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Cover: January 2005
If bluegills got to be a hundred pounds, no one would ever be safe swimming.[…]
Month: January 2005
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Snowed In
Successful hunters are fanatical about their clothing.[…]
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Summer Trout in Winter
At the entrance of the open water, all thoughts and hope of a pleasant ride across the open water disappeared like last summer’s submerged oyster-grass islands. A strong will quickly gave in to an unmistakable force.[…]
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Crossed Up
Will Louisiana have a crossbow season next year or at any time in the future? Will Louisiana permit hunting with a crossbow during archery season as some other southern states have?
Crossbow hunting seems to have caught fire as it spreads into more and more states each year. Many states like Louisiana already allow the use of the crossbow, either for the physically challenged and/or older hunters.
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Lead Pipe Cinch
Everybody likes to bet a sure thing. But a true “sure thing” is about as rare as a 10-pound speck.[…]
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Canebrake Timberdoodles
“Beep! Beep! Beep!”
Crashing through the canebrake, we couldn’t see 10 yards, but the steady beeping of Sam’s collar told us he was nearby.[…]
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In the Driver’s Seat
The woods north of my stand resounded with noise, and it was moving closer and closer.[…]
Bass Fishing
Front Frenzy
Vapor clouds billowed with every breath as the anglers worked their way past a bridge, working the pilings that normally held bass.[…]
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Tricks to shorten sighting-in time
The day after Thanksgiving, my 17-year-old daughter and I went deer hunting at our club lease in St. Helena Parish, near the community of Grangeville.[…]
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What’s in your leader wallet?
There’s this credit card commercial you’re perhaps familiar with — especially if you’re an LSU football fan.[…]
Currents
Ky.’s deer system would work here
The nice lady on the phone who promised to send me a map and regulations pamphlet assured me that while I was hunting Kentucky, I’d feel like I was hunting God’s Country.
Boy, was she right.[…]