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Get ready, get set, go for teal! Part 2
Teal hunter Hunter Simmons of Mer Rouge shares his tips to get set and go after the early birds of duck hunting.[…]
Month: September 2017
Bass Fishing
Maximize your frog’s mat mayhem
It’s a double shot of adrenaline that widens the eyes, flares the jaws, red-lines the heart rate and elicits a broad spectrum of amazed responses; not all of which may be suitable for a family audience.[…]
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2017-18 WMA Forecast
As thousands of resident and non-resident hunters get ready to hunt on the Wildlife Management Areas of Louisiana, one segment must be aware of a radical change from the norm.[…]
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Crappie sniper
Even bass fanatics have to eat!
When we last left Dusty Anders, he was exercising his addiction to largemouth bass in Toledo Bend Reservoir. […]
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High-tech hog whacking
What’s that green glow?
It’s a beacon for bacon.[…]
Columns
Where have all the pompano gone?
It was January 1965 and the Louisiana Conservationist, the official voice of the Louisiana Wild Life (yes that’s the way it was spelled then — Wild Life, not Wildlife) and Fisheries Commission, led off with an article on Louisiana’s wonderful winter offshore fishery. […]
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Keys to bow stand selection
Archery season is opening in many areas and fast approaching in others. Hopefully, most bowhunters know the tree stands they will hunt from.[…]
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Cover: September 2017
Increase your odds of downing a big public lands buck by consulting the Sportsman’s WMA Forecast starting on page 42.[…]
Bass Fishing
The sweet and sour of September
If summertime bass fishing like it has been extends very long into September, chances are good I will have all spinning rods on the deck of my bass boat until there is a definitive cool snap to chill the waters at Toledo Bend.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie catch ensured —almost
Jerry Mitchell is in the insurance business in Alexandria and he will insure almost anything for you — including catching crappie in the Red River South this month. […]
Events & Announcements
Elmer’s Island, Rockefeller Refuge to reopen on Friday
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will reopen most of Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Friday, Sept. 1, at sunrise, while all of Elmer’s Island will reopen to the public at 12 noon.[…]
Dove
LDWF cancels dove field hunts in DeRidder and Ragley
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cancelled its leased dove field hunts slated for this weekend in both DeRidder and Ragley due to excessive rainfall from Hurricane Harvey.[…]