Deer Hunting
Being stealthy harder on public lands
Being stealthy is one thing on private land that can be controlled, but being stealthy on public land is an entirely different matter.[…]
Hunting
Deer Hunting
The absolute joys of the season
Why is this my favorite time of the year?[…]
Hunting
Archery blogger shares techniques for more success
Many enjoy archery and bow hunting because of the increased challenge and heightened sense of accomplishment through taking game with a bow. What makes archery such a challenge?[…]
Hunting
Bridge construction to restrict access to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area
Entry to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area will be restricted during the next several months while the bridge providing primary access will be closing to allow a new bridge to be constructed, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Sept. 24).[…]
Deer Hunting
Archery shooting techniques
Many enjoy archery and bow hunting because of the increased challenge and heightened sense of accomplishment through taking game with a bow. What makes archery such a challenge?[…]
Hunting
Things looking up for coastal WMAs
Louisiana’s southeasternmost wildlife management area became the ugly, oily poster child for manmade catastrophes after April 20, the day of the Deepwater Horizon explosion.[…]
News Breaker
Far fewer teal in state than last year, LDWF survey shows
Biologists last week counted less than half of the blue-winged teal found in the state last September, according to the season’s initial aerial waterfowl survey.[…]
Other Hunting
Teal fodder
Teal are not large ducks and don’t require heavy loads that bigger ducks do to knock them down. However, in today’s world of trying to find the perfect load with plenty of pattern density, packing enough mojo to get the job done is difficult.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal opener good for most hunters
The long off season finally ended as the 2010 teal season kicked off Saturday morning. Hunters were greeted with temperatures anything but “fall-like,” and the mosquitoes swarmed about in the largely windless, sticky morning air; par for the course here in Louisiana.[…]
Deer Hunting
More to archery practice than sighting in
If you’re a bowhunter, you’ve no doubt pulled your bow out of the closet a couple weeks before the season to shoot a few times just to see if you’re still sighted in. You may feel like you’re ready, but are you?[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal arriving in larger numbers, reports still mixed
Following rampant, doubtful speculation during the summer months, Louisiana hunters are set to get a taste of teal this weekend, and the reports look promising despite the sweltering temperatures.[…]
Columns
Deer season finally arrives
I am writing this column in late July, which means I have two months to get things in order for the upcoming season. On the other hand you are reading this column in September, which means that the deer season is here.[…]
Columns
U.N. Small Arms Treaty a real threat to U.S. gun owners
Several times a week, I receive internet warnings that scream the present administration plans to circumvent the Second Amendment to the Constitution.[…]
Contents
Deer Dynamics: Velvet Shed
A low ceiling of clouds blankets the field and woodlands, and although the autumn season is near, the humidity indicates otherwise.[…]
Contents
2010-11 WMA Forecast
Of the changes, seen and unseen, swirling around outdoors Louisiana — namely the way WMA management has been restructured in the state, and along our coast where the oil spill seeped deep into sand — there is one reassuring constant for ardent hunters in the Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
Contents
Cover: September 2010
This year, some public tracts are packed with game, while others are just packed with hunters. Find out where you should hunt in this year’s WMA Forecast.[…]