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Cover: August 2005
NORTH COVER: Learn how biologists study a tract of land to determine the health of its deer herd. Photo by JOHN R. FORD […]
Hunting
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Lessons Learned
Out of nowhere, the allure of hunting wild turkeys in spring snuck into my bloodstream one April morning in 1992 over in Alabama. […]
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Biologists envision new deer regulations
When you mess with hunting privileges and traditions, you may as well be poking a stick at a beehive. […]
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State of the State’s Turkeys
It stretches my mind to recall it, but I still remember the first wild turkey I ever saw in Louisiana. […]
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Nighttime Raids
Trivia has it that Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), the father of French cuisine, listed frog legs on the menu of the famous Hotel Carlton in London as, “Cuisses de Nymphe Aurore.”
Considered a disgusting food by the British, who could resist an item on the menu with a name such as “Legs of the Dawn Nymphs?” […]
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New gun products are real Wonder
I first heard of Blue Wonder products in a high-end clothing store that sells guns. And rods and reels. And old cars. And watches and jewelry. […]
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Season’s Select
The hunting season that just closed wasn’t typical. […]
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Foot Stomping Swampers
Don’t put away that shotgun just yet. There is still time to get into some late-season marshland rabbit hunting action. […]
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Crossed Up
Will Louisiana have a crossbow season next year or at any time in the future? Will Louisiana permit hunting with a crossbow during archery season as some other southern states have?
Crossbow hunting seems to have caught fire as it spreads into more and more states each year. Many states like Louisiana already allow the use of the crossbow, either for the physically challenged and/or older hunters.
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Canebrake Timberdoodles
“Beep! Beep! Beep!”
Crashing through the canebrake, we couldn’t see 10 yards, but the steady beeping of Sam’s collar told us he was nearby. […]
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In the Driver’s Seat
The woods north of my stand resounded with noise, and it was moving closer and closer. […]
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Tricks to shorten sighting-in time
The day after Thanksgiving, my 17-year-old daughter and I went deer hunting at our club lease in St. Helena Parish, near the community of Grangeville. […]
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Cover: December 2004
The more you know about deer, the more success you’ll have when you hit the woods. […]
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No gunsmith needed to mount scope
Psst. Want a good deal on a scope?
I’m looking to swap, since I just mounted a scope on my main long-range rifle, and am really not satisfied with it. […]
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Terraces will create La.’s fourth delta
Thanks to another wetland restoration project under construction in south-central Louisiana, the state’s fourth delta is presently being born. […]