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Speaking Squirrel-ese
Your squirrel call doesn’t work,” I told Shannon Talkington, the inventor of the Mr. Squirrel whistle call.[…]
Hunting
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Tensas’ Red Carpet Fortnight
The greatest sportsman ever to occupy the White House was Theodore Roosevelt, who served as president from 1901-1909.Roosevelt was a large, barrel-chested man who was equally at ease in high society or the wilds of Africa.[…]
Currents
Switch to ethanol great for La. deer hunters
“You … you … you … ninny!”
— MASH’s Father Mulcahy to Rizzo the cookPoor Rizzo. He thought he was being helpful by painstakingly cutting every kernel of corn away from the ears, and adding some powdered milk to whip up a batch of “creamed corn.”[…]
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Don’t underestimate Bersa .380s
Small, flat-sided semiautomatic pistols have long been popular with law-enforcement officers as hide-away or backup guns to supplement their duty weapons.[…]
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Son of the South
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear that Trey Riley was from Route 4, Liberty, Miss., rather than Franklinton, La. I could imagine him having cousins named Marcel, Odell, Claude, Eugene and Clovis. And it wouldn’t be a stretch to believe he had a coon-hunting monkey tied up behind his house.[…]
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Spring Lagniappe
Chances are that practically every hunter in Louisiana over the age of 40 got started in the hunting game by learning to sneak up on bushytails in the fall. Skills learned during these days helped hunters move on to pursue deer and other more wary game.[…]
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Casull dishes it, if you can take it
Like a spouse in a dysfunctional relationship, I find myself missing the abuse.[…]
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Turkey Tips, Techniques and Tactics
Troy Ruiz eased into position and prepared for battle with a local celebrity gobbler well before dawn early one spring morning. He was prepared to hunt the battle-tested gobbler that had eluded all suitors, including him, for at least four years.[…]
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Up High vs. Down Low
Show me another state with as much diversity north to south as Louisiana has, and I’ll eat my hat.In North Louisiana, from Alexandria to the Arkansas line, folks are called a variety of names, with “redneck” no doubt being the predominant moniker to which we answer.[…]
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“Black” rifles legitimate for hunting
I wasn’t going to participate in the time-hallowed American tradition of “piling on.”[…]
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Ghost Hunters
The story begins way back in my early turkey hunting years. I was turkey hunting before turkey hunting, like country music, was cool. Come to think of it, is listening to country music, if real country music exists anymore, now uncool?[…]
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Shed Heads
Hunting shed antlers has become a popular activity in the South over the last few years.Practiced by hunters and non-hunters alike, this newfound sport produces many rewards beyond simply adding another big shed to a growing collection of deer antlers.[…]
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2007 Turkey Forecast
When Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro went down with a shattered leg just out of the gate at the Preakness, even those who don’t follow thoroughbred racing were saddened.[…]
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Cover: February 2007-Hunting
North: You won’t believe the quality of the bucks killed this season.[…]
Currents
LDWF watching steep decline in hunters
Dave Moreland is a Baby Boomer, so he can’t say anything bad about the generation. But, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist admits, Boomers have done a poor job of indoctrinating their offspring in the hunting culture.[…]
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Hooked on Hunting
Video games and baseball are too boring for Mason Griffin. His favorite hours of the year are when he’s stalking, calling, listening and aiming.[…]