Louisiana Sportsman

Pompano Platforms

January 24, 2013 Humberto Fontova

We arrived at Doc’s French Quarter bungalow elegantly early only to find the place already packed.[…]

Hunter’s wish comes true with trophy Tensas Parish buck

January 24, 2013 Glynn Harris

Kyle O’Neal of West Monroe has followed the big-buck articles in Louisiana Sportsman, texting comments to the author that always end with statements similar to “I wish I could get one big enough for you to write about.”[…]

Red River WMA gives up huge buck

January 24, 2013 M.A. Fisher

Hunting public land takes a bit of extra work. That’s a lesson Trent Boudreaux learned when he first started hunting Red River Wildlife Management Area as a teenager in 1998.[…]

Tracking heroics on my brother’s first Louisiana buck

January 23, 2013 Josh Chauvin

My younger brother has been joining me on a few public-land gun hunts over the past few seasons on Red River WMA.[…]

To catch a poacher

January 23, 2013 Keith LaCaze

One of the more memorable cases I recall working was during the mid-80s in Rapides Parish. It all started when the LDWF district lieutenant received a call from a state police narcotics officer in early September.[…]

Louisiana anglers ask for regional red snapper management during meeting

January 22, 2013 M.A. Fisher

A standing-room-only crowd turned out for a scoping meeting held in Baton Rouge by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council on Jan. 14 to collect public input on the ongoing management of red snapper — specifically, whether or not the Gulf of Mexico fishery should be managed as a single unit or broken up into regional management units.[…]

Hunting seasons to reopen on three WMAs flooded by recent heavy rains

January 22, 2013 From News Reports

Hunting seasons on three wildlife management areas closed earlier this month due to high water levels will reopen tomorrow (Jan. 23), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries announced today.[…]

Brush Busting

January 21, 2013 John K. Flores

Growing up in Michigan, I cut my hunting molars beginning with rabbits. I often like to say that Michigan is the Sportsman’s Paradise north, but only as a close runner-up to the one here in the south — especially where rabbits are concerned.[…]

Youth-only lottery turkey hunt scheduled for Kistatchie National Forest

January 21, 2013 From News Reports

All five Kisatchie National Forest districts will be open for youth-only turkey lottery hunts on March 16 to provide more opportunities for young hunters, the U.S. Forest Service announced.

There are a limited number of hunting slots available: 20 youth hunters will be selected for four of the five districts, with the Caney District only accepting 15 young hunters, the Forest Service said.

The deadline for applying for these hunts is Feb. 1.[…]

Aging bucks on the hoof

January 21, 2013 Bill Garbo

Two of the cornerstone tenants of modern day “quality deer management” are herd monitoring and herd management.[…]

Circuit Riders

January 20, 2013 Rusty Tardo

Back in the earlier days of American history and due to the lack of ministers and the far distance between churches, some preachers, called circuit riders or saddlebag preachers, would journey long distances on horseback to rural churches to preach.

They traveled with few possessions, carrying only what could fit in their saddlebags. They traveled through wilderness and villages, preaching virtually every day and often several times a day at any place available (barns, cabins, courthouses, open fields, church buildings or meeting houses, or even basements and street corners).

Unlike the preachers of settled denominations, these pioneer preachers were always on the move, and some covered over 200,000 miles on horseback during their lifetimes, riding the circuts. It was grueling, demanding and sometimes dangerous, but they did what needed to be done to reach souls.

That’s what I thought of when Capt. Tim Ursin (504-512-2602) said we could “ride the circuit” to try to find some fish.
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