Dave Moreland, Author at Louisiana Sportsman

Wild turkeys: It’s tough to add birds

March 26, 2021 Dave Moreland

Habitat improvement is a key to efforts at building a huntable turkey flock in your neck of the woods when April arrives. […]

Follow your hens, the gobblers will

February 23, 2021 Dave Moreland

Before turkeys go on the nest, one of the best ways to track gobblers is to keep tabs on the hens beforehand. […]

Plant food plots late, love them year-round

January 22, 2021 Dave Moreland

Winter grasses, clovers and chickory planted late in the winter can give your deer herd a jump-start on spring growth. […]

Plant trees for your deer

January 12, 2021 Dave Moreland

A good forest survey or inventory will tell you what trees make up your forest and what species you might want to plant for deer. […]

Attack the rut: Deer hunters should go on the offensive

November 20, 2020 Dave Moreland

As the peak of breeding season arrives, hunters can go on the offensive and use all the tools of the trade to connect with a buck. […]

The law of the deer harvest: Sow what you reap

October 30, 2020 Dave Moreland

The success or failure of the deer management program is directly related to whatever work is or is not applied to the habitat and the herd. […]

Louisiana’s 2020 Rut Report

September 22, 2020 Dave Moreland

When is the peak of the deer rut in Louisiana? Here are 2020’s dates. […]

Are Louisiana’s best bucks just mediocre?

July 23, 2020 Dave Moreland

Are habitat, hunter choices keeping Louisiana’s best bucks from reaching their potential? Scott Durham and Jonathan Bordelon talk about the situation. […]

David Lopez with his crossbow-killed buck from the last weekend of the season in Natchitoches Parish.

Just browsing around; how natural browse matters to deer

July 9, 2020 Dave Moreland

Learning to recognize which plants are important and when can help you manage your property’s deer population to the fullest. […]

It’s time to crunch your deer numbers

April 23, 2020 Dave Moreland

Does your deer data match the way you’re managing them. Now is a good time to look at your collected data and do some ciphering. […]

Maximize your wild turkey habitat

April 2, 2020 Dave Moreland

Early spring is a good time to get the habitat in shape for turkeys and the approaching nesting season here in Louisiana. […]

Jakes: Shoot or not?

March 19, 2020 Dave Moreland

Some veteran turkey hunters would never shoot a jake, but a novice would no doubt be thrilled to bag one. Should you shoot jakes? […]

A look at some of the quality racks that were entered into the Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest on Friday, March 13.

2020 Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest cut short

March 16, 2020 Dave Moreland

The 2020 Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival was shut down early and the show’s Big Buck Contest ended the second night of the show, with 27 entries. […]