Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Latest front expected to bolster number of opening-weekend ducks
Timely fronts should make for a decent opening weekend.[…]
Apex Predator
Not enough arrows, just enough shells
A few weeks ago I had the easiest shot at a dozen hogs, and I was stuck in a tree with no arrows left.[…]
Deer Hunting
War of attrition — maximizing your public-land hunting
The Friday after Thanksgiving 2011 found Lyle Savant of Central locating an active scrape near an oak flat deep within the interior of Sherburne Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Events & Announcements
International Paper donates Bussey Brake, Wham Brake reservoirs to LDWF
International Paper donated more than 8,100 acres of land in Morehouse Parish to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, the agency announced today.[…]
Deer of the Year
165-inch Claiborne Parish buck completes ‘buddy trifecta’
Dr. Bric Langford is a chiropractor with his practice in Jasper, Texas, who grew up in Haynesville hunting, fishing and playing sports with buddies Tyler Lewis and Collin Merritt. […]
Hunting
Missing hunter located on Sabine Island WMA
A 74-year-old Vinton hunter who became turned around while hunting on Sabine Island Wildlife Management Area was found alive early this morning (Nov. 6), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries reported.[…]
Deer of the Year
Gut feeling leads to 150-inch Claiborne Parish buck
Tyler Lewis knew where he was going to be sitting come daylight on Saturday morning (Nov. 3). After an evening meal with two life-long friends, Collin Merritt and Bric Langford, Lewis voiced a desire that within 24 hours would prove to be prophetic.[…]
Columns
Amendment 2 — Vote YES on Nov. 6
A proposed constitutional amendment that would amend language in the 1974 Louisiana Constitution pertaining to the individual right to keep and bear arms will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.
If Louisiana voters approve this amendment to our state constitution, we will have the strongest guarantee of gun rights in the nation.[…]
Deer of the Year
Leton hunter takes 190-inch 14-point
Collin Merritt, Tyler Lewis and Bric Langford grew up together around Haynesville, hunting and fishing and playing football together all their lives.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lack of rain turns northshore rivers into spotted-bass hotspots
The autumn is, far and away, Joe Lavigne’s favorite time of year to fish the north shore’s rivers.[…]
Columns
Atchafalaya Basin’s 14-inch minimum a relic that should go
One of the very first outdoor stories I wrote was about the devastation of the Atchafalaya Basin by Hurricane Andrew, and how a new 14-inch limit had been implemented with the hopes of bringing that huge overflow swamp back to full health.[…]
Columns
Amberjacks are tough cookies
Catching amberjack is like going three rounds with a heavyweight boxer. But it’s worth it. They are a delicious table fish — better than anything else in the jack family except pompano and maybe rainbow runners.[…]
Deer of the Year
Corney Bottom yields monster 8-point
Bernice’s Daniel Colvin knew the 8-point his trail camera had revealed was a brute. He just didn’t know how big it really was until he laid his hands on the rack once the buck was on the ground Monday afternoon (Oct. 29).
Tape still had to be stretched on the antlers, but several observers say the rack should top out in the 150 class — quite a score for an 8 point.
“It’s for sure the biggest buck I ever saw in Corney Bottom,” Colvin said.[…]
Deer of the Year
Barksdale AFB bowhunter takes 140-inch 14-point
To paraphrase a famous quote: “Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.”
In Mitch Seitz’s case, the “something” was a 14-point buck that came within feet of his tree stand Saturday (Oct. 27) during a Barksdale Air Force Base hunt.[…]
Events & Announcements
Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA water-control structure damaged by Hurricane Isaac, poses navigation danger
A water-control structure at Point-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area was damaged during Hurricane Isaac and is currently a navigation hazard for boats in the area, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries announced yesterday (Nov. 1).
The control structure is the western weir on the WMA’s Montegut marsh management system, the LDWF said.
The water control structure, just south of the town of Montegut on the north side of Wonder Lake in Terrebonne Parish, is the first of two water control structures boaters will observe when traveling east from the Humble Canal. The structure was washed out by storm surge from the hurricane. The public is advised that crossing the breach created by the washout is prohibited and fishing near it is hazardous.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Beat low tide ranges with bottlenecks and windblown banks
Low tidal ranges can be the death knell for saltwater anglers. Simply put, when the water’s not moving, the fish aren’t biting.[…]