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Delta duck foods
One thing that makes the Delta Young Guns so successful is not only their youthful zeal and hardcore tactics, but also their knowledge of duck food.[…]
Year: 2011
Hunting
Ambush
Artie’s camp was already cranking when we pulled up elegantly late, near 9 p.m. on Friday. The slashing riffs of Jumping Jack Flash boomed through the camp’s walls and into Pelayo’s truck as Chris opened the door.[…]
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Ground Check
Before Hurricane Katrina, Washington Parish deer hunter Alan Williams hunted Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge from the ground because he wanted to. Now, more than six years after the historic hurricane, he hunts from the ground because he has to.[…]
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Speed kills
Howard Callahan believes in fast shot as the most effective method of bringing down ducks.[…]
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Cloud Dancers
The Good Lord gave us a glorious sunrise, the glowing orb back-lighting a cloud in the eastern sky that looked for all the world like an angel in flight. I snapped a few photos as the sun slowly nibbled away the cloud bank.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Hybrid stripers — a man-made fish
The fish causing all the excitement are really not striped bass; they’re hybrid stripers, incapable of reproduction save for the intervention of man.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Blackened hybrids almost as good as redfish
Kevin Beasley of Ruston was reared in Slidell down in redfish country. He loved to catch redfish, and he also loved them on the table.[…]
Fishing
Four-Leaf Cloverly
What makes four-leaf clovers so lucky is that they’re so difficult to find. You could pick an entire acre of clovers one by one and still not stumble on the lucky one that has four leaves instead of three.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Indian summer improves Lafitte redfishing during fall
Although Capt. Jason Shilling believes November is his last best opportunity to catch lots of redfish before the wintertime slowdown, he has fished long enough to know that some Louisiana Novembers aren’t that much different than Louisiana Septembers.[…]
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Red Hot Reggio!
“November is probably the very best month of the year to target redfish out in the Reggio area, followed closely by October,” the voice said on the other end of the phone.[…]
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Cover: November 2011
Bass await paddlers in Bogue Chitto, Tangipahoa and other rivers around the state.[…]
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Mastering the Marsh
It was the perfect lease. After years of waiting, they had finally landed a prime duck-hunting lease, and opening day had arrived. As they waited in the pre-dawn darkness, they rehearsed their shots at the imaginary gray ducks and widgeon that would surely be swinging into the decoys when legal shooting time arrived — a mere 15 minutes away.[…]
Deer Hunting
Aim to drop a deer in its tracks
If the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge sounds like a place where it would be hard to track a shot deer or hog, you are correct.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fewer shrimp means better fishing with shrimp
At 38 years old, Donavon Hinton has been around Lafitte fishermen long enough to have picked up a few tricks of the trade. He gained most of his insight when fishermen would return with their catches to his parents’ C-Way Marina.[…]
Hunting
ProStaff 7 Binoculars
Nikon’s popular ATB binocular series adds the ProStaff 7 to its lineup. The 8×42 and 10×42 models feature fully multicoated, bright, high-resolution optics that are built into an ultra-rugged, waterproof and fogproof body.[…]
Deer Hunting
Low-power scope setting best for Bogue Chitto
Because hunting the ground floor of the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge can put you face to face with deer or hogs, it’s important to consider a few small details that can put the odds of a close encounter more in your favor.[…]