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	Atchafalaya Delta WMA 'hogzilla' ends season on high note April 23 at 10:45 am This past season was definitely one of the most exciting for me. I was blessed to take two does, two bucks and three hogs during the bow season at the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area.

	Field judging a buck’s age, Part II April 22 at 9:00 am In the March installment of Happy Trails, we looked at the topic of “aging bucks on the hoof,” paying particular attention to the possible use of certain visual geometric clues regarding the relationship of the tips of the antler beams to the eye and/or nose when viewed from the side as a way to reliably judge a given buck’s age in the field.

	Laws being considered to legalize donations of game, fish to feed the hungry April 17 at 10:53 am For 20 years, the Louisiana Hunters for the Hungry program has been a shining beacon for those who do with less, or sometimes do without.

	Are you ‘coyoted-up?’ April 15 at 9:00 am At the recent meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group in South Carolina, the talk among the deer researchers and biologists continued to focus on coyotes and fawn depredation, the lack of fawn recruitment in various herds and the continuing spread of CWD in this country.

	Native Watercraft April 15 at 7:00 am Native believes there’s nothing like the view from the water. Knowing that kayak anglers have different needs and options, Native offers several models of angler-specific kayaks. Paddle or pedal, there’s a Native kayak to fit the bill.

	Fishing guide finds Pogeaux Pop corks something special April 15 at 7:00 am Capt. Don Bordelon has always liked to experiment with different baits and terminal tackle in an effort to find ways for his customers to stay on fish.

	Chumsicle April 15 at 7:00 am Biloxi’s Capt. Mike Moore’s favorite way to catch snapper is with a chumsicle — a fish popsicle that’s fished on a downrigger.

	A starling is born April 11 at 9:00 am Many centuries from now, archeologists will unearth a fishing diary belonging to one Catch Cormier. They’ll study it and find an amazing discovery. Like the Shroud of Turin, it will baffle scientists.

	'Purring block' combines slate, glass to make toms make fatal mistakes April 10 at 11:14 am South Carolina call-maker John Tanner gets ideas for some of his custom-made calls from interesting places, but none better than a deer stand. Tanner’s newest call, the “Purring Block” showed up on his drawing board last December after an afternoon in the woods deer hunting. “I was sitting in my deer stand, when a flock of turkeys came by, feeding up the edge of a cornfield,” said Tanner, who gained recognition in his home state when he started making calls out of ancient cypress that had been aged at 46,000 years. “I listed to them communicating, and they were making little quiet, soft purrs. I got to thinking, ‘I can reproduce that sound.’” A couple of months of tinkering resulted in the Purring Block, a two-sided call – a slate trough on one side and a circle of bead-blasted glass on the other – made just for those instances when a hunter needs a soft purr or cluck to make a gobbler commit to those last few yards that might prove to be his undoing.

	Heart Attack — How to get heart-stopping strikes from Lake Larto bass April 01 at 7:00 am Slap-pow! No matter how ready you think you are, a smashing attack on a topwater plug by an aggressive springtime largemouth bass will make your heart stop. Guaranteed. And it wasn’t even my chugger that the fish whacked. Everything was perfect for a topwater bite. It was early April, and the warmth of spring was in the air. The sky was overcast, so the bass didn’t want to stay in the weeds to avoid the glare. And the water level was A-1 — about 8 inches over the dense beds of water plants in the small lakes and sloughs around Larto Lake.

	Un-train-ed — Fishing guides share their Lake Pontartrain Trestle tactics April 01 at 7:00 am Many of the Trestles trout that ended their day in an icy coffin had a bat ray to thank. Capt. Jonathan Allen, like most of the successful anglers on Lake Pontchartrain’s bridges, is a compulsive hook-setter. If so much as a single blade of hydrilla brushes the tail of his bait, Allen sets the hook. As a result, he catches a ton of fish that other anglers would miss, but he also snags the bottom more than a jetty anchor.

	Retro-fitting — Panfishing in ‘Orlandia’ is a great diversion April 01 at 7:00 am Artie blew up at the very mention of the place. “Man don’t even say the word!” he snarled. “Brings back too many memories! Now it’s all gone!” Actually, all the memories were sweet.