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Stopping the September squirrel poacher
Game wardens love September. We love September because the first hunting seasons of the fall begin and the monotony of water patrol in the hot sun ends.[…]
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Prescribed fire as a management tool
Fire can be your best friend or your worst enemy, depending on the context of how fire is used in your wildlife management program.[…]
Alligator
Apex Predator goes gator hunting
Unfortunately, my wife and I weren’t picked for the public land alligator lottery this year from the more than 5,000 people who applied.[…]
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Have kayak, will travel
Some of the alluring aspects of kayak fishing are that it is relatively inexpensive and you have the ability to ply waters near one’s home area. Of course, we know that there really is no better place to fish than in Louisiana.[…]
Bass Fishing
Mister Twister Flip’n OUT
Louisiana born and bred Mister Twister Flip’n OUTs, the latest in soft plastic creature baits, were scheduled to go on the market the first week of Augus[…]
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Hey, it’s still good, good, good!
Lately, the Moreland clan has been spending a lot of time at the Baton Rouge Orthopedic Clinic; it started with a surgery on my wife’s shoulder for a torn rotator cuff, followed by surgery on our son Ruffin’s leg, followed by an air cast for me to help heal a bad ankle.[…]
Apex Predator
Rules change makes it easier to take hogs on WMAs
If hogs are causing so many problems on state wildlife management areas, I’ve always wondered why hunting rules didn’t allow us to harvest these invasive animals more often. […]
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See spot run
This September marks the 32nd anniversary with the other love of my life — fly fishing.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
The ABCs of GPS configuration, Pt. 1
I know that I have written about configuration settings for a GPS unit in the past, but during my seminars and at least once a month I get a question concerning how a reader’s GPS should be set up.[…]
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Everybody eats pogies
Yes, everybody eats pogies; They just don’t know it.
The sea is a funny place. On land, planting-eating species (herbivores) vastly outnumber meat-eaters (carnivores). That’s because it takes 10 pounds of herbivore flesh to produce 1 pound of carnivore.[…]
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Never give up
When my kids were young, I was determined they would be as eaten up with hunting and fishing as I was. They were dragged along on trips as often as possible, and the lessons stuck — at least with my son.[…]
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“Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire”
Kris Koenig introduced himself to me as “the only national public television producer I know of with a concealed carry permit.”[…]
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Where have all the bullets gone?
If by now you haven’t experienced the frustrating bullet shortage or voiced a loud complaint about it, it’s a fair bet you don’t shoot for a hobby — or shoot at all.[…]
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Do your homework
Well, here we are in August, the last month of summer. Even though it is still an oven outdoors, we are already thinking about hunting season and making plans to enjoy those glorious fall days.[…]
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Planting tree plots
Properly constructed tree plots are a wonderful addition to a system of seasonal food plots on just about any piece of hunting property.[…]
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Reds in the weeds
The heat of summer is in full swing, and many of the shallow marsh ponds are choked with submerged aquatic vegetation. The grass is so thick that it prevents powerboats from accessing these areas, and this is great news for kayak fishermen.[…]