Bass Fishing
YUM Money Hounds
Many years of research finally paid off with the creation of an effective, weedless and visually dazzling cigar-shaped soft-plastic topwater you can throw anywhere.[…]
Year: 2009
Deer Hunting
Vernon Parish produces monster 14-point
Leesville’s Kade Mitchell is known for filling his six-deer limit each hunting season, but he decided it was time to focus when he arrived home from a work trip in October and saw pictures of a big buck on his lease.[…]
Hunting
Pear River WMA to close, except for some waterfowl hunting
The majority of Pearl River Wildlife Management Area will close tomorrow (Dec. 16) because of flooding, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.[…]
Deer Hunting
Muzzy 85-grain Phantom-MX
Muzzy built the compact and aerodynamic 100-grain Phantom-MX for hunters wanting a traditional style with superior penetration, and it delivered. Now, Muzzy has designed a lighter, faster broadhead option – the new 85-grain Phantom-MX, which features the same unbeatable and superior flight as its larger relative.[…]
Columns
Old-school philosopy
With a weekend off from duck hunting, I decided to look back on recent posts to see what duck hunters are discussing to fill this week’s blog.[…]
Deer Hunting
Clinton area starting to heat up
After sending in my blog last Monday, I headed to Clinton to help the wildlife crew with a project. I had plans to make an evening hunt, but the project work dragged on until about 4 p.m.[…]
Deer Hunting
Denham Springs man accused of stealing trail cams to stop hunting
A Denham Springs man has been arrested for stealing a Livingston Parish landowner’s trail cameras, allegedly in an attemp to stop hunting, WAFB reported on Friday.[…]
Blind's Eye
Success with fewer birds
Just because the numbers of ducks bagged are down in the marsh, it doesn’t always mean you won’t get your birds. Here we are in the latter part of November wondering where the big gangs of gadwalls and teal are, and I’ll be the first to admit that the numbers are not what they should be.[…]
Blind's Eye
First split strange
The first split has come and gone already. My personal totals for eight hunts with guests was 103 ducks. Not bad at all.[…]
Deer Hunting
The big one that got away
I missed the last three weeks of bow season due to an old ruptured disc in my neck and the pain it has been giving me. But I was finally able to get out a last week and almost had good one.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Current key to Golden Meadow trout
The wind hasn’t slowed down the trout bite around Catfish Lake and Bayou Blue. In fact, Capt. Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357) and his crew landed 73 nice trout a couple of days ago even with the wind trying to blow him off the water. The trout bite was so good he didn’t even target the reds.[…]
Deer Hunting
Angola guard pops 187-inch 15-pointer
Ray Vitorrio isn’t a big-time deer hunter. Not by a long shot. The Louisiana State Penitentiary colonel freely admits that.[…]
Hunting
Dewey Wills WMA roads closed from flooding damage
A portion of Muddy Bayou Road and Big Ridge Road have been temporarily closed to automobile traffic on the Dewey Wills Wildlife Management Area in LaSalle Parish, effective Dec. 7.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
First split disappointing to duck hunters
Despite warm conditions and relatively few birds just prior to the season, Louisiana duck hunters remained hopeful that they’d get a good push of winter weather in mid-November as the season kicked off.[…]
Deer Hunting
Mature bucks not moving much, but rut around the corner
Seems like the deer movement/reports are mixed. I find this to be a tough time of year to see mature bucks, but I know what is right around the corner: the rut.[…]
Columns
Ask and you shall receive?
I asked for a strong cold front, and I got it. I asked for some wind, and I got it. I guess I forgot to ask for ducks![…]