The deer wasn’t supposed to be there. Robert Chenier was sitting a couple hundred yards from where the buck was expected to be, not because he didn’t want to kill a big deer. No, it was because one of his buddies had claimed the prime spot.[…]
I would like to recommend a book to you.
If you are reading this column, you are probably more than a little interested in some facet of the shooting sports, and every month, we try to bring you illuminating information on a firearm or shooting accessory. Not this month.[…]
What’s more exasperating than watching flock after flock after flock of ducks (mostly greys) land far out into the open water 300 yards away from your decoy spread, which was lovingly placed in a sheltered little cove and strategically set out from 20 to 35 yards downwind of where you huddle, perfectly hidden, in a grove of marsh alders blowing yourself hoarse on a duck call?[…]
Let’s face it — hunting ducks on public land can be about as much fun as sliding down a razor blade into a pool full of rubbing alcohol.[…]
Robert Duncan grew up hunting the piney woods of Washington Parish. He can vividly recall traipsing through the woods around Ben’s Creek west of Bogalusa.
However, his weren’t the only set of feet slogging through the creek bottom.[…]
The beginning of the 2006-2007 duck season got off to an incredible start in the west zone on Nov. 11.[…]
The new deer tag harvest cards for the 2006-07 deer hunting season can now be downloaded and printed from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Web site.[…]
Hunt smart, and you’ll let other hunters push public-land deer to you.[…]
The dawn broke early.
A week prior at this time, I was just crawling out of bed to go through the same routine that I had just endured for the last hour.But that trip was prior to the annual “falling back” event for the clocks, and this one was after.[…]
Seven years ago, several generations of soldiers met in a room of the New Llano Police Department, and talk turned to hunting and shooting.[…]
Duck season opens this month, and I was wondering how many of you have thought of doing any maintenance on your duck hunting boats and motors.[…]
The birds turned at the blat of the call, pinwheeling in flight and heading straight for the spread of decoys set just outside the blind. They stayed slightly out of shotgun range and made a pass by the setup, continuing on behind the hidden hunters[…]
Make your first shot count.
That’s good advice that I absolutely never follow.[…]
The state’s public lands offer diverse duck-hunting experiences, but having success is far different than at any duck club in existence. For one, permanent blinds generally aren’t permitted, and that makes for a lot more work.[…]
Forget beards and racks. If you want your kid to really love hunting, take him on a squirrel outings, and teach him these techniques.[…]
That 10-foot surge of salt water from Katrina over our marshes wasn’t enough it seems. As lagniappe, this year we get a low river and drought — just in case some grass might have even thought about growing back.[…]