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Revolvers best fit for rookie shooters
The lady was smiling, and her husband was positively beaming as she showed me her choice of handguns for concealed self-protection. […]
Hunting
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Happy Trails
You know he’s out there. You’ve seen the signs he’s left behind: large tracks, rubs on trees the size of your leg, scrapes the size of a wash tub. […]
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Squirrel Starters
It’s as real to me today as it was when it happened more than half a century ago. When my dad told me to pull on my boots, grab my jacket and come with him, I knew what that meant, especially if it happened on a Saturday morning in October. […]
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Needles on the Noodle
Hunt deer in Southeast Louisiana’s piney woods, and you hunt the most thoroughly abominable deer hunting terrain on the continent. The abominations are many and varied.First off, low deer numbers per acre. […]
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Big, Bad Bodcau
Bobby Taylor gave up hunting in the 1980s when all of the land on which he had chased deer for years was leased out. “We used to be able to hunt wherever we wanted,” the Haughton hunter said. […]
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Seed Snatchers
Toward the end of our most recent summer, sleepy-eyed residents lying in bed watching the 10 o’clock news perked up their ears at the mention of four words seldom uttered in the Bayou State: “late August cold front.” […]
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Bayou Buckmaster
For many outdoor enthusiasts, deer hunting is a hobby. […]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal season off to great start
The sound of gunfire could be heard from Grand Cheniere to Roanoke Friday morning as hunters took aim at more teal than any could ever remember seeing. […]
Other Hunting
Doves were active opening weekend
The cool front that blew through Louisiana last week caused the doves to scatter a little bit. […]
News Breaker
Dove fields available to public
In addition to opportunities on several wildlife management areas, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is making three private fields available to dove hunters on opening day. […]
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Cover: September 2006
This fall’s hunting should be hotter than the summer’s weather. […]
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Choose wisely when scope shopping
You get what you pay for. That is an axiom I have repeated and firmly believed all my life — particularly when it came to choosing optics for a rifle. […]
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One-Shot Stop
Death is inevitable. Like a cloud, it hangs ever on the horizon. On this sea of life, all living things are like little boats being swept along by a great current, its force irresistible and its flow unimpeded. […]
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The Heat Is On
Marck “Doc” Smythe was sitting in a tallow tree in the Cameron Parish marsh, waiting on the sun to push past the horizon and, hopefully, for a deer to walk by. He was psyched at the thought of sticking a deer. […]
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Public Tags for Land Jaws
Each year, as club president of a hunting lease I share with several friends, I am required to record and report to the land company we lease from deer harvest information. […]
Currents
Will Louisiana be ready for the party?
For all but a few lucky hunters, last year’s duck season along coastal Louisiana can only be described as “the season that wasn’t.” […]