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Deer of the Year
Louisiana is one of the sleeper states in terms of producing big bucks. While places like Kansas and Illinois get all the limelight, Bayou State hunters know there are some real giants roaming our forests.[…]
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Cover: February 2015
February is the coldest month of the year, but it’s also the beginning of the big-bass season. Learn all you need to know to put more fish in the boat.[…]
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Simple solution — Stop complicating your late-season deer hunting
Every time I get a chance to chat with Warren Womack, I learn something new about deer hunting.[…]
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The Great Wall of Chalmette — Fishing tips for the Michoud floodwall
There are some very famous walls in our world. For instance, there’s the Great Wall of China, a historical monument and one of the rare, still-extant wonders of the ancient world. It stretches out over a distance of 5,000 miles and took two millenniums to build.[…]
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Cooperative Approach
I’m always hesitant to vocalize that burping sound I hear so many television hunters make whenever they want to stop a deer.[…]
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Cover: January 2015
Forming agreements with neighboring hunters can produce great results, with plenty of does and more mature bucks to hunt.[…]
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Red River Revel — Duck-hunting tactics for Richard K. Yancey WMA
The air was so cold it felt like icicles stabbing my lungs every time I inhaled. The Wilkins gang was launching their surface-drive boat off the Red River levee into a 1,200-acre greentree reservoir on Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Mangement Area.[…]
Bass Fishing
Paddling Spots — Top streams for Kentucky bass
“You gotta be outcha mind!”
Artie was stuck on his favorite quip. Any suggestion from anyone in Doc’s den that festive evening provoked it, as Artie rolled his eyes and grimaced in mock horror.[…]
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Finish Strong — Late-season duck-hunting tips
The promise and optimism of the duck season had faded as fall transitioned into winter.[…]
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Smoke signals — Purists keep muzzleloader tradition alive
First, there were reproduction muzzleloaders. Then came in-lines with synthetic stocks and 9-power scopes, followed by .45-70s, .444 Marlins, and .35 Whelens.[…]
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Late is great — Deer-hunting tips for late-season success
Winter officially began on Dec. 21, and January and February are the peak winter months for the Bayou State. Mother Nature has lowered the thermostat, and the number of deer hunting days are dwindling.[…]
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Search and destroy — Group forms to exterminate Louisiana’s wild hogs
The hydraulics on the fork lift whined as it picked up the last pallet load of dead hogs.[…]
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Saving the best for last — Late-season tips for Northeast Louisiana duck hunting
Four big, curious greenhead mallards broke off the flight pattern from a group of 20 or so high-flying ducks and circled high above the decoy spread.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bluebird blues — Expert tips for bass fishing after a front
As the year draws to a close, you can count on weather fluctuations, compliments of cold air masses descending from the north.[…]
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Annual Shoot-Don’t Shoot Quiz
A while back I wrote about the similarities between bass fishing and deer hunting. But there is one major aspect where the two activities are different: When you catch a bass and decide you do not want to keep it you simply drop it back into the water, while when you squeeze the trigger and a buck hits the ground, you cannot take the shot back.[…]
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Offseason reds — Tips for winter redfishing
It felt weird.
It was a weekend, but the parking lot was nearly empty. The big pavilion was empty. There weren’t any lines of people waiting for live bait.[…]