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Options for opening-day dove hunts
With one hand holding my hat on my head and the other holding onto the bed of the pickup truck, I prayed our driver — whoever he was — wouldn’t hit a bump or rut on the gravel road.[…]
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Biologists predict which WMAs will be hot, not in 2011-12
2011, ironically, featured record floods and parching droughts. Here’s how the meteorological conditions will impact hunting this season on the state’s public lands.[…]
Deer Hunting
Big buck contests set to start
With the deer hunting beginning Sept. 17, it’s important to ensure you have a camera to pack into the woods with you.[…]
Deer Hunting
Delta scouting continues, deer and hog sign remain consistent
I got a good, early start to my third scouting trip at the Atchaflaya Delta WMA. Again the first thing I noticed was hog sign everywhere.[…]
Deer Hunting
The Mineral Mizer Bag
If you think you don’t have the time or desire necessary to maintain a mineral lick for attracting deer, think again. The Mineral Mizer Bag keeps things simple… just “Hang it, Wet it, and Forget it” for a full year.[…]
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Cover: September 2011
Decision comes after National Forest Service ban overturned in July, LDWF says.[…]
Deer Hunting
Use of dogs in Kisatchie deer hunting added to 2011-12 hunting dates
During a special meeting yesterday (Aug. 17), the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission decided to allow deer hunting with dogs on Kisatchie National Forest during a nine-day period in December.[…]
Deer Hunting
Welcome to the jungle!
All my buddies were working today and I was off. I didn’t have any other plans, so I decided to make a solo scout down at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA.[…]
Deer Hunting
Pre-season tactics for bow season
It’s August, and bow season is only several weeks away for most of us. If you’re like me, it seems to take forever to get here, and the next thing you know, you barely have enough time to get ready.[…]
Deer Hunting
Time to get ready for bow season!
If you ask any bow shop owner when the kickoff of pre-season bow prep is, I’d bet they’ll tell you it’s soon after the Fourth of July weekend. That’s when the light switch is turned on.[…]
Deer Hunting
Scouting trip No. 1: Atchafalaya Delta WMA
My buddy Jimmy Kyle and I headed down to the Delta in early August for our first scouting trip in anticipation of the 2011-12 deer-hunting season. We got to our destination about 7:30 a.m., and my first observation was a pleasant one: No mosquitos![…]
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Trail Cam Photo Contest kicks off
It’s time to show off all the photos from your trail cams in the 2011 Trail Cam Photo Contest.[…]
Deer Hunting
Max-I-Mizer Minerals
Scientifically formulated, the Max-I-Mizer Mineral Mix provides key nutrients to bucks, particularly during antler development, and to fawns and does during crucial stages of growth.[…]
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Cover: August 2011
No matter where in the Bayou State your land is, there are steps you can take to grow bigger bucks.[…]
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Postage Stamp Plots III
In a text message on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, Todd Masson responded to my “You’ve got to be kidding me,” message that I had just sent him at 7:30 after hearing a shot ring out from his direction, “Three deer were at feeder … Joel shot but I think he missed. He was a nervous wreck.”[…]
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To Shoot or Not To Shoot
Most deer hunters in Louisiana by now should know something about Quality Deer Management (QDM). It has been preached not only in this state but throughout the Southeast for the past 20 years.[…]