Deer Hunting
Port Allen hunter kills massive Sherburne deer on second try
Floyd Coye has hunted Sherburne Wildlife Management Area since it was created, pushing far into the swampy property with lifelong buddy Alvin Fairchild.[…]
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The little things
The little things…
This past bow season has taught me – once again – about the little things.[…]
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Winter continues, hunters should turn thoughts to habitat work
Another round of cold weather is moving into the state and that means more winter stress on the deer habitat.[…]
Deer Hunting
Wildlife field day scheduled in Clinton
The annual Wildlife Workshop and Field Day will be on Feb. 27 at the Bob R.Jones-Idlewild Research Station in Clinton.[…]
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Louisiana hunting-regulations changes proposed
Hunting seasons for the next to years have been proposed, along with regulations for the state’s wildlife management areas.[…]
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Louisiana Wildlife Management Area hunting schedules proposed
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday issued a notice of intent to adopt 2010-12 hunting schedules for the state’s wildlife management areas.[…]
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Duck season fizzles to close
As the duck season kicked off in mid-November, Louisiana waterfowlers held hope that Old Man Winter would arrive to bring down the hoards of birds we had all heard about.[…]
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Sick waterfowl being investigated
Sam Fulkerson and some buddies had finished the morning hunt on Sunday (Jan. 31), and were headed to scout out some new fields for an evening goose hunt near Gueydan when they saw something strange.
“We saw some geese on the road, and we stopped and sent the dog after one of them,” said Fulkerson, known on LouisianaSportsman.com as “Uncle Bud a.k.a. Sam Fulkerson. “It just sat there.”[…]
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Hunting With House Pets
Die geschichte der schweinekopf Snoopy (The story of the pighead Snoopy) are the opening words of the 1967 rock-and-roll classic, “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron.”[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Post-Rut
Exhaustion sets in, forcing the battle-scarred buck to seek refuge. An eye is wounded, and missing fur and cuts prevail all around its face and neck. Finally, the worn buck returns to an old bedding site. Here it beds down, and within minutes, the whitetail knocks out.[…]
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LSA a rising force for Louisiana gun rights
I’ve traveled the country on gun business, promoting books and getting involved in firearms politics. I have been amazed at the prevalence of statewide shooting associations in other states.[…]
Deer Hunting
Mississippi considers more gun hunting for deer, fewer archery-only days
A proposed legislative bill that would increase gun hunting for deer by 22 days has the endorsement of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.[…]
Deer Hunting
More about growth and development
A couple of weeks ago I was hunting in the Tree Blind (same stand where I killed the 8-year-old doe) in Clinton. At 5:05 p.m., a young buck walked out of the pine plantation into the patch and began eating winter grass and clover.[…]
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Cover: February 2010-Hunting
February’s a month to look back at the deer season that was and look forward to the trout season that’s just kicking off.[…]
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Marsh madness
For one reason or another, I have missed many hunts this season. From holiday obligations to the wrath of Mother Nature, you name it and I have missed a hunt because of it.[…]
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Deer of the Year
Hunters had been waiting for a cool fall and winter for what seemed like forever, and judging from the number of big bucks that had hit the ground as of mid January, it was well worth the wait.[…]