Deer with monster racks are great, but harvesting average deer is special, too
True trophy bucks, those that qualify for Boone and Crockett Recognition, represent less than 1% of the buck population in a herd.[…]
True trophy bucks, those that qualify for Boone and Crockett Recognition, represent less than 1% of the buck population in a herd.[…]
Hurricanes have taken a toll on habitat and the forests. Active involvement is a must to keep properties productive for wildlife.[…]
Many hunters think that all young bucks have the chance to grow and become trophy class, but that simply is a dream.[…]
Every season, hunters pass up bucks in the hope they will be trophies in a year, but will they really grow any larger? This year, maybe so.[…]
Habitat improvement is a key to efforts at building a huntable turkey flock in your neck of the woods when April arrives.[…]
Before turkeys go on the nest, one of the best ways to track gobblers is to keep tabs on the hens beforehand.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
Are habitat, hunter choices keeping Louisiana’s best bucks from reaching their potential? Scott Durham and Jonathan Bordelon talk about the situation.[…]
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.[…]
Early spring is a good time to get the habitat in shape for turkeys and the approaching nesting season here in Louisiana.[…]
Some veteran turkey hunters would never shoot a jake, but a novice would no doubt be thrilled to bag one. Should you shoot jakes?[…]
The combination of January’s cold weather and lack of native forages will have the deer active and eating in the green patches and at feeders.[…]
David Moreland believes if we are going to stay ahead of the game, some of Louisiana’s archaic deer laws need to be changed.[…]
It is a well-known fact among Bayou State deer hunters that when a cold front sweeps across the state, it’s time to be in a deer stand.[…]
Reading sign is as old as hunting. Sign is simply the evidence that game animals and birds leave on the landscape that shows they’ve been around.[…]