Apex Predator
Vehicle breakdowns couldn’t stop Apex Predator’s holiday hot streak
With the slow deer season I had endured, I was eagerly anticipating my winter hunting vacation.[…]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Head football coach finally tackles elusive Bienville Parish buck
Joey Pender is head football coach at West Ouachita High School in Ouachita Parish. […]
Deer of the Year
Youngsville hunter shoots big Atchafalaya Basin 10-pointer
When a heavy-horned buck walked out of thicket only about 25 yards from his stand in the Atchafalaya Basin earlier this month, Timothy Trahan didn’t rush to take a shot. […]
Columns
More than just photos
A couple of months ago, here in Happy Trails, I discussed whether or not the use of trail cameras actually diminishes or takes something away from some people’s overall hunting experience.[…]
Hunting
Hunter enjoys extra-special season in the stand
This has been a most unusual deer season for me.
It started before the season began, when there was much doubt as to whether I could even participate.[…]
Deer of the Year
Ruston hunter takes down trophy ‘cull’ in Tensas Parish
Martha Sumrall has hunted with her husband on Somerset Hunting Club for a number of years, and has taken several good bucks on the 5,800-acre property in Tensas Parish. […]
News Breaker
Sportsman TV tonight: Tony’s Chenier Duck Hunt
Watch Cox Sports Television tonight at 6:30 as Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney and crew take a trip deep in the marshes south of Houma to experience a little camp life and a great duck hunt with the publisher of Louisiana Sportsman magazine, Tony Taylor.[…]
Deer of the Year
A.S.H. junior shoots huge 12-point at Three Rivers WMA on New Year’s Day
Isabella James learned from her father at an early age to be as quiet as a church mouse when she was up in a deer stand.[…]
Deer Hunting
Take-home message
The lessons from the track record of these bucks can be summed up as follows:[…]
Sidebars
Guns and loads for goose hunting
Geese are large birds that are often shot at long distances. that means hunters must have heavy-enough guns and loads to effectively take geese.[…]
Sidebars
5 keys to goose-hunting success
It might sound basic, but without geese hunting is impossible.[…]
Deer Hunting
Scent Shield key to bagging bucks
Brad Doughty is an excellent deer hunter, regularly bagging big bucks on public land. However, he does it with a little help from his Scent Shield and deer calls.[…]
Deer Hunting
Patterning key to sticking big bucks, gar and turkey
As passionate as Brad Doughty is about chasing trophy whitetails, he is also an avid bow fisherman in a quest for outsized alligator gar and boss gobblers.[…]
Other Hunting
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.[…]
Sidebars
What is a ‘jo boat?’
Although Mike Branton builds his own jo boats as a hobby, the true home for these little craft is Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.[…]
Sidebars
Tinkering with the rig
Little things make big differences in all hunting.
Let’s face it: Hunters who succeed time after time — as well as those that don’t — do 99 percent of everything the same. They get up at the same time, shoot the same guns, wear the same clothes, hunt the same areas and use the same calls and attractants.[…]