Deer Hunting
Night School
Every deer hunter in Louisiana thinks his parish has the most notoriously nocturnal deer in the entire state.[…]
November 2010
Columns
How the S&W “Shorty Forty” came to be
Tracing a cartridge’s genetics can be similar to following family relations in the Old Testament, where one “begat” follows another “begat” back generations and centuries.[…]
Columns
Diagnose, don’t assume, when problems arise
Sometimes when working on your engine, it can be very tempting to jump to conclusions without properly and completely diagnosing the problem.[…]
Columns
Specks, reds hustle to new bait
Besides the fact a red-hot soft plastic is the go-to artificial lure whenever he goes fishing — putting speckled trout and redfish in the boat when it counts — there’s another good reason the Hackberry Hustler is a runaway favorite for veteran guide Kirk Stansel and his brothers Bobby and Guy.[…]
Columns
Chicot is great park with even better bass
Ville Platte’s Lake Chicot sits on the border of the delta and the hill land. One side of the lake has a bluff bank, and the other side is as flat as the bottom of a cast-iron skillet.[…]
Columns
Quality of La. bucks getting better
Last month I wrote about the top bucks officially measured for the 2007-2009 Big Game Recognition Program records and how more deer qualified for recognition than in any of the previous recognition programs.[…]
Columns
Nymphing for specks? You bet!
Last month we touched upon the infamous vosi, which is an acronym for “Vertically Oriented Strike Indicator.” Several emails resulted on this topic.[…]
Columns
Searching for Mr. Right
The quest for trophies in modern hunting and fishing is unquenchable. More and more deer hunters put up high fences to segregate the animals under their control from surrounding populations and then buy trophy bucks to upgrade the “quality” of their herd. If you can’t get a trophy any other way — well, you just grow your own.[…]
Fishing
Here come the electric boats
Maybe it was the $5-a-gallon gas we saw back at the beginning of the current economic slump or maybe it’s just part of the growing green movement, but the number of boat makers offering models with electric primary power instead of gas engines is amping up.[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Signposting
Along the forest edge, a whitetail buck hesitates beneath the overhanging branches of a pine tree. Then with ease, the animal stretches its neck up toward a particular limb and begins to rub its mouth and forehead on the limb. Closing its eyelids, it resumes this behavior on the tree.[…]
Hunting
Rivers West
With the introduction of the H2P Waterproof System in 2001, Rivers West has prided itself on keeping its customers warm and dry no matter how bad the weather conditions.[…]
Hunting
Swamp Donkey
This new easy-to-use line of attractants from Primos is sure to greatly improve your odds for success in the woods this season.[…]
Hunting
YETI Bait Tray
Made of 18 gauge stainless steel and resistant to corrosion, the new custom offshore fishing bait tray from YETI is not only tough, but provides ease of cleaning and offers a finish that won’t scratch like painted systems.[…]
Hunting
Bushnell Riflescope
The Elite 6500 series from Bushnell features the world’s most versatile riflescopes, including a 6.5x magnification range, the widest in the industry.[…]
Hunting
LaCrosse boots
A new series of pac boots from LaCrosse Footwear were specifically designed for performance and protection during the winter months.[…]
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Multicultural Hunting
Last year I was fortunate to take two nice bucks by early December. With only one antler tag left for six more weeks of deer hunting, I decided to try something different for the rest of the season.[…]