Deer Hunting

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Bucks Look Up

November 24, 2005 John E. Phillips

I could see halfway down ivory antlers that looked wide and heavy moving above the gallberry bushes. I stood quietly, clicked my mechanical release onto the string of my bow and prepared to draw.[…]

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Black Gold

November 24, 2005 Glynn Harris

Gilbert’s James McMurray was getting worried. Deer season was ending and his freezer was sorely lacking packages marked “venison” to carry his family through the months ahead.[…]

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.17 HMR — New bang on the block

November 24, 2005 Gordon Hutchinson

The snake was a moccasin, swimming downstream in what was called the “old” river — a channel off the Amite, running behind an elongated island. We were in Port Vincent on Butch Croom’s land. The lazy waters of the old river channel flowed behind the land with absolutely no discernible water movement.[…]

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The Cousin’s Tale

October 19, 2005 Gordon Hutchinson

He missed the really exciting times in the swamp.

By the time he got out of the Army, back from Vietnam, and back in college, working on his graduate degree, it was several years after all the night hunting and control shooting had occurred.[…]

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Keep Your Powder Dry

October 19, 2005 Glynn Harris

I admit I was pumped. The prospect of taking a deer with my muzzleloader on video set pretty well with me.

I was hunting with good friend Luke Lewis on a hunting lease that is adjacent to Jackson-Bienville Wildlife Management Area south of Ruston. Lewis, a wildlife biologist, planned to video me taking a deer on video, and was all set to preserve my special moment for my grandchildren to one day enjoy.
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Food Facts

August 4, 2005 Andy Crawford

It was hot in the woods, and mosquitoes rose in clouds each time a plant was disturbed.

On top of that, ticks crawled on anything with a pulse.

But Scott Durham was on his hands and knees, oblivious to the dangers of being sucked dry.[…]