Hunting
Louisiana youth score at Youth Hunter Education Challenge
Young Louisiana outdoorsmen earned several top awards during the 2011 NRA International Youth Hunter Education Challenge held in Raton, New Mexico, earlier this summer.[…]
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Columns
Nock-n-hold, lock-n-load: The 2011 season is here
While Tropical Storm Lee put a damper on the opening of dove season, there is still much to be excited about. I visited Bowie Outfitters and took advantage of the tax-free weekend for guns, and ammo and there were plenty of others doing the same.[…]
Columns
Lead sled and sighting in: Less chore, more fun
Every profession and every hobby has countless accessories, geegaws and knickknacks that supposedly make it easier to reach the final objective or goal — whether putting a ball in a hole or a projectile in a certain place on an animal or target.[…]
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Cover: October 2011
Mosquitoes can be hunters’ worst enemies.[…]
Apex Predator
Avoiding the world’s deadliest animal
Rain = mosquitoes.
After a rain, the mosquitoes breed in the woods. And fast! By now, most people know that mosquitoes can potentially carry the West Nile virus, but I’d like to share a few other helpful facts.[…]
News Breaker
Teal season ends with a bang
Despite a mixed outlook going into the 2011 teal season, it appears that Tropical Storm Lee’s 11th-hour visit was a temporary heart-stopper instead of a show-stopper.[…]
Hunting
Scent-A-Way
The Scent-A-Way aerosol advanced formula spray from Hunter’s Specialties provides the same proven human scent control as the original packaging in a handy aerosol form that eliminates spills and waste.[…]
Hunting
Millennium Treestand
The Millennium L220 is an 18-foot double ladder treestand designed for comfort and safety.[…]
Deer Hunting
Rattlebox
The Rattlebox from Back Mountain Outdoor Products replicates the sounds made when two full racked 120-inch class 8 point bucks lock antlers.[…]
Hunting
Winchester Ammunition
Winchester Ammunition adds to its rimfire product line with the development of a new 22 LR round for use in Modern Sporting Rifles.[…]
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Fall Frogging
Before Doc’s brother Clay returned to his exile in Atlanta, the wives decided we’d treat him to dinner — but at a fancy restaurant rather than at the usual raucous dinner party featuring the usual bull-red courtboullion, spawning sow-speck roe fritters and button-buck fajitas.[…]
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Management on the Hoof
Prairieville hunter David Ellis is like many hunters these days, setting up trail cameras on his hunting property near Natchez, Miss., to see if he has any monster bucks roaming the 160 acres.[…]
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Down on the Farm
A hit song by the late John Denver, way back in 1974, has lyrics that go, “Well life on the farm is mighty laid back, Ain’t much an old country boy like me can’t hack. It’s early to rise, early in the sack, thank God I’m a country boy.”[…]
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Trophy Bucks: What, Where, When
What is a trophy buck?
This is pretty much a subject for debate at every hunting camp in the state. It is also a subject written about every year in the many hunting magazines across the country.[…]
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Free and Easy
Louisiana deer hunters can get a little pugnacious when somebody starts talking about how good deer hunting is at their local wildlife management area.[…]
Deer Hunting
Opening day jitters
It’s GO time!
Since my last blog, I have made a few more scouting trips down to the Atchaflaya Delta WMA, including one where I found my game camera broken by a black bear.[…]