If you’re a bowhunter, you’ve no doubt pulled your bow out of the closet a couple weeks before the season to shoot a few times just to see if you’re still sighted in. You may feel like you’re ready, but are you?[…]
I am writing this column in late July, which means I have two months to get things in order for the upcoming season. On the other hand you are reading this column in September, which means that the deer season is here.[…]
A low ceiling of clouds blankets the field and woodlands, and although the autumn season is near, the humidity indicates otherwise.[…]
This year, some public tracts are packed with game, while others are just packed with hunters. Find out where you should hunt in this year’s WMA Forecast.[…]
A 30-minute deer hunting show on the Outdoor Channel probably shows about 15 minutes of the hunt and the rest of the time is spent promoting products that the hunters are using to bag this trophy whitetail.[…]
Bow season is fast approaching. Follow this guide to make sure your stands are in the right places and your aim is absolutely perfect.[…]
Well, I hope you have been feeding your deer since January. Even though some places I hunt are small (less than 50 acres), some are large like my other place Lottie Wildlife Protection Association that is 20,000 acres.[…]
After three years of implementing food plots to attract deer, these “Postage Stamp Plots” featured in the August 2009 and 2010 issues of Louisiana Sportsman may finally become the tools that not only attract deer, but holds them on my property as well.[…]
A white-tailed buck leaves his bedding site in a stand of small pines. Instead of heading to the clover plot, he scales up a small ridge to seek out what is beneath the trees.[…]
There is a place down at the mouth of the Atchafalaya River known to many locals as “The Delta.” This is not your average hardwood, highland hunting grounds. This place is totally different.[…]
Where does the time go? It doesn’t seem like a year has passed since I first wrote about the postage-stamp plots that Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson and I began to keep back in 2008.[…]
Research indicates that no single supplemental forage variety can meet all the needs of whitetailed deer year-round. Additionally, there is no one plant suited for every soil type and growing condition found across the state.[…]
So is it summer time, or is it that time of year just before fall? You know, the most important time of the year – bow season![…]
Brad Ripp is the owner of Louisiana Outdoors, an archery pro shop in Pearl River, La. […]
Check the calendar; deer season is right around the corner. Follow this guide to make this season the best ever.[…]
As the days become longer, the process of “photoperiod” takes hold — stimulating more hormonal growth for bucks. More available sunlight allows changes to unfold with a buck’s pituitary gland, producing hormones that significantly contribute to bone and tissue growth.[…]