Deer Hunting
User BlakeC experiences hunt of lifetime with 6-year-old son
Most people think of their dream hunt as going on a trip to the Midwest and harvesting a 150-class buck.[…]
Hunting
News Breaker
Reminder: Federal and state age restrictions for youth hunts differ
Federally established Youth Waterfowl Hunting days begin Nov. 7, and hunters are reminded that only those 15 years of age or younger can participate in these special hunts.[…]
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Remington 700 VTR has grown on me
The AR-style rifle has come into its own. First designed by Eugene Stoner in .308 caliber when he worked for the Armalite corporation, the aluminum receiver guns were the stuff of science-fiction films, far ahead of their time.[…]
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Wildlife Farm
It was a common thread that bound Ronny Graham, Ronnie Myrick and Ken Newton together. They were college buddies who loved to hunt ducks and dreamed of having a place of their own where they could enjoy their sport.[…]
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Welcome Wench
Face a firing squad, and you get a blindfold, right? Now I understood why. My doom seemed as imminent — and I was no more eager for a close-up of the grim reaper than a firing-squad victim.[…]
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Cat Squirrels, Part II
“I was the first person in my family to consider hunting a sport,” said 62-year old Charles Johnson. “People in my family hunted for food — for something to eat.”[…]
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Public Intoxication
My journey into duck hunting has left me with the mixed feelings of an elementary school student who got addicted to soft drinks just weeks before they were banned from the concession stand in favor of healthier alternatives.[…]
Currents
Who controls duck numbers? You do
Will you kill as many ducks this year as you could?
Let me be the first to tell you that, no, you absolutely won’t.[…]
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Tracking the Rut, Part I: Before the Madness
The buck had spent the dark hours of early morning munching in a wheat field, milling about with other deer and concentrating on filling its belly.[…]
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Cover: November 2009
Want to kill a pre-rut buck? Then follow Blake Charles’ advice.[…]
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Putting Out the Poo-Yi
The unmistakable sound of crusted snow giving way to the weight of a deer’s hooves broke the silence from somewhere up the right-of-way, alerting me to its presence.[…]
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Goose Fried Rice
The inky black predawn ride to the field where Clint Mathews and his crew of guides set out a decoy spread of several thousand rags, shells, full bodies, kites and every other trick — past and present — known to the goose hunting world was notably longer than usual as last year’s specklebelly season wound down.[…]
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Cat Squirrels, Part I
As Charles Johnson’s truck descended from the hills into the swamplands of West Feliciana Parish, its headlights swept through the giant trees.[…]
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Closed Factory?
Jackson-Bienville is one of the oldest wildlife management areas in the state, and has had one of the most liberal deer harvest programs in the state, which makes some believe that this deer factory is out of deer.[…]
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Don’t forward anymore false emails
It’s called “going viral,” and it refers to what happens to information that is of interest to a large number of people when it is published on the internet.[…]
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Primary Mast
“Here they come,” rasped Pelayo.
I was already crouching low in the ’rogue, so no need for the usual frantic “get down!” bit. I simply clutched the shotgun in the “get-ready” mode.[…]