Columns
Merkel KR-1 approaches the ultimate
The hottest news in rifles as we approached and entered the 21st century was the proliferation of “short-fat” cartridges, and rifles to shoot them.[…]
Month: December 2007
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Cover: January 2008-Hunting
By this point in the season, the deer know you’re there. Wise hunters use certain techniques to overcome heavy hunting pressure.[…]
Bass Fishing
Designer Bass Fishing
I remember 8th grade like it was yesterday. The only problem is there are a lot of things about 8th grade that I don’t want to remember.[…]
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Hot Redheads and Delta Cakes
Over the years, with each generation, there always seems to be a good-looking redheaded actress that captivates audiences everywhere.[…]
Fishing
Clanging noise is seldom a good thing
When I opened my e-mail recently, I found this note from a boater in Kentucky: “Hank, I found you on the web and hoping you can help. I was on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky yesterday, and had to be towed in.[…]
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Cover: January 2008-Fishing
Capt. C.T. Williams knows that winter often offers the absolute best saltwater action of the year.[…]
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Pearl of Plaquemines
Gazing from atop the Empire Bridge in southern Plaquemines Parish, one can see literally thousands of white PVC pipes sticking up from atop oyster beds.[…]
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Bow Wow Bushytails
One advantage I had growing up out on the rural route was an early introduction to hunting. I was blessed with a dad who hunted and who saw the advantages of introducing his two sons to the sport not long after we were out of diapers.[…]
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Stumpy Specks
Capt. C.T. Williams’ web address is thebigfish.net. But during this season of the year, the marshes surrounding his home port of Hopedale deliver not quite exactly what his Internet name implies.[…]
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Small Game in a Big-Game World
Talk to a hunter who belongs to the Baby Boomer generation about his first hunting trip, and odds are it will be about squirrel hunting.[…]
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The Pressure’s On
Russell Scarbrough got off work at 6 p.m., too late to actually do any hunting. But he went ahead and drove to the public tract of land he planned to hunt the next few days and slept in the truck.[…]
Fishing
Track plotters don’t get respect
Early GPS units were pretty clunky by today’s standards — and approximately 30 times more expensive. Today’s units are faster, more accurate, and most importantly, have a lot more memory.[…]
Columns
Bet on Bayou Black in January
In January, I’ll be fishing the marshes around the Bayou Black area, located between Houma and Morgan City, below Highway 90, where Kenyon Hill won the first BASS Top 100 tournament a few years ago.[…]
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Nooner Ducks
Poor Zach. Maybe I should have warned him. This was the first Louisiana duck hunt for Pelayo’s brother-in-law, and he was dressed like a male model for Cabela’s catalog.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Options abound below New Orleans
One thing for sure about coastal Louisiana is that there are some well-known areas where the fishing heats up as soon as the weather gets cold.[…]
Columns
What’s on flying Santa’s wish list?
When regional Orvis rep Dave Hayward told me that for 2008 they were going to introduce the ‘ultimate fly rod,’ I warned him against sniffing too much glue when making epoxy flies.[…]