Last month I wrote about the top bucks officially measured for the 2007-2009 Big Game Recognition Program records and how more deer qualified for recognition than in any of the previous recognition programs.[…]
Last month we touched upon the infamous vosi, which is an acronym for “Vertically Oriented Strike Indicator.” Several emails resulted on this topic.[…]
The quest for trophies in modern hunting and fishing is unquenchable. More and more deer hunters put up high fences to segregate the animals under their control from surrounding populations and then buy trophy bucks to upgrade the “quality” of their herd. If you can’t get a trophy any other way — well, you just grow your own.[…]
It is my favorite time of year again. Aside from the cooler weather, redfish frenzies and Saturday nights in Death Valley that the fall season ushers in each year, it is once again the time of year when ducks come down to grace us with their presence.[…]
In theory, Chris Macaluso’s job should be easier than a bridge monitor’s.[…]
With the duck season opener in the west zone only weeks away now, most of you will probably be in high speed getting your gear together. If not, you should be. This summer I paid particular attention to getting my decoy spread souped up.
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We’ve all heard the old saying that practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. What does this mean for archery, and more importantly, archery hunting?[…]
Well, we are approaching my favorite day of the year, Oct 1, and it looks like the first several days of bow season are going to be blessed with great weather.[…]
Last year, I wrote a column urging readers to avoid ethanol at all costs. Ethanol has caused many problems ranging from sludge in the fuel tank to deterioration of the fuel lines. It absorbs moisture from the air.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I recently bought a Humminbird 898c SI fishfinder, and am looking to buy a chip to upgrade the maps.[…]
If I ever find a lamp, rub it and a genie pops out, one of my wishes will be to rip June, July and August off the calendar. What do the three months have to offer?[…]
Most fish-identification books (except mine, of course) list the value of lizardfish to anglers as either a “nuisance” or “useless.” I happen to think that they are a pretty interesting critter. It could be the biologist in me.[…]
Buck drove me crazy.
As anal as I am about my rifles, his idea of sighting in before deer season was to drive out on the pipeline at our lease, throw a gallon cooking oil can out, back off 60-75 yards, take a rest on his elbows, squint through his cheap scope and touch off a .30-06 round from his immensely popular (and notoriously inaccurate) semi-automatic rifle (he even had see-through mounts on the thing!) and bounce the can about 5 feet.[…]
When Oklahoman Edwin Evers needs to put bass in the boat in one of the many high-pressure bass tournaments he fishes, including the recent Bassmaster Elite Series, he goes “hunting” with his favorite balsa wood crankbait — the Bomber Model B.[…]
In North Louisiana during October, the weather will start to cool off. The bass will get into their fall mode more quickly than they do in South Louisiana because they’ll start to feel winter approaching.[…]
It’s all about the antlers’ was a statement made at the 2006 Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting in Baton Rouge. The evening’s discussion was on the use of antler restrictions (ARs) to produce older and bigger bucks.[…]