in less than 15 minutes. A 6-foot 6-inch high ceiling and a full size door allow for easy movement within the blind as well as easy access.[…]
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Cover: November 2014
Gun seasons open this month, so it’s time to really get down to business. Learn all you need to know to find those bucks, like this one taken last month by Zachary’s Chris Evans, hiding on your property.[…]
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Old-school again — Old-fashioned deer-hunting skills
On the cover of the 1942 issue of Field and Stream is a picture of a deer hunter who has suddenly encountered a great buck, presumably after having stalked deer for hours in the snow.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bridge busters —Fall bass-fishing tips for catching bass off bridges
The fall feeding frenzy is always an exciting time for bass anglers, as gluttonous green fish motivated by winter’s impending approach seem bent on testing their internal capacity.[…]
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Ghost bucks — How to hunt deer you didn’t know existed
I’ve known Bob Watson all my life.
His daughter and I grew up together, and she swore many years ago that her dad killed the buck hanging on their living room wall in a most unusual way.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hobie Mirage Pro Angler 17T
With plenty of space for standing, casting and fly fishing in comfort, the Hobie Mirage Pro Angler 17T kayak offers traditional in-line tandem seating, face-to-face social seating or solo seating.[…]
Columns
We’re so spoiled
We Louisiana coastal anglers are like spoiled children. No, really. We’re so used to catching gobs of speckled trout that when fishing gets tough we immediately determine there just must be something wrong with the fishery.[…]
Sportsman TV
Venice triple-threat: Downing ducks, snaring specks and catching cats
Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney and the crew headed down to Venice to participate in an almost 30-year tradition of hunting, fishing and camping at Passe-a-Loutre Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Fishing
New Iberia man drowns Thursday night near Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday night drowning near Lake Fausse Pointe State Park that was originally called in to authorities as an alligator attack.[…]
General
Bowie Outfitters
Where Hunting and Fishing is our Passion[…]
News Breaker
Two Bridge City men sentenced for illegal red snapper sales in 2012
Two men pleaded guilty this week to illegal red snapper sales relating to a Sept. 9, 2012 incident when agents were able to purchase 655 pounds of fish from them in Bridge City.[…]
Deer of the Year
Larose 7th-grader shoots 162-inch Catahoula Parish buck
Noah Callais’ favorite subject is science, but he probably needs to focus more on math — just to keep track of the scores of all the big bucks he’s already taken down at the early age of 13.[…]
Deer of the Year
Marksville hunter shoots 13-point palmated buck in Rapides Parish
Lots of hunters spend countless hours and days in the stand without ever seeing hide nor hair of a deer, but Jarred Chatelain had an entirely different kind of problem on a recent hunt in Rapides Parish.[…]