Hunting
Outdoor Channel star from Louisiana sentenced for poaching in Wyoming
The host of Wildgame Nation on the Outdoor Channel was sentenced last month in connection with an elk poaching incident on his Wyoming ranch last October.[…]
Hunting
Columns
Time to go sling some lead!
I readily admit to being a rifle nut. Handguns are great and a career in law enforcement provides one with a great deal of training and experience with them. But rifles are my favorite and as a hunter and shooting enthusiast, I have always found them more interesting and useful.[…]
Columns
More jawbone talk
In recent installments of Happy Trails we have kicked around various aspects of both the science and art of aging whitetails on and off “the hoof.” Most deer hunters want to become as proficient as possible at estimating deer age BEFORE pulling the trigger, but it is equally important to either confirm or revise your eyeball estimate after the kill.[…]
Columns
Genetics, age, herd or habitat
I made the statement last month in this column that now is the time to start preparing for the 2017 deer season if you want to have success. It begins with examination of the 2016 harvest data and surveying the 2017 habitat conditions.[…]
News Breaker
Facebook video documenting gator shootings leads to citations
A Facebook video led to citations for three Jennings men on June 3 accused of alligator and frog citations in Jefferson Davis Parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Columns
Killer new crossbows
In this day and age, the archery industry — like many others — has become extremely competitive and overcrowded, with new manufacturers constantly entering the marketplace.[…]
Hunting
Massey Ferguson 5700 Series
Introducing the Massey Ferguson 5700 Serie s-; A mid-range tractor with high-end written all over it. When it comes to mid-range tractors, you’ll be hard-pressed to find another brand with more years of experience, working in more crops and conditions, in more places around the world, than Massey Ferguson. […]
Deer Hunting
Former LDWF enforcement agent pleads guilty in Delta NWR poaching case
A former enforcement agent with 15 years experience for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries pleaded guilty earlier this month to violating game laws on Delta National Wildlife Refuge near Venice, according to media reports.[…]
Columns
Ground proving buck age
Ground proving bucks means harvesting bucks that you believe meet your minimum goals by collecting their lower jaw bones.[…]
Hunting
Harvest survey emailed to 68,000 hunters statewide
More than 68,000 licensed hunters across the state received an email Tuesday morning with a unique link to the 2016-17 Big and Small Game Harvest Survey, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is encouraging everyone to take the time to fill it out.[…]
Hog Hunting
Life on his terms
Rich Shiree has packed a lot of living in his 43 years. All he seemed to do was hunt hogs and deer, 12 months a year, with a totally independent lifestyle.[…]
Columns
The madness of March is over
The madness that happens during the month of March began when the soothsayer told Caesar to beware the Ides of March. Julius did not listen and paid the price for ignoring it.[…]
Columns
Get things stabilized
A stabilizer’s purpose is to help an archer hold steadier on target before releasing the arrow, and to reduce rotation (torque) during the shot cycle. […]
Contents
Hog Wars
The big guy sat down fluidly and easily in the ground blind with his Weatherby Accumark Custom rifle over his knees.[…]
Field Notes
If you tag a gobbler, fan him out
A tom turkey carries with him three body parts that most hunters consider trophies in the same realm that a whitetail buck carries an 8-point rack — worth keeping around to remember him by.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF waterfowl news: Reynolds talks 2017-18 season dates, pintail limits and Venice roseau cane worries
Outdoorsmen might be focused right now on spawning specks, big redfish, lunker bass and sac-a-lait slabs, but when those first cool fronts start teasing us after the dog days of summer, teal will once again take center stage.[…]