Christmas trees, sparkly white lights and inflatable Santas have been up in retail stores since Halloween ended, and now the full-court press of holiday shopping is about to ramp up even more with Black Friday and Cyber Monday staring us square in the face. […]
Mississippi conservation officers last week made nine cases of illegal importation of cervid carcasses, enforcing a new regulation passed in May aimed at protecting the state’s deer herd from chronic wasting disease.[…]
In last month’s installment of Happy Trails, we began focusing on buck indicators as they would relate to positioning a web of trail cameras to most effectively identify and monitor bucks on a given hunting property.[…]
Hammond’s Jimmy Giacone was enjoying a morning hunt at a buddy’s Mississippi lease Sunday (Nov. 20) when three deer stepped out.[…]
Shreveport oil and gas industry representative Cody Upchurch owes his friend named Mike a steak dinner for an event that took place Nov. 4. Mike invited the 28-year-old Upchurch to his Bossier Parish hunting club and, in the process, Upchurch downed a big 220-pound 13-point buck that taped out 152 inches.[…]
Gonzales’ Ryan Lavigne did what no other Bassmaster angler has done before: He rose to the top of the B.A.S.S Nation Championship as a non-boater during this weekend’s even at Lake Conroe outside of Houston.[…]
When Murphy’s Law suddenly sinks or disables your boat, your Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) is your no-nonsense, last-ditch rescue resource.[…]
High PCB levels in some tissue samples prompted several state agencies to issue a precautionary advisory concerning the consumption of fish and shellfish for Bayou D’Inde, the Calcasieu Estuary and the Calcasieu Ship Channel.[…]
Helicopters are expected to hover over Lake Bistineau next week starting on Monday to administer an aerial herbicide to treat giant salvinia, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Devonne Poland has been a hunter for as long as he can remember, and his grandfather – Larry Joe Poland – helped to get him involved in the outdoors.[…]
It’s that time: fronts from the north and fish from the south. As fronts become more frequent, speckled trout continue to fill the marshes and are easily reachable by kayak anglers.[…]
One of the newest items in the Mojo line of motion decoys, the Flock A Flickers consists of six small units pre-programmed with random on/off timers that produce momentary flashes of spinning-wing action. […]
If the deer hunter on your list already has an Ozonics Scent Eliminator Device, the Dri-Wash Bag is the perfect accessory to go along with it this Christmas.[…]
“These are probably going to be my No. 1 Christmas present for the waterfowler again this year,” Lindsey Simmons-Roberts at Simmons’ Sporting Goods in Bastrop said. “They’re definitely my No. 1-selling wader.”[…]
There’s nothing more frustrating than a dull knife when you really need one, but Work Sharp’s Original Knife and Tool Sharpener makes keeping the edges of all your knives razor sharp a breeze.[…]
Let’s face it — lots of sportsmen out there have pretty swanky flashlights — many of which that are probably sitting there with dead batteries. […]