Columns
Concealed on campus will reduce killings
The Louisiana House of Representatives recently killed a bill to allow concealed handgun carry on campuses.[…]
Hunting
News Breaker
Applications are being accepted for 2009 Bayou Pierre W.M.A. lottery dove hunt
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is now accepting applications for an opening day lottery dove hunt on the Bayou Pierre Wildlife Management Area (WMA).[…]
News Breaker
Nutria incentive program ends with 334,038 harvested
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) annual Coastwide Nutria Control Program concluded its 2008-09 season on March 31, 2009 with 262 participants having harvested 334,038 nutria.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer telemetry study completed
The two-year deer telemetry study spearheaded by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Louisiana State University’s (LSU) School of Natural Resources was completed in early April.[…]
Columns
DOD changes course on military brass sale
Unless you’ve been shooting from your own personal ammo dump over the last year, you’re aware of the acute shortage of sporting ammunition available to shooters across the U.S.[…]
Contents
Music in the Woods
Somewhere deep in the Mississippi River bottomlands between Devil’s Swamp and Port Hudson, I stood in complete darkness, mesmerized by the echoes of the basso profundo bugling of Rock and the contralto bawling of Memphis, two first-class walker coon hounds.[…]
Hunting
L.W.F.C. approves amendments for 2009-10 hunting season
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) ratified several amendments for the 2009-10 Louisiana hunting season notices of intent at their April 2 meeting.[…]
Columns
Springfield XDm melds into shooter’s hand
Springfield Armory, famous for high-end 1911-style pistols, introduced a new model polymer pistol in 2001 that so completely overshadowed its production of those models, the company image was taken over by the new pistol.[…]
News Breaker
L.D.W.F. turkey tagging regulations in effect for 2009 season
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will enforce turkey-tagging regulations during the 2009 turkey season and urges hunters to become familiar with the steps in the process before the season begins.[…]
Columns
Election drives gun sales, carry applications
Since the recent presidential election, sales of AR-15-style rifles have gone off the charts, and some manufacturers now report backlog orders for their rifles to number in the thousands.[…]
Contents
Deer of the Year, Part II
Up-and-down temperatures drove some deer hunters crazy, but the weather didn’t seem to affect the big-buck kill. Here are the stories about how some hunters scored big.[…]
Currents
QDMA report a deer delight
Deer season is over. But for those of us who live for the months of October, November, December and January, deer season never ends.[…]
Contents
2009 Turkey Season Forecast
With the 2009 spring turkey season opening next month, what areas of the state might have the best hunting opportunities based upon the annual poult production surveys?[…]
Contents
Cover: February 2009-Hunting
Echoes of trophy deer and hopes of trophy trout – it’s all in this issue.[…]
Contents
Turkey Tracks on Small Tracts
Opening day of the 2008 season, I was set-up in my ground blind on a wheat/clover patch I had planted with two sorghum strips during the spring of 2007.[…]
Columns
Inexpensive scopes offer high quality
If you shoot and hunt with one of the new compact magnum cartridges, smaller, lower-powered scopes cosmetically match your rifle better.[…]