Promote
Late-Season Squealers
I opened the email and started to read. “And, like a drug pusher,” it began, “he eased the intoxicating liquor of waterfowl feather to his friend. ‘Take a sip,’ he said. ‘If you don’t like it, that’s okay.’[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
News Breaker
Follow these tips for late-season duck limits
Ducks hunters across Louisiana knew this season could be a tough one, especially in Southeast Louisiana where Hurricane Isaac came through and stripped out most of the submerged aquatic vegetation that attracts and holds ducks.[…]
Promote
Better Late Than Never
The rhythmic whistle of mallard wings slicing bits of air from the sky could be heard as they nervously circled high above.[…]
Contents
Amphibious Assault — Tips for duck hunting out of popup boat blinds
I had never been a big fan of boat blinds, but the reality of the situation was finally beginning to settle in.[…]
Sidebars
Drive-in shooting
In addition to portable boat blinds, other hunters use permanent drive-in boat blinds.[…]
Sidebars
Expert boat-blind tips
Popup boat blinds are great tools for duck hunters looking to attract more ducks into shooting range, but there are some tricks that will maximize their hunting success.[…]
Contents
Sibling Rivalry — How this brother-sister team hunt Atchafalaya WMA ducks
A midmorning hunt with a late arrival on the Atchafalaya Wax Delta was the plan. Adam Rhodes had no desire to get up at 3 a.m. to beat the weekend crowd to some of the better locations he already scouted and plugged into his GPS.
The diehard Morgan City waterfowl hunter had done the middle-of-the night thing before in order to beat others to a preferred location.
And he figured out it isn’t always necessary.
Rhodes is now accustomed to making later-in-the-day hunts on the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area, understanding the tidal conditions and advantages of scouting prior to hunting the vast 141,000-acre refuge that can only be reached by boat.[…]
Sidebars
Limited-access area equipment for walk in hunters
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries has set aside 3,250 acres on the Atchafalaya Delta WMA as a limited-access area. In other words, no motorized boats are allowed.[…]
Sidebars
Robo-logic
If there’s one conditioned response that comes from the various mechanical apparatus used on duck ponds, it’s usually negative.[…]
Contents
Rolling with the punches – Duck-hunting tactics for late-season success
Picture this. You’ve had a good opening to the duck season. But now the season has been underway a while and you haven’t had any cold fronts or strong south winds to bring in new birds or shake things up. They sky is blue-bird clear, and has been for days.[…]
Sidebars
The learning curve
Is a popup blind on a boat the answer for you? When they first made their appearance, lots of hunters wrote them off tersely, with “They don’t work.”[…]
Sidebars
Surface drives are fishing boats too
Boats equipped with surface drive engines were not long ago seen as an oddity in anything but duck-hunting situations.[…]
Sidebars
Souping up surface drives
The power plant of choice for surface drive motors is the 35-horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine. These stock engines can be modified to improve their performance, something done every day by Andy Johnston and his crew at The Boat Doctor Inc. in Metairie.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
FLOATSTAND
Add life-like motion to your spread with the FLOATSTAND, a floating platform designed to support your spinning wing decoy in a variety of water depths and hunting situations.[…]
Promote
Hot Redheads and Delta Cakes
Over the years, with each generation, there always seems to be a good-looking redheaded actress that captivates audiences everywhere.[…]
News Breaker
Second-split opening disappointing for many hunters
Where are all of the ducks?
This is the question that has been reverberating throughout South Louisiana after a generally weak opening weekend for the eastern and coastal zones’ second split.[…]