A 20-year-old Baldwin man died early Saturday morning when the boat he was riding in hit a submerged object on the Atchafalaya River and capsized, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Michael Frenette placed his bow across his lap and dipped a paddle into the brackish water of the Louisiana Marsh pushing his pirogue toward the only sliver of land within miles. […]
Many people say the quiet solitude of a deer stand is therapy to escape the non-stop daily grind. […]
There are several types of deer hunters who fit into one class or other. First, there’s the meat hunter, who is only interested in putting venison in the freezer, and once he gets his doe or yearling buck he’s done for the year.[…]
Everyone knows that corn is a widely used deer attractant, so Evolved Habitats went a step further and created Roasted Corn Freaks, an innovative attractant packed with twice the protein and three times the fat of plain old corn.[…]
The opening could be seen through the trees as I eased toward the food plot. When the path made a final turn, I could see the green patch ahead. I slowed down and worked my way around a huge mud hole, easing toward the end of the trail just in case deer had already made it to the food plot.[…]
“You want cold for deer-hunting and wind for duck-hunting!” Artie growled. “All da rest is a buncha snake-oil and hocus-pocus by outdoor writers to sell a buncha stupid, worthless trinkets!”[…]
Probably the one thing that I have ever written about deer hunting that is worth remembering is this: If you see a deer while hunting and you think you should shoot it, you probably should because in our Louisiana environment the opportunity might not come again.[…]
As a toddler, Daisy Verdin was introduced to hunting when she accompanied her mom to their deer stand in north Claiborne Parish.[…]
Hunter Black was getting pretty fed up with a big buck he knew was hanging out on his property in Bossier Parish.[…]
When her husband and 20-year-old son decided to go and pull trail cam cards earlier this month on their 1,400-acre lease in Beauregard Parish, Mary Jones figured that would be a perfect opportunity to enjoy an afternoon hunt in her husband’s tripod stand.[…]
A thick blanket of fog on the opening day of rifle season in Area 4 turned out to be a good omen for Gonzales hunter Paul Rougeau.[…]
Since 2008, 68-year-old George Simolke of Dubberly has seen scores of trail cam photos of a big drop-tine buck on his Webster Parish property. […]
Something interesting and thought provoking happened to me recently while out running errands.[…]
Within a span of about 24 hours, West Monroe’s Krista Richardson laid her eyes on the same big buck three different times. […]
Apparently, the early bird doesn’t always get the worm.
Dennis Shirley slept a little late on Nov. 9, but still managed to get to his stand in time to shoot a non-typical 14-pointer in Red River Parish that green scored 165 inches Boone and Crockett.[…]