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If you shoot down a tree in the woods, will anyone hear it when it lands on top of you?
Chainsaws are pretty effective tools for taking down trees, but admittedly aren’t much use at the shooting range.[…]
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Wetland Warriors — Battling coastal erosion by hunting nutria
“The coyotes ate all the rabbits! The ducks got short-stopped! And the squirrels all live in woods leased by deer clubs who hate squirrel hunters! So how’s a kid supposed to scratch his hunting itch nowadays?” […]
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LDWF seeks input from dove hunters across the state
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is surveying dove hunters across the state on season dates, hunting success, ammunition and more.[…]
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SlatGrate makes a versatile cooking platform
If you’re tired of using un-twisted coat hangers to roast wieners around a campfire, or if you just want to step up your game and cook burgers or steaks over your fire pit, the SlatGrate cooking platform might be what you’re looking for.[…]
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Vid shows hog charging hunter
Hog hunting is a ton of fun, and it can extend hunting season. But as LouisianaSportsman.com user Chris Morris discovered in early February, wild pigs can be dangerous.[…]
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Of hounds and hunters
Sharp is extremely fond of watching his beagles running — to the extent that seeing the dogs work really makes the hunt for him.[…]
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Sportsman TV tonight at 6:30 on CST: Tree Rat Smackdown
Watch Cox Sports Television tonight at 6:30 as host Greg Hackney enjoys some time in the woods pursuing squirrels and even a few raccoons in Eudora, Arkansas.[…]
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Pearl River WMA hog hunter becomes hunted
Chris Morris has been hunting Pearl River Wildlife Management Area outside Slidell since he was 6 years old, and he killed his first hog there when he was 15.[…]
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Basin Romp — Rabbit hunting can be productive in the Atchafalaya Basin
Hunting swamp rabbits with beagles in February is a thrilling social adventure for many Louisiana hunters. In fact, the latest hunting surveys conducted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries show there are 22,100 rabbit hunters taking an estimated 180,100 rabbits.[…]
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Shot selection
Swamp rabbits are larger than their upland cousins, and the habitat they reside in is some of the toughest terrain you’ll ever walk and hunt in.[…]
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Swamper table fare
Rabbit meat is some of the most-delicious meat you can harvest. While some claim they don’t care for the gamey taste, I’ve found quite often is it’s all in the handling.[…]
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It ain’t like it used to be
“When I was a kid, squirrel hunting was a big traditional thing, like deer hunting is now,” Bob Childress said. “Men would schedule their time off around squirrel season.[…]
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The gem of Louisiana
Kisatchie National Forest is a gem for Louisiana hunters and fishermen, one surprisingly little known beyond the Shreveport to Alexandria corridor where most of its lands lie.[…]
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Dogged out — Swamp rabbit hunting 101
Brothers Matthew and Porter Watson McCollister are dog men. I got that the first time I met Matthew, when he loaned me a book to read written by J. Frank Dobbie titled The Legend of Ben Lilly.[…]
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Kisatchie jewel hunt — Late-season squirrel hunting tips
Was I really going squirrel hunting? A squirrel would have to pack a lunch to make it here. It was nearly solid pine trees — tall straight pine trees. Maybe 1 in 5,000 trees was a scrub oak or a stunted, gnarly magnolia.[…]
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Handgunning for varmints
We were never overrun with those juicy targets we read about in the big sporting magazines — articles by guys who referred to their shooting cult as “varminters.”[…]