
Plant trees for your deer
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. […]
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. […]
January marks the end of the 2018-1919 deer season, and in Areas 1 and 6 the rut is at its peak. It is the time for real wall-hangers to be chasing does, and the best time for a hunter to connect with one. […]
Deer season is in full swing, and it’s time to decide whether to drop the hammer. […]
A good 5-gallon bucket has multiple uses as hunting season cranks up this fall. […]
Except for the issue with chronic wasting disease in Northeast Louisiana, the 2017 season was so-so. Hopefully 2018 will be a little more exciting. But what exactly will does this new season have in store for hunters in the Bayou State? […]
The older age classes, 7 ½ on up, represent the end of the trail for a deer population. The average lifespan for a white-tailed deer is around 5 years; in captivity deer may live up to 14 years. Much depends on the degree of hunting that takes place on the landscape. […]
Learn how to age the bucks that most hunters mount, the 4- to 6-year-old deer that are exhibiting their best antler growth. […]
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