Deer Hunting
Daily use permit required at Russell Sage WMA
Gun. Hunter orange. Shells. Camo. Let’s see, what are we forgetting?[…]
Year: 2014
Inshore Fishing
Top cold-weather tactics for Delacroix trout
December usually delivers our first blast of really cold weather. We start getting cold front after cold front beginning in November, and by increments our weather changes from fall to winter with each passing front.[…]
Deer Hunting
Russell Sage WMA has unique location
A river runs through it. Well, sort of.
It’s a concrete river, four lanes wide. It ebbs and flows with 18-wheelers and automobiles heading east and west across the top of Louisiana.[…]
Deer Hunting
Area 4 Shoot-Don’t Shoot Quiz
The first set of photos for you to consider shooting or passing over come from Area 4 — East Feliciana Parish.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to detect light crappie bites
When cooler temperatures have those crappie biting lightly, strike detection becomes paramount. Here’s a technique you can use to avoid missing a light bite.[…]
Bass Fishing
Top 5 post-front bass-fishing lures
Here’s a look at some of the dependable post-front bait options when weather conditions have bass lethargic and lockjawed.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Live bait takes some TLC
“I’m all about live bait,” veteran redfish and speckled trout charter guide Herk Bergeron said. “The catch ratio is much better with live bait, especially for bigger fish.[…]
Fishing
LDWF cites seven for alleged oyster fishing violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited seven men in the last month for alleged oyster fishing violations on the Sister Lake Public Oyster Seed Reservation in Terrebonne Parish, which is closed for the 2014-15 oyster season.[…]
Deer of the Year
Zachary hunter drills 200-inch Mississippi monster
Lloyd Dempster has had an amazing run of Magnolia State bucks this fall at the lease he hunts in Claiborne County, Miss.[…]
Deer Hunting
It was a November to remember at Atchafalaya Delta WMA
November was a special month down at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA. […]
Events & Announcements
Temporary road closure planned on Maurepas Swamp WMA
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising boaters that the access road to the Hope Canal boat launch within Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area will be closed beginning at 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 14, for up to two weeks for bridge repairs.[…]
Deer Hunting
MSU’s ‘Deer Hunt’ app useful from the stand
Instead of just playing Angry Birds or Scrabble from the box stand, your smartphone can actually be used for hunting purposes, like recording deer sightings and even estimating Boone & Crockett measurements.[…]
Columns
Is your deer hunting hot?
September seemed to be as hot as August was; the weatherman kept talking about the unseasonably warm weather, with temperatures in the 90s when the heat index was considered.[…]
Deer of the Year
Sabine Parish hunter takes down first deer ever
In today’s fast-paced, high-tech, non-stop world, every once in a while doing things the “old-timey” way still pays off.[…]
Deer of the Year
Third shot is the charm on massive Winn Parish 8-point
Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction, and things that happen in the woods just don’t makes a whole lot of sense.[…]
Deer of the Year
Deville hunter bags 16-pointer scoring 171-plus in Rapides Parish
When the moon is full, deer tend to feed and move around at night and bed down during the day, so the Nov. 6 full moon meant hunting prospects for the next couple of days weren’t the best.[…]