Sidebars
Veteran turkey hunter dies
Anyone who hunted turkeys in East and West Feliciana during the seventies and eighties is familiar with the name Ken Morgan. Kenny died of cancer on Nov. 20 of this past year.[…]
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Break the Rules, Catch More Fish
If I were a betting man, I’d be willing to bet that when Capt.Charlie Thomason was a kid, he was always in trouble. I picture him as the mischievous type, cutting up in class, constantly talking and generally disruptive.[…]
Fishing
Lady Luck
It is easier to predict a winning roulette number than it is to guess who’s going to win a Bassmaster Classic. Take Skeet Reese for example. Nobody predicted this California kid going to the Red River and winning in 2009.
However, fishing being what it is, all the variables and proverbial stars aligned for Reese three years ago as he found enough Red River bass to bring home the title of Classic Champion.
Unfortunately for Reese, he won’t be able to defend his Red River championship because for the first time in 10 years, he didn’t qualify for the Classic.[…]
Hunting
Rabbit Wrap-Up
Brent Smith’s head was on a swivel as he knelt on the forest floor in a Washington Parish pine plantation. Ice Man, Law Man, Boss Man, Hawk, Sugar and Ruby had just recently passed on a line where Smith now took a knee.[…]
Other Hunting
Evading coyotes harder than evading beagles
While walking through the woods listening to Brent Smith’s beagles running rabbits, I wondered if they ever actually caught one before a hunter got a shot on it.[…]
Other Hunting
Rabbit sign leads to more productive hunts
Hunters who have access to enough land for rabbit hunting could just let their dogs go and see what they jump, or they could do like Smith and focus on areas that show promising sign.[…]
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Shallow Rig Slaughter
The whoops, roars and racket on Doc’s balcony for the post-Endymion party rattled the very tray as I carried the bowl of fresh-caught sheepshead ceviche to the serving table from the kitchen.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Quality care
Ricky Richoux has strong opinions about the right way to handle fish to get a quality product for the table.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tools of the trade
The Slimeslinger travels light, with all his tools in a single plastic tool box. Naturally enough, the man’s most important tools are his knives.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Why not electric?
Ricky Richoux must get asked that question a lot. His answer comes too quickly when a kibitzer pops the query.[…]
General
Hit the Jackpot
My hunter was Brady Perise, 11. Brady had been drawn for the youth turkey hunt on Tunica Hills Wildlife Management Area. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries offers youth lottery hunts on a number of its public WMAs across the state each year. These hunts usually open the week before the regular season and give the kids an opportunity to make a hunt before the adults hit the woods.[…]
Columns
Trail camera scouting
This is my inaugural column in Mississippi Sportsman based around the general topic of trail-camera scouting. Each month I will share advice, tips, tactics, strategies and techniques regarding the use of digital scouting cameras that have proven useful to me over time in the successful pursuit of whitetail deer on my farm in west-central Mississippi.[…]
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Cover: February 2012
Bring some big Rat-L-Traps to the Causeway this month, and you won’t go home empty handed.[…]
Deer of the Year
Private hunting spot yields 160-class Madison Parish 12-point
There are 1,600 sprawling acres on the Sullivan family farm in Madison Parish, but a special spot is off limits to everyone except Brenda Sullivan. And while sitting in a ground blind in her private hunting grounds on Oct. 20, Sullivan sent an arrow into the vitals of a huge 275-pound 12-point buck that walked up to within 15 yards of her blind.
“We’d seen this buck on our trail cameras when he was in velvet, and I knew he was a good one,” Sullivan said. “I couldn’t really tell just how big but knew his rack was tall and wide.”[…]
Events & Announcements
Body of missing Bogue Chitto boater found
The body of a Baton Rouge man missing since Dec. 28 while on a camping trip on the Bogue Chitto River with his wife was found today (Jan. 28), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.
The body of 63-year-old William Holloway was found about 8 a.m. about 1 1/2 miles downriver from where his capsized boat was found, the LDWF said.[…]
Deer of the Year
Forgotten camera card leads to 150-inch 7-point East Carroll Parish buck
In most cases when you’ve gotten to your deer stand and realize you forgot something back at the truck, it’s unsettling. However, for 20-year-old Tanner McDonald it’s the best thing that could have happened to him the morning of Jan. 12.
Soon after McDonald hopped in his Ranger UTV and heading back to his truck to retrieve the item he needed, a monster buck shot across the path 10 yards ahead of him.[…]