Hunting
The Triple Threat
The Triple Threat from Frostie Bottom Treestands is adjustable up to 90 degrees side to side and up to 45 degrees up and down.[…]
November 2013
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Triple Play — Trout fishing tips for Lake Charles, Prien Lake and Moss Lake
There’s a lot going on in Lake Charles in November and December besides refining oil and moving liquefied natural gas.[…]
General
Swarovski Optik CL Pocket binoculars
The new CL Pocket binoculars from Swarovski Optik offer excellent optical performance in a compact size.[…]
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Night Stripes — Fishing tips for Lake St. John hybrid stripers
When darkness falls on Lake St. John, hybrid stripers swarm around pier lights. And these anglers know how to get them to bite.[…]
Deer Hunting
Pile Driv’r
Rather than just throwing your feed or minerals on the ground, the Pile Driv’r Auger Feeder System from Wildgame Innovations holds and delivers supplemental feed at certain scheduled times throughout the day.[…]
Contents
Ground Rules — How to stalk deer
Decades ago, most people deer hunted either by using dogs or quietly stalking through the woods. Today, both methods seem to be dying out because of the land lease system and the increasing popularity of climbing and box stands. […]
Hunting
Tyrolean Loden Hunting Cap
Gaston J. Glock is offering a Tyrolean Loden Hunting Cap that is naturally breathable and helps to regulate body temperature to keep the wearer warm and sheltered from the cold.[…]
Contents
Water Works — Hunting from a pirogue
Sid Havard exited his truck and left it parked along the banks of Black Lake Creek.[…]
Fishing
Mitchell 300 Pro Spinning Reel
The Mitchell 300 Pro operates on 10 bearings with an instant anti-reverse for smooth operation.[…]
Hunting
Halo X-Ray 600 Laser Rangefinder
The new Halo X-Ray 600 Laser Rangefinder has a 6x magnification and a maximum of 600 yards to reflective target.[…]
Contents
Shoot-Don’t Shoot, 2013 Edition
A new age of deer management and hunting was ushered in when the concept of quality deer management began to sweep across the Southeast United States and eventually into the Bayou State.[…]
Columns
To use trail cameras, or not
Something interesting and thought provoking happened to me recently while out running errands.[…]
Contents
Limited Success — Duck hunting Manchac WMA’s limited access area
I knew this would probably be my last Louisiana duck hunt.
The Sirens Ulysses had to deal with had nothing on the Call of the Grandchildren: The wife was putting on serious pressure to move to Colorado.[…]
Columns
Spoiled children
Ever been in a restaurant with your significant other and have the family from hell seated right next to you? You know the family I’m talking about: The one with three kids throwing nonstop tantrums while their parents seem oblivious to the chaos.[…]
Columns
Lane snappers are candy
If red and mangrove snappers are the meat and potatoes of the snapper fishing world, then lane snappers are the dessert. Maybe that’s why one of their common names is candy snappers, although it’s probably because they are striped, like a candy cane. […]
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Clovelly two-step — Speckled trout fishing gets hot at Lafitte’s Clovelly
I couldn’t figure out why my son wasn’t making a cast.
It was obvious where the fish were. The gulls dive bombing nervous shrimp was a dead give-away.[…]