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Looking back — Hunting has changed over the past few decades
My butt hurt and my back ached. For several hours I’d been sitting against a small holly tree watching a glade filled with rubs.[…]
Columns
Gun control won’t stop evil
Evil exists.
And what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., on Dec. 14 was evil.[…]
Columns
Yes, buffalo are fish
Actually, buffalo are three species of fish rather than one. No one knows from where the odd name for the creatures is derived. But their scientific names are almost certainly taken from their common name.[…]
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Cover: January 2013
You won’t believe what Casey Young went through to kill this 205-inch deer. Story on page 12.[…]
Hunting
Squirrel Talk
Listen, you can hear two gray squirrels and one fox squirrel barking,” I said, whispering to my son after making a young-squirrel-in-distress call.[…]
Fishing
Lowrance introduces new touchscreen unit, custom contour mapping service
Do you have a favorite fishing area that isn’t mapped as accurately as you’d like? Now you can do it yourself with any Lowrance HDS multifunction unit, including new models with touchscreen control.[…]
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.[…]
Columns
The short, fat paradox
At the turn of the millennium, 13 years ago, the biggest news in the rifle world was the proliferation of new cartridges based on the old African hunting round named the .404 Jeffrey.[…]
Deer Hunting
The pressure’s on: Public deer hunting tactics from Louisiana Sportsman
Russell Scarbrough got off work at 6 p.m., too late to actually do any hunting. But he went ahead and drove to the public tract of land he planned to hunt the next few days and slept in the truck.
The next morning, Scarbrough was up early and heading into the woods.
“I really had no clue where I was going to hunt,” he said.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Construction of Breton Sound reef begun
Work began earlier this month on an artificial reef project in Breton Sound to increase fisheries habitat.[…]
Fishing
The Causeway Approach
Tedious. Boring. Congested. Long. Time-consuming.
Commuters use all these words and more to describe their daily 24-mile trek across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway into the Big Easy.[…]
Deer of the Year
Long shot puts 165-class Lincoln Parish deer on the ground
As a pastor, 37-year-old Rev. Gevan Spinney has often had to counsel people with problems. The probability of having success with some difficult situations, no doubt, could be considered long shots at best.
On the morning of Nov. 16, Spinney took another long shot, one he later verified by his range finder at 347 yards —a shot that brought down a trophy 12-point buck that scored 165 7/8 inches Boone & Crockett.[…]
Columns
Thoughts on the science of trail cameras
Things have really changed over the past 40-odd years when it comes to deer hunting. There would certainly be some debate regarding certain aspects of the sport, but for the most part — in my humble opinion — we as deer hunters have never had it better than we do right now, especially here in the Deep South.[…]
Columns
Pay it forward
I consider myself blessed in many ways. Among those blessings are the many great memories of childhood hunting adventures. Dad, my grandfathers and uncles made sure I got to tag along on lots of great hunts as a kid.[…]
Fishing
Don’t forget winter preparations
As we move into the colder months of the year, you may be questioning whether or not you should winterize your boat. In Louisiana, our winters tend to be mild compared to our neighbors in the northern half of the country.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The Fourchon Freeze — Kayaks are perfect for catching redfish in Port Fourchon’s fish-filled waters
The Port of Fourchon is not the frozen tundra that Green Bay Packer fans so fondly depict their hometown as being. Nor do the surrounding waters of the port freeze, as some of those seen on the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch.”[…]