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Sweet Treats – Find better deer hunting on oak flats
Acorns crunched under my boots as my buddy and I pressed farther into the heart of Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
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Mr. Sac – Tips for fishing crappie on Bayou Corne
Bayou Corne is famous for its crappie fishing, known locally as sac-a-lait and in North Louisiana as white perch.[…]
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Shoot, Don’t Shoot — Learn how to properly manage deer through proper harvest
It’s time for the 2012 edition of Shoot-Don’t Shoot Sportsman, so grab a pen and paper, and mark how many times you would squeeze the trigger.[…]
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War of attrition — maximizing your public-land hunting
The Friday after Thanksgiving 2011 found Lyle Savant of Central locating an active scrape near an oak flat deep within the interior of Sherburne Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Bass Fishing
Outside the Box — Tips for better spinnerbaits
Few bass anglers give much thought about what spinnerbait they tie on the ends of their lines. Want proof? Take a look at what’s lying on the front decks of bass boats all across the Bayou State.
Odds are you’ll find 75 percent have tied on 3/8-ounce chartreuse-and-white spinnerbaits with tandem Colorado/willow-blade combinations.
The other 25 percent? According to West Monroe’s Kenny Covington, they’ll have tied on a 3/8-ounce chartreuse-and-white double-willow spinnerbait.
“But none of them know why they’re throwing either one,” Covington said. “They may know that bass are slamming spinnerbaits right now because they’re up shallow feeding on shad, but they don’t know why they have those particular kinds of spinnerbaits tied on.”[…]
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Catahoula PWRs — Historical look at hunting wild Louisiana hogs
I grew up in Winn Parish and learned how to hunt while chasing squirrels in Dugdemona swamp. Whether alone or with family members, I always kept a sharp eye out for the free-ranging hogs that roamed the woods.[…]
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Pinewood Derby Deer: How to up your deer-hunting odds in pine plantations
My son tossed a block of wood onto the counter and asked me to help him turn it into a car that would win his local Cub Scouts’ annual Pinewood Derby race.[…]
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Food facts: Target the best deer foods to kill more deer
As we all know, the 2011 mast crop was tremendous, but the overall statewide deer harvest was way down from past years.[…]
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82 Options: Fishing locations abound along Highway 82
Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish is a paved corridor through some of the finest natural areas in the state.[…]
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Bushytail Booyah: Making the most of the opening weekend of squirrel season
Sammy Guillory of Breaux Bridge was a man on a mission near the end of one of his first hunts during the 2011 Louisiana squirrel season.[…]
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Suburban cross: Learn how to hunt suburban deer
By 8:20 a.m. five text messages had alerted me to many vital matters.[…]
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Haunted Graveyard: Head to Lafitte’s Indian Graveyard for hot fall redfishing action
So, when the voice on the other end of the phone said we’d be fishing in a graveyard, I’ll admit it took me aback. The call came a short time before Hurricane Isaac struck, so we weren’t talking about fishing a flooded cemetery.[…]
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The rub about deer: Understanding rubs
Moving along the woodland edge, the morning dew saturates the footwear. As the sun breaks through, you finally find evidence of whitetail activity — a fresh tree rub.[…]
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Cover: October 2012
The odds of hunting success can be increased by learning what foods deer are most likely to eat.[…]
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Cypress ball banquet
Traditionally, Louisiana’s hunting season kicks off in earnest at the crack of dawn on the first Saturday of October when a veritable army of camouflaged hunters creep into the woods in search of fox and cat squirrels.[…]
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Home Run Trout: Head to Lake Pontchartrain’s Causeway bridges for trophy specks
CRACK!!
The sound that a white ash baseball bat makes in the dry, crisp October air is unmistakable. It’s not the hollow ping from the aluminum bats used in college and high school.[…]