Hunting
Ravin R9 Crossbow
The new R9 Crossbow from Ravin delivers rifle-like accuracy, handling and killing power. Powered by Helicoil technology, this revolutionary crossbow delivers unprecedented downrange accuracy.[…]
Year: 2016
Deer Hunting
Truth vs. Fiction — The truth behind several deer-hunting maxims
Every hunter has some maxims used to determine the best times to be in the woods. These biologists share the truth behind some of the common beliefs.[…]
Deer Hunting
Christmas rain deer – Are the Christmas holidays the best time to catch a trophy buck off guard?
Don’t let bad weather keep you off of your stand during the rut. Instead, be in the woods to catch deer moving before and after fronts.[…]
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From hot to cold — How to fish Chalmette after the Hot Water Canal went cold
For Chalmette-area wintertime anglers, the Hot Water Canal was about as close as you could get to a sure thing.[…]
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Get out and relax
A chaotic year is coming to a close. Spring flooding swamped North and Central Louisiana, and Toledo Bend reached historic levels. Then the Great Louisiana Flood in August destroyed homes and businesses down south.[…]
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Get to the Pointe — Guide’s tips for Pointe a la Hache trout and reds
So another December arrives — a month of endings, to be sure, but also of beginnings.[…]
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Bulling it out — How to catch and clean big reds
When the guide slid the landing net under the fish, the chef’s face lit up like a Hollywood marquee.
Was it a tender-fleshed and delectable speckled trout? No.[…]
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Cover: December 2016
The season is at the halfway point, but there’s still a lot of deer hunting left.[…]
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Get to know a crossbow
Although crossbows have been around for thousands of years, until recently, their use for deer hunting has been legally limited or restricted in most of the country.[…]
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Crappie season suspended — Top tips for Lake D’Arbonne crappie
Lake D’Arbonne is a prime location to chase crappie during December.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cold concerns — How pro bass anglers overcome bitter cold
Diehard anglers will brave some pretty uncomfortable conditions for that chance of bending a rod. But understanding how cold weather can affect your equipment and your performance stands essential to your winter pursuits. […]
Fishing
Costa’s Boundless collection
Costa’s Boundless line of rimless sunglasses adds four new styles, West Bay, Seagrove, Gulf Shore and Oyster Bay, to their four existing rimless options, Ballast, Cayan, Galveston and Rockport.[…]
Hunting
Sportsman performance shirts
The Sportsman Store has upgraded their performance shirt line-up with two new fall offerings — the Responder and the Equinox. The Responder is a shirt you’ll never want to take off. It’s made with a smart fabric that dials into your body temperature, keeping you warm and comfortable when it’s cool out but never sticky and sweaty while walking to the duck blind or deer stand.[…]
Deer of the Year
St. Martinville hunter nails 170-class Caldwell Parish buck
When Gregg Durand pulled into The Spotted Dog in Columbia on the day after Thanksgiving, he wasn’t looking for any awesome Black Friday deals — he was simply trying to get a green score on a thick-horned Caldwell Parish buck he’d just shot. […]
Inshore Fishing
Hard-plastic Hopedale trout
There’s no doubt that a popping cork with a soft-plastic underneath is a deadly way to catch a boatload of speckled trout — particularly in the fall when fish are gorging on white shrimp.[…]
Deer of the Year
Palmated 16-point goes down in Natchitoches Parish
Until a heavy-horned Natchitoches Parish buck stepped out into a shooting lane on his 1,500-acre lease near Ajax, Chris Ebarb never knew the deer even existed.[…]