Deer Hunting
Rattlebox
The Rattlebox from Back Mountain Outdoor Products replicates the sounds made when two full racked 120-inch class 8 point bucks lock antlers.[…]
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Management on the Hoof
Prairieville hunter David Ellis is like many hunters these days, setting up trail cameras on his hunting property near Natchez, Miss., to see if he has any monster bucks roaming the 160 acres.[…]
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Trophy Bucks: What, Where, When
What is a trophy buck?
This is pretty much a subject for debate at every hunting camp in the state. It is also a subject written about every year in the many hunting magazines across the country.[…]
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Free and Easy
Louisiana deer hunters can get a little pugnacious when somebody starts talking about how good deer hunting is at their local wildlife management area.[…]
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Opening day jitters
It’s GO time!
Since my last blog, I have made a few more scouting trips down to the Atchaflaya Delta WMA, including one where I found my game camera broken by a black bear.[…]
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Louisiana Whitetails tells how to grow big deer and where to hunt them
I looked across the forest floor, and all I saw was a sea of green. A broken canopy, one of the many lingering remnants of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, allowed sunlight to beam down to the detritus that is the organic base of every chunk of woods on the planet.[…]
Breaking News
Big Buck Contest kicks off!
The 2011-12 deer season opens tomorrow (Sept. 17) in Southwest Louisiana, and that means that deer will soon be hitting the ground.[…]
Apex Predator
Trail cameras makes public-land deer hunting more effective
Setting out trail cameras has become one of my favorite parts of my hunting experience, adding a fun tactical advantage in planning hunts and scouting.[…]
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BIGDOGTERRITORY wins August Trail Cam Contest
The first round of the 2011 Trail Cam Contest goes to Chase Martinez, whose entry shows an alligator seemingly guarding a feed pile.[…]
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The H&R Handi-Rifle it’s a deer stomper
I was fighting the morning commute when my cell phone rang. I knew it had to be Carlos. It was deer season — and he calls me at the same time almost every morning to talk about deer, guns and hunting.[…]
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Tips for hunting scrapes and rubs
Scrapes and rubs are communication centers for deer, and hunters should not overlook setting up on a scrape or rub line. Generally these are located in the travel corridors located in transitions zones, where two habitat types come together.[…]
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Deer guru tells when your bucks will be rutting
Last year’s rut, as predicted in the September 2010 issue of Louisiana Sportsman, was late and may have impacted hunter success, but the 2011 rut will start a couple of weeks earlier than last year and improve hunter’s chances for connecting with the big one.[…]
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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.[…]
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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.[…]