Features from December 2022
- If you hunt in North Louisiana, there is a very good chance you’ll call Gary Cobb of Union Parish to track and recover your deer.
- Practically anywhere that people can find a sloping shoreline and a drop-off into a deeper channel might hold bass living on the edge.
- Georgina Eccles’s pintail study will hopefully give waterfowl experts the insight to help give a boost to future pintail populations.
- Tyler Breed got into business with a family member to work on ATVs during Covid. He opened Rare Breed Customs in West Monroe.
- Paul Meeks is the founder and developer of API Outdoors, which became the country’s largest producer of tree stands.
- At Bayou Segnette and Grand Isle state parks, fishermen can stay next to some of the best fishing in the world and enjoy boating.
- Hunters accustomed to chasing ducks that are interested in upping their specklebelly game need to mind the details.
- Jon Miller asked speckled trout anglers to break down their fishing experiences this year by season and to look ahead to 2023.
- In December, John Guillot looks for the Christmas tree pattern on his electronics to help catch crappie on the East Pearl River.
Columns - December 2022
- Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part proudly touts the Bill Lewis Lures’ Scope Stik, a jerkbait he’ll fish with extensively this winter and spring.
- Crossbows can shoot faster and farther than ever before, but is that necessarily a good thing? We look at the pros and cons.
- Ask Santa for some of these items to make your kayak angling experience safer, more comfortable and successful.
- The greatest gifts you can give kids this Christmas are love and respect for the outdoors, wrapped in knowledge and accountability.
- With all the outdoor items out there for sportsmen, getting a thumbs up on just the right Christmas gift isn’t easy.
- The fox squirrel is the largest species of North American tree squirrels. They are highly coveted by hunters.
- While the traditional Osso Buco uses veal, this recipe incorporates the shank of the deer, the part that exists below the knee of each leg.
Outdoor Updates - December 2022
- Terry Alvis killed this 11-point trophy buck from his ground blind with a Raven crossbow on Oct. 7 in Union Parish.
- Allowing more state control over red snapper was one of the hot topics at the American Sportfishing Association’s Sportfishing Summit.
- Jarrod Ransonet caught this blue …
- On Nov. 2, Everitt “Rett” Blake killed a trophy 10-point buck on a 1500 acre plot leased by his family in Winn Parish.
- Crickett Collins killed a 13-point buck on the evening of Oct. 14 in Morehouse Parish with her Raven crossbow.
- Justin Lyons of DeQuincy took this piebald 10-point buck on Oct. 30 at his hunting club in Calcasieu Parish.
- Sean O’Connell of Mandeville and Edward Adams of Metairie secured a wire-to-wire win at the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship.
- Melvin Brown Jr. arrowed a 9-point, 215-pound buck on Sept. 16 while hunting from a deer stand on a lease near Fayette, Mississippi.
- You never know what you might …
- New Iberia native Ben Suit caught a 10.75-pound bass on Oct. 16 while fishing a two-day Louisiana Bass Cats tournament at Toledo Bend.
Hot Spots - December 2022
- One of the biggest decisions an angler has to make at Big Lake in December is whether to target big fish or plenty.
- New Iberia angler Kevin Suit still goes to the Dulac area on weekends and days off every November and December to fish.
- North Louisiana crappie guide Wesley Miller likes Lake Claiborne this time of year for several reasons, including good numbers of fish.
- More grass means more bass. Acres of hydrilla will make bass fishing in late November and December better at Toledo Bend.
Field Notes - December 2022
- Louisiana has some of the highest numbers of wintering woodcock in the United States.
- Adding a second station to your fishing boat will help you catch more fish.
- Jacob Robertson, a junior at Tioga High School, has emerged as a national contender in Archery Shooters Association competition.