The goal of most hunters is to get as close as possible to a deer to ensure a kill, so Bill Cobb was surprised by Dr. Randy Brown’s request before heading out of Woodlawn Plantation Hunting Club’s camp a few years ago.[…]
There’s no other wildlife management area quite like it.[…]
Webster defines pandemonium as ‘a wild uproar.’
I’m pretty sure that’s the best way to describe what was happening all around me.[…]
“Finding a good tournament fishing partner is kind of like finding a good wife,” said Chag’s Sporting Goods owner Ray Chagnard. “If you’re going to play this game right, you’ve got to work to create a partnership that works.”[…]
It was obvious the day was going to get wet as Toledo Bend guide Glen Freeman pulled his boat away from the landing. A thick bank of dark clouds was on the northern horizon, evidence of an impending cold front.[…]
Options abound in South Louisiana during November. It’s a literal sportsman’s choice as the deer are rutting, the ducks are flying and the deep-water trout are biting.[…]
Everybody knows you can’t catch fish in the wind. It’s one of those well-established and oft-repeated pearls of advice: “Stay home on windy days.”[…]
Think you need a lease to kill big bucks? Bruce Mott doesn’t have one, and look at the size deer he kills.[…]
You already know Eric Rachel. You know him if you ever made a bow and arrow out of a stick and some string. You know him if you ever shot at a bird with a BB gun.[…]
As far back as 1929, men, who sipped the best bourbon around tables with white-linen cloths, wrote deeds. They sought to own the land for the mineral rights to the black gold deep in the soil below.[…]
Have you seen all the recent commercials that are targeted toward helping older Americans recapture their youth? Whether hearing about an amazing new cream that’s supposed to get rid of any and all wrinkles for the women or a can of spray-on hair for the men, our society seems obsessed with staying young.[…]
Bruce Mott knew the buck was in the area because he and a buddy had seen all the signs the year before. “There were rubs as big as my leg,” Mott said. “We knew instantly it was a big deer.”[…]
It wasn’t the best of days, but Capt. C.T. Williams had a plan that leveraged Louisiana’s vast delta habitat and pretty much nullified Mother Nature’s attempt to stymie our bent-rod hopes.[…]
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. — Proverbs 11:2[…]
Generally, when anglers think of fishing the Lafitte area this month, they automatically think redfish. And for good reason. Lafitte is well known for its production of the hard-fighting bronze brutes throughout the fall and winter months, and October is considered the normal kick-off of the season.[…]
Quickly now, when you think “October,” what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Football? Halloween? The first frost? Falling leaves? The pungent aroma of smoke curling from chimneys?[…]