Deer Hunting
Follow this advice to see more deer
While sitting in my ground blind last season watching 15 deer second-lining down the lane I was hunting, I was struck by deer movement — and how it’s really the only factor that matters.[…]
Year: 2018
Deer Hunting
How to prepare a trophy buck for mounting
Putting on her taxidermy hat, Garrett said these steps are critical for maximizing full shoulder trophy deer mounts. […]
Features
Magic Man
Capt. Lloyd Landry is apparently a master of black magic. It’;s clear he spends his free time reading tarot cards, casting tea leaves and studying the works of Aleister Crowley.[…]
Deer Hunting
Cashing in on big bucks
Pam Streeter works in the banking business, and she plays in the woods. But she’ll tell you the same principles for making “big bucks” apply in both worlds.[…]
Deer Hunting
Making the big bucks
The past several seasons, big buck contests and social media posts have exploded with impressive photos of true trophy bucks, more than most anyone can remember in the recent past. […]
Features
Black magic
From short jokes to hand-me-downs that don’t quite fit, it’s tough being the smallest kid in the family.[…]
Bass Fishing
November’s best bets
Best bets for freshwater and saltwater in November.[…]
Columns
Crackin’ Craw
If you want to catch bass or redfish, you better get crackin’.
Kaplan-based artificial lure manufacturer Zach Dubois, who specializes in soft plastics, has watched the fairly new Crackin’ Craw – a crawfish imitation -; take the bass fishing world by storm. And to his pleasant surprise, it’s also become a go-to bait for redfish along the coast.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sabine River bass surprise
“We are very blessed,” Johnny Watkins said. “There are very few places where you fish bass on a shrimp pattern.[…]
Deer Hunting
Youngsville hunter shoots big Natchitoches Parish 10-pointer
The third time was the charm for Youngsville’s Larry Bringol — and this time he cashed in on a beautiful Natchitoches Parish 10-pointer. […]
Columns
Seafood Bible: Cooking with ‘Cajun spice’
Buddy Callahan looks like anything but a Cajun with curly blond hair, fair complexion, a stocky build and a grizzled Van Dyke beard.[…]
Ducks
LDWF: Two plead guilty to baiting ducks
Two hunters who pleaded guilty to hunting wood ducks over a baited area received tough sentences from a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Alexandria this fall. […]
Featured
Is it spring? It is in Venice
The high Mississippi River has pretty much decimated typical fall fishing spots out of Venice — but here’s where you need to head to still catch plenty of redfish. […]
Deer Hunting
Giant Caldwell Parish 13-point goes down on Boeuf WMA
Positioning a ground blind near the intersection of two deer trails did the truck for Cody Cupepper, who downed a massive 180-inch public lands brute on Boeuf WMA in Caldwell Parish. […]
Ducks
Rare duck turning up in Louisiana hunters’ November bags
Black scoters are sea ducks more common the East and West coasts of the U.S., but several of the birds have already been shot this season by Louisiana hunters. […]
Deer Hunting
It’s not too early: Get a jump on the rut with deer scents
Even though the rut in Area 4 near Franklinton is likely still a month away, that didn’t stop a nice buck from falling for estrous doe urine used by the author last week. […]