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Manchac WMA best practices
The Biologist, Christian Winslow, has some tips for prospective hunters:[…]
Month: November 2013
Deer Hunting
Size matters
In stalking, a hunter’s height can actually work against him because visibility is sometimes better closer to the ground, especially when there are thick bushes in the targeted area.[…]
Hunting
Silent Killer
One of the things that make slipping up on game in a pirogue possible is silence.[…]
Deer Hunting
Picking the Right One
Watch this episode of Sportsman TV to see us take a trip to Hack Attacks’s camp on the Mississippi River in search of a trophy whitetail buck.[…]
Hunting
Pirogues make good scouting tools
Hunting out of a pirogue is a great way to see and slip up on more game if you have a creek running through your property or lease, but a pirogue can also serve as a great way to scout for places to hunt on the land.[…]
Deer of the Year
Crowley hunter has close encounter with big Acadia Parish 8-point
Jason Mire was literally minutes away from missing the buck of a lifetime after he decided to abandon his stand in Acadia Parish and head for home.[…]
Deer Hunting
LDWF agents cite three men for allegedly taking a deer at night in Pointe Coupee Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents cited three men for alleged hunting violations in connection with the shooting of a deer at night on the East Guide Levee about three miles south of Hwy. 190 in Lottie.[…]
Columns
The Fat Boy
Paul Brown’s Fat Boys are still kicking, slowly twitching underwater, tantalizing and catching saltwater fish after the proven soft plastic was bought in the late 2000s.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cooler temps push speckled trout into deeper water
With this week’s cold snap and water temperatures in the mid- to upper-50s, Capt. Mike Gallo has been successful fishing in deeper water with little current.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest set
Plans are already in the works for the 2014 edition of the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest, which is slated for March 13-16 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]
Coastal Projects
Nonprofits important cog in coastal restoration
They arrived by barge to Raccoon Island, just south of Cocodrie, tall white sacks weighing in 2,000 pounds filled with what many of us might otherwise mistake for sandbags.[…]
Coastal Projects
Nonprofits take different approaches to education
While most of Louisiana’s coastal nonprofits get involved with beach cleanups, plantings and the like, nearly all of them dedicate at least part of their mission to education.[…]
Deer Hunting
Brand new Sportsman TV tonight at 6 on CST: Picking the Right One
Watch Cox Sports Television tonight at 6:00 as Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney and crew take a trip to his camp in northwest Mississippi in search of trophy deer.[…]
Deer of the Year
Potential state-record buck killed in Concordia Parish
Ferriday’s Jason Archer helped friends sight in their primitive firearms on Saturday, November 9, opening day for that segment of the deer season in Concordia Parish, when the 42-year-old and his cousin looked at their watches and decided they had time for a late afternoon hunt.[…]
Deer of the Year
Grisham doubles down on big Bossier bucks
Hollis Grisham is a 25-year-old respiratory therapist working at Willis Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, but even he might have needed help catching his breath when a big 10-point buck he’d never seen stepped out of the woods in Bossier Parish last weekend.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Baton Rouge’s Bayard wins IFA Kayak Tour Angler of the Year Award
Brendan Bayard won the 2013 Overall Angler of the Year Award for the Inshore Fishing Association Kayak Tour presented by Hobie Fishing.[…]