Deer Hunting
Winter continues, hunters should turn thoughts to habitat work
Another round of cold weather is moving into the state and that means more winter stress on the deer habitat. […]
Morland Maters
Deer Hunting
More about growth and development
A couple of weeks ago I was hunting in the Tree Blind (same stand where I killed the 8-year-old doe) in Clinton. At 5:05 p.m., a young buck walked out of the pine plantation into the patch and began eating winter grass and clover. […]
Deer Hunting
Nutrition, nutrition, nutrition
The January 2010 issue of the Louisiana Sportsman had an article about spike bucks titled “Once a Spike, Always a Spike?” Is a spike a genetically inferior deer? Hunters have been asking those questions for 50 years. […]
Deer Hunting
Quality deer management: Managing inferior young deer
We are in the final week of December 2009, and there will be one more month of deer gun hunting in Areas 1 and 6, but the best is yet to come. […]
Deer Hunting
No Christmas buck for me
I mentioned last week that I thought the deer breeding in the Clinton area should be in full swing over the next two weeks. Last Wednesday I had a single buck move into the drain I was set up in. […]
Deer Hunting
Clinton area starting to heat up
After sending in my blog last Monday, I headed to Clinton to help the wildlife crew with a project. I had plans to make an evening hunt, but the project work dragged on until about 4 p.m. […]
Deer Hunting
Waiting for the Deer
My Bible study lesson Sunday morning was about waiting. A generation of Americans has developed that does not like to wait for things – people want it right now, and they want it their way. […]
Deer Hunting
Thanksgiving hunt to remember
The Friday (Nov. 27) opener of the annual WMA managed hunts was great for the early morning hunt. It was a cold and foggy boat ride up the East Pearl River. One boat had already gone by the launch with no running lights; hope no one else was on the water with him. […]
Deer Hunting
Call of the wild
I mentioned that I would be hunting the hardwood drains in Clinton during the primitive season because we had found a fairly decent acorn crop – white oaks, water oaks and cherry bark acorns. […]
Deer Hunting
Moreland Matters
Dave Moreland holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in biology, and spent 30 years working with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. After serving 15 years in the field, Moreland became the state’s Deer Program manager in 1992. […]
Deer Hunting
2008-09 Deer Season Best Ever?
According to the number of deer officially measured from last year, the 2008-09 Deer Season was the best ever. Over 60 deer qualified either for the State Recognition Program or for the State Record List. […]
Deer Hunting
It’s managed-hunt time in the Bayou State
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, wildlife management area hunters should be getting their gear in order and doing a little scouting to be certain their favorite hunting spot is still there and hasn’t been logged or washed away by the October rains. […]