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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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Mineral Mizer Bag
The Mineral Mizer Bag was created to provide a constant supply of nutrients for the deer on your property for an entire year.[…]
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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.[…]
Apex Predator
Preseason pumpup: 2012-13 hunting season holds promise
Two years ago, I jumped some deer and a streak of white caught my eye. I thought surely that was brighter than just the white of a tail, but the thick cover of the area left me uncertain.[…]
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Deer camera techniques
My excitement level is now building to a fever pitch as I plot and plan strategies for the soon-to-begin deer season.[…]
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Atchafalaya Delta WMA fares well through Isaac
Hurricane Isaac spared the Atchafalaya Delta WMA from any apparent tidal surges or damage. A full day’s scouting trip revealed no more than a few branches down here and there.[…]
Breaking News
LDWF eyeing deer-hunting restrictions along Southeast Louisiana coast
Some deer hunters in Southeast Louisiana could face more-restrictive hunting regulations because of Hurricane Isaac’s storm surge, which is believed to have killed many of the fawns where waters were pushed the highest, a Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries biologists said in mid September.[…]
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A new season but the game is the same
If you didn’t like the 2011 deer season you probably will not like the 2012 season.[…]
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Sherburne shooters
Following a short ATV ride before daylight, Jared Wolfe and his Uncle Joe Dunaway climbed into their assigned stand for the 2011 Sherburne WMA Youth Hunt.[…]
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Youth model firearms
Youth hunters come in all shapes and sizes, especially considering that young hunters 15 years old and younger can apply for LDWF’s youth hunts on the various WMAs around the state.[…]
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Whitetail reproductive studies benefit all cervidae world wide
While youth hunters and their chaperones are celebrating and taking pictures of their harvest, LSU graduate student Jessie Saenz is up to his elbows in deer guts looking for oocytes — immature egg cells.[…]
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2012-13 Rut Calendar
The key to having a good deer population is to have good reproduction to replace the deer harvested from the previous season and those that die from natural mortality.[…]
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Track the rut yourself
There are several simple ways a hunter can keep tabs on his deer herd in order to determine when the rut is going on.[…]
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Are deer numbers down?
The reported deer harvest for the 2011 Deer Season will be the lowest on record, according to LDWF deer biologist Scott Durham.[…]
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Hunt when the weather is right
Hunting the rut is all about timing. Tactics change as the rut progresses; hunting scrapes is different from hunting during times when bucks are chasing does and success involves the proper set-up.[…]
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Promise Keepers: Tips for opening-morning bow hunts
Bowhunters spend all summer promising themselves that things are going to be different this year.[…]