Deer of the Year
‘Scrabble Buck’ goes down in DeSoto Parish
It’s not too often that a heavy-horned 8-point interrupts a rousing game of smartphone Scrabble, but that’s pretty much what happened to Jim and Christy Hay Saturday morning.[…]
Bass Fishing
Final cast of the day yields 11-pound Toledo Bend lunker
Linda Smith and her boyfriend, Jimmy Bosarte, had a routine workday planned for Oct. 18 at their boathouse near McGee’s Landing on Toledo Bend.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Florida team wins IFA Redfish Tour Championship in Houma
Geoff Page and Rick Murphy gambled on making the 108-mile run run to Venice each day of the IFA Redfish Tour Championship, and their decision won them the title.[…]
Deer Hunting
Kids experience hunting, outdoors during Dream Hunt Weekend
Jeff Warren recalled his love of fishing, hunting and the outdoors being instilled in him at a very young age by his father.[…]
Fishing
How to keep your electronics from hurting you
“Garbage in, garbage out” was a watchword with computers long before they were integrated into marine electronics. We rarely enter full-blown garbage into our stuff out on the water but expensive problems can stem from not giving some “minor” details the attention they deserve.[…]
Fishing
Court throws out suit seeking prominent E15 warning labels
The U.S. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia on Oct. 21 threw out the most-recent case involving ethanol fuel labeling, reasoning that the groups bringing the complaint – including the recreational boating industry – don’t have standing because they “cannot show members have suffered or are suffering with an injury that is traceable to the misfueling regulations.”[…]
Columns
Mistaken identity
I was a young officer working my first year on the job when I walked into a little country store in Avoyelles Parish near Bordelonville one day. Being new to the area and not knowing anyone, a lot of time was spent meeting local folks and learning my way around.[…]
News Breaker
Top 6 squirrel-hunting tips
Keith LaCaze is a lifelong hunter, and he chases pretty much everything that lives in the wild. Deer, hogs, rabbits, squirrels and wood ducks — they’re all on his hit list.[…]
Bass Fishing
Texas angler catches 10.27-pounder at Toledo Bend
Colby Ogden knew conditions were right for flipping a jig.[…]
Hunting
Dirty South Duck Camp
We got invited to join a great group of guys on a hunting season tradition that spans over three decades in Venice, LA.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hackney returns home to bowhunt in Arkansas
Greg Hackney and the crew took a road trip from Gonzales to Star City, Ark. for a little early-season bowhunting in the latest episode of Sportsman TV.[…]
Deer of the Year
Webster Parish youth drops elusive 174-inch buck
It’s commonly said in Louisiana if you don’t like the weather just wait a while, and it’ll change. […]
Fishing Tournaments
Alabama angler wins IFA Kayak Tour Championship
Benton Parrott won the 2014 Inshore Fishing Association’s Kayak Fishing Tour Championship last weekend by just more than 1 inch, and claimed a Hobie Mirage Pro Angler and several other prizes for his first place finish.[…]
General
LDWF: Beauregard Parish trail cam photo just a bobcat
“After further review, the ruling on the field is overturned.”[…]
Columns
Early-season camera sites
As we move into the month of October, the transition period between late summer and fall here in the deep-south, let’s examine some of the criteria that can be used to select the best sites for trail camera surveillance.[…]
Deer of the Year
Youth hunter kills 163-inch monster in Ouachita Parish
There are very few things in the world that trump the feeling of taking a monster buck that you’ve had your eye on for a long time. […]