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Cover: October 2015
Opening day is finally here, and we give you everything you need to put yourself in position for an early score.[…]
Hunting
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Bowed up — How to deer hunt with a longbow
Like most of his young friends decades ago, Gary Pat Craig went to the Saturday afternoon movies at the Don Theater in Alexandria to watch popular shoot-em-up Westerns.[…]
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Perfect Timing — What’s the best time to plant food plots?
When former Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson and I first started managing my property in Washington Parish for better deer hunting, our number one objective was to put in food plots.[…]
Deer Hunting
Grounded — How to build a ground blind
A ground blind is a good choice for a deer hunter who finds the perfect spot — that doesn’t feature the perfect stand tree.[…]
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Hiding in plain sight — D’Arbonne NWR is an overlooked hunting jewel
John Hanks waded the shallow, flooded hardwood bottom off Point Road, hopeful of a successful morning duck hunt. He wasn’t disappointed.[…]
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A softer approach to deer hunting
Artie’s cousin Cliff was seriously pumped, despite the LSU-Auburn disaster unfolding on Doc’s mega-screen TV.[…]
Hunting
Top 3 safety tips for hunters encountering Louisiana black bears
Just because you’ve never encountered a bear in the woods before while out on a hunt, that doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen.[…]
Hunting
Proposed Caddo Parish ordinance would restrict rifle usage
A proposed ordinance that would restrict where rifles could be fired around subdivisions in Caddo Parish has the attention of hunters in the area, according to media reports. […]
Deer Hunting
Looking back: Five awesome bucks downed last season
Thursday marks the opening of bow season for the majority of hunters across Louisiana — a day folks have circled on their calendars since last winter. […]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator: Prepped and ready for upcoming deer season
Last hunting season was my best ever.
I was able to string together 139 public-land deer hunts by the end of January. Over the course of the coming season, I’ll be sharing many of my stories, videos, tactics and strategies I use to harvest my deer. […]
Deer Hunting
Greenwell Springs man cited for baiting deer on Sherburne WMA
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited an 18-year-old Greenwell Springs man Saturday for allegedly baiting deer and littering on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area in Pointe Coupee Parish.[…]
News Breaker
Hunters down rare white blue-winged teal in Evangeline Parish
You don’t always get a second chance in life, but Kevin Ortego and Alex Buller got one Sunday morning in their duck blind in Evangeline Parish — and they both made the most of it.[…]
News Breaker
Solid teal season ended Sunday
Hunters on Sunday wrapped up the 2015 teal season, which according to several reports, seemed to deliver pretty consistent action across the state over the 16-day season.[…]
Deer Hunting
Kansas youth downs 230-inch monster buck
Sixteen-year-old Clayton Brummer did what few adult hunters would have the self-control to do: He passed on taking a shot at a huge non-typical that stuck its head out of a milo field milo early in the Kansas hunting season.[…]
Deer Hunting
3 safety tips for public land deer hunting
Ricky Aucoin’s three tips to ensure you safely return home after each hunting trip you take on public-land.[…]
Deer Hunting
Nikon Big Buck Photo Contest kicks off Oct. 1
The 2015-16 Nikon Big Buck Contest kicks off Oct. 1, offering a great opportunity to brag about your kills while competing for monthly and grand prizes.[…]