Deer Hunting
JD Man, Buckdown win online photo contests
Users JD Man and Buckdown earned LouisianaSportsman.com prize packages today (Dec. 6) for winning the November installments of the Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail contests.[…]
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Deer Hunting
‘Zachary36’ takes buck of lifetime at 17
Cory Coreil really only had one thing on his mind when he went hunting the afternoon of Nov. 26 – get his 12-year-old sister Julia a shot at her first deer. When the two young hunters climbed from the box stand, however, it was to retrieve a buck wearing headgear that included 22 points and later taped out at more than 178 inches.[…]
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Father kills son in hunting accident
A father killed his adult son in an apparent hunting accident near Singer on Saturday night, according to news reports. The shooting was under investigation by Beauregard Parish and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents, WAFB.com reported.
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Kicking it Old School
Did you ever hear of Wolf Creek, Duck Slough, Muddy Bayou, Pocosin, Whiskey Chitto creeks, Dugdemona River, Chaney and Choctaw Creek, Upper and Lower Sunk lakes? Or how about Hunter Creek, Ben’s Creek, Mississippi Bayou, Sally Miller Pond or Louisiana Cypress Canal?[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Rut Hierarchy
Once bucks are in the height of pursuing does, their instincts for survival are somewhat diminished. Their eyes, ears and noses are focused on estrus does, and although they can still respond to threats, most of the time it takes them a few seconds longer to put two and two together.[…]
Deer Hunting
Mossy Oak pro’s to-do list
Patrick Kelleher has killed some dandies while traveling with Mossy Oak’s “Hunting the Country,” and he’s learned a thing or two about how to keep on bucks as they change patterns.[…]
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Late fawns, feeding deer, rut update
I took the photograph of the spotted fawn in East Feliciana Parish on Sept. 29, two days before the 2010 bow season opened.[…]
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New cleaning method gets rifles really clean
I recently ran across a new cleaning tip that is amazingly effective, and becoming quite popular.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bet you never thought of this tactic
Whitetail deer have resided in the woods and plains of North America long before Europeans and Africans arrived on the continent.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tricks of the deer-hunting trade
You wouldn’t expect a serious golfer to hit the links with just any set of clubs. He has to have his clubs — the ones he uses to give him confidence in his drives, chips and putts.[…]
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Swine Safari
“Come see, Bwana!” Pelayo was squatting next to a slough and beckoning me over with a hand wave. “These tracks look super fresh, Bwana.”[…]
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Mid-Season Scouting
Tommy Milioto Jr. knew the deer was there. He had seen too many pictures of the fine buck. The problem was all the pictures were snapped at night.[…]
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Spread the Wealth
My problem with the point I’m fishing is that the bass just have to be biting better on the one across the lake.[…]
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Calling All Bucks
Over the last few decades, technology has dramatically altered deer hunting. With an endless variety of camouflage clothing, scent-control products, game cameras, range finders, feeders, climbing stands, pop-up blinds, cough suppressors and the like, today’s deer hunters have as many gizmos available to them as bass fishermen.[…]
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Cold-Hearted Hunters
Ever see those pictures on the bags of food-plot seed of fields of ankle-deep greenery, all lush and verdant?[…]
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Cover: December 2010
Sitting back and waiting is not a good deer-killing strategy this month. The bucks are on to us, and successful hunters will do some mid-season scouting to regain the edge.[…]