Blind's Eye
First split strange
The first split has come and gone already. My personal totals for eight hunts with guests was 103 ducks. Not bad at all.[…]
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Deer Hunting
Mature bucks not moving much, but rut around the corner
Seems like the deer movement/reports are mixed. I find this to be a tough time of year to see mature bucks, but I know what is right around the corner: the rut.[…]
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Ask and you shall receive?
I asked for a strong cold front, and I got it. I asked for some wind, and I got it. I guess I forgot to ask for ducks![…]
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New rods aimed at young and restless
Tackle companies would like every lad and lass to get a rod this Christmas. Well, except for “Balloon Boy.” He deserves NO toys from Santa![…]
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Hull design dictates propeller type
The design of your boat’s bottom will affect the type of propeller you will need. In the simplest of terms, there are two hull designs: displacement and planing.[…]
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Ruger 10-22: from caterpillar to butterfly
I remember the first Ruger 10-22 carbine I came across. Home on leave from the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C., in the early 1970s, I took my father’s brand-new Ruger .22 rifle to my grandparents’ dairy farm in Tangipahoa Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Rut prep turns deer to natural foods
Every year I am amazed at how a deer seems to know what type of nutrition he needs at certain times of the year. It seems like flipping the light switch off: The deer just stopped eating rice bran and other high-protein feeds the first weekend of November from the Felicianas and north into Mississippi (Interestingly, it seems like the deer near the flooded river and south around Mount Pleasant and Baton Rouge are still eating the bran/protein).[…]
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Thanksgiving Week
I took vacation Thanksgiving week to catch up on some chores and, of course, make a few duck hunts! I went out with my son Monday (Nov. 23), and the very high tide from the Saturday storm put water over the transom of my boat.[…]
Deer Hunting
Kelleher’s Korner
Baton Rouge’s Patrick Kelleher is a father, husband, bowhunter and (for those who know him) the luckiest guy in the world.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
How do I get from Lafitte to Lake Maurepas?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m hoping to buy a houseboat in Lafitte, close to Joe’s Landing, across from Cochiara’s Marina, and moving it to Lake Maurpas close to the Amite River.[…]
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A fish so ugly it’s beautiful
The words “I didn’t think that anything so ugly could ever win an award” really caught my attention.[…]
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LWFC to feds: Kiss off!
Kudos to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
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Providence has December’s lunkers
I like fishing in December with football games on TV, waterfowl and deer seasons taking place and most of Louisiana’s lakes clear of fishermen.[…]
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Flex Head Jigz unlike other bass lures
Think of this brand-new jig as a bass fisherman’s dream version of an all-terrain vehicle. It’s an artificial lure that acts alive and apparently looks delicious to bass, fished shallow or deep, around rocks or wood and anything else they tend to hang out on.[…]
Blind's Eye
Opening day good for some
Well, I think we lucked out in the coastal marshes this year. Comparing the marsh to last years’ dead zone, I would say we’re way ahead. Last week, as Hurricane Ida nosed its way into the Gulf, I was still celebrating the great hunt that I had been on with Paul and Mike Woods during the youth weekend.[…]
Deer Hunting
What’s the deal?
Well, after a very good last couple of weeks of October, the deer movement has gone to close to non-existent. My hunting buddies from all over Louisiana and Mississippi and I were having great hunts from Oct.15 through around the first week of November, and all of a sudden it turned off like a light switch.[…]