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
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![…]
Breaking News
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.[…]
Deer Hunting
Time to scout for the 2011-12 deer season is now!
Now is the time to start preparing for the upcoming deer season. “What?” you might say. “It’s only July, and its 100 degrees outside!” Well, yes, that’s right, but in a week it will be August and time to start scouting, no matter how hot it is.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tensas River NWR lottery applications due Sept. 6
Applications for the two lottery gun hunts on Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge must be received at the refuge office no later than 4 p.m. Sept. 6.[…]
Deer Hunting
Basin, Morganza floodway goes back to doe days
Hunters chasing deer within a portion of Area 6 will be going retro this season, with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopting a declaration of emergency today (July 7) that institutes doe days in the Morganza floodway and inside the Atchafayala Basin guide levees for the first time since being abolished in 2006.[…]
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Deer, turkey seasons over, but management work continues
When the hunting seasons end, many hunters leave the fields and woods, and never look back until next fall rolls around. For them it’s off to the lakes and rivers, baseball fields, NASCAR tracks or whatever gets them excited now.[…]
Apex Predator
Great-tasting deer meat is just a soak away
Deer meat can be one of the most delicious meats around, but due to its low fat content it can be tough if not cooked down for long amounts of time. I’ve got a trick to overcoming this, as well as taking any gamey taste out of the meat: fruit juice marinades.[…]
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Acid Trips
“Does pH really matter?” Don Schmidt asked rhetorically as he began discussing this element of food-plot planting.[…]
Deer Hunting
NuFletch arrow inserts
Serious archers know that when it comes to accuracy, perfect arrow flight is essential. Too often the time it takes to fletch your arrow can cause setbacks and even put a damper on your practice time.[…]
Deer Hunting
Buck makes Louisiana record book after 46 years on the wall
It was the first whitetail buck John Preaus had ever seen in the woods. Naturally, when the monster 15-point behemoth jumped over a pine top squarely in Preaus’ crosshairs and he fired, he assumed this is what all buck deer looked like.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bag A Buck scoring event sets Louisiana deer records
The awards ceremony for the 3rd Annual Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck Contest was held Saturday May 7 at in Baton Rouge, and entries included state- and parish-record deer.[…]