On the morning of Nov. 11, Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed a 782-pound black bear from a blind overlooking a field of soybeans and corn on private land in Hyde County. […]
I was a young officer working my first year on the job when I walked into a little country store in Avoyelles Parish near Bordelonville one day. Being new to the area and not knowing anyone, a lot of time was spent meeting local folks and learning my way around.[…]
Keith LaCaze is a lifelong hunter, and he chases pretty much everything that lives in the wild. Deer, hogs, rabbits, squirrels and wood ducks — they’re all on his hit list.[…]
An Idaho outdoorsman had plenty of time to talk about some keys to his success this year as an Elite Series angler as part of a four-year career that has earned him $517,632.[…]
If you’re planning on making an October dove hunt, don’t expect the birds to be as carefree as they were on opening day.[…]
What hunter doesn’t enjoy bagging a limit of bushy-tailed tree rodents?[…]
Traditionally opening weekend of dove season in the Bayou State is still hot and humid. So hunters need to be cognizant of the dangers to heat and exposure to the sun’s UV rays.[…]
1. It’s always good to wear camouflage when hunting, but just being still and not moving when dove are flying works just as well.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries issued 101 citations across the state during the opening weekend of dove season.[…]
Think you’re a pretty good wing shot? A real danger to anything that flies? Just can’t miss when you shoulder your trusty 12-gauge?[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will provide public dove hunting options on private land leases in three parishes across the state.[…]
Nearly forty years ago, I made my first dove hunt near the desert town of Orogrande, New Mexico, while on a six-year stint in the Air Force.[…]
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime for one person to buy a gun for another without disclosing that fact on the federal purchase form.[…]
The 2014-15 dove season is expected to include an opening day that begins a half hour before sunrise instead of the traditional noon kick-off when the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approves the season structure next month.[…]
Most folks would probably be a bit unnerved if they knew a large rodent had made a nest and was sleeping on the floor directly under their bed – but Chackbay’s Iva Evans says she sleeps like a baby every night.[…]
Forrest Gump might say that cleaning bullfrogs is like opening a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re going to get.[…]