You step off the LAB aircraft after a 4 1/2-hour flight from Miami to Manaus, and are surrounded with fishermen — the long the short and the tall, all wearing hats that proclaim their quarry. They’re here for tucunare’— the fabulous peacock bass of the Amazon basin.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I would like to buy a handheld, battery-operated GPS unit. I would like the capability of being able to load detailed parish/county roads and streets, as well as detailed areas of the Gulf Coast and adjacent inland waterways.[…]
If bluegills got to be a hundred pounds, no one would ever be safe swimming.[…]
Successful hunters are fanatical about their clothing.[…]
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.[…]
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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Everybody likes to bet a sure thing. But a true “sure thing” is about as rare as a 10-pound speck.[…]
“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.[…]
The woods north of my stand resounded with noise, and it was moving closer and closer.[…]
Vapor clouds billowed with every breath as the anglers worked their way past a bridge, working the pilings that normally held bass.[…]
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.[…]
There’s this credit card commercial you’re perhaps familiar with — especially if you’re an LSU football fan.[…]
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.[…]