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Stinking it up
Passing up a few does during the Area 7 still and early muzzleloader hunts, and later missing a respectable 6-point during the late muzzleloader season, I began second-guessing myself.[…]
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Treasure of Tensas Parish
Like all oxbow lakes, Lake Bruin was once an actual river channel. In this case, it was the Mississippi River channel.[…]
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Cover: January 2006
It’s been a banner year in the Louisiana outdoors this fall and winter. That great action will continue this month.[…]
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Jump Start
A blustery cold front roared through, bringing some welcome crisp air to the delta as three anxious anglers pulled up to Venice Marina.[…]
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Worth the Wait
Late December can be frustrating — even frightening — for a Louisiana deer hunter. I know because I’ve been there.[…]
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White Christmas
Alligators have absolutely nothing to do with goose hunting. Nonetheless, it was during the commercial alligator season when my co-duck-oholic friend, Shane Wiggins, and I talked about hunting geese during the upcoming season.[…]
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Mining Meaux
A stiff north wind blew for five or six days before it shifted to the northeast and settled down to 10 to 15 knots.[…]
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Kisatchie’s King
Some people dream of hunting every day of the season, but not Kisatchie’s Charles Boles.[…]
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Duck Tactics for Bucks
To take an older, mature buck, you need to set up where he least expects you at a time when he least expects to see you. Leave no trail as you go into the woods or exit the woods.[…]
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Chilly Chinquapin
Eddie Halbrook could hardly contain his excitement. He had discovered how much I like catching chinquapins only months earlier, and he wanted to let me know he was on them again.[…]
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Aerial Acrobats
It is a half hour before sunup on a crisp November day in the deep woods. Migratory waterfowl hunting season is open, and it’s legal shooting time.[…]
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Young Guns
Sarah Hebert had been in the woods since she was about 5 years old. She had been coached on the ways of hunting by her father, and she had spent time on the range.[…]
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Now or Never
Light has barely begun to leak over the horizon when the hunters hear the first ducks hurtling past their blind.[…]
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Free Bucks for All
I met the grizzled hunter at a taxidermy shop when he came in with two huge bucks. One had eight points with tall, heavy antlers. The other, a magnificent 12-pointer, didn’t have antlers quite as heavy, but it had a very wide rack and extremely long tines — much wider and longer than the 8 point’s.[…]
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Formerly Known as Delacroix
No one can deny it’s Larry Frey’s name on the deed.
But he doesn’t own this land.[…]
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Emotions in Motion
David Hale has used motion-sensor cameras for years.[…]