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Cover: October 2003
Think public land deer hunting success is a long shot? Believe it or not, hunters do quite well on a couple of the DWF’s managed hunts.[…]
October 2003
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Pass a good time
As editor of BASSMASTER magazine, James Hall can send an e-mail, select a cover picture and edit a sentence all while on the phone assigning a story to a free-lance writer.[…]
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Upper Management
It had been raining for several days, but my hunting partner and I were undeterred.[…]
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Red Snapper Resurgence?
Red snapper fishing, which has been slower-than-expected all summer long, is now drawing to a close. The season ends Oct. 31, and will not reopen until April 21, 2004.[…]
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Pushepatapa Pumpkinseeds
Pushepatapa Creek has been designated a wild and scenic river by the state of Louisiana. I now know why. The first time its cool, clear water swirled around my feet, I found that I had entered a completely different world.[…]
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Pit Stops
Although he was under near-constant investigation for misappropriation of state funds, Huey P. Long did use some of that money like it was meant to be used by paving nearly 3,000 miles of roads and giving free books to students throughout the state.[…]
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Gray Days
Every hunter has a specialty.
He may hunt for everything from antelopes to zebras, but there’s one animal that holds his fancy more than the rest.[…]
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The Fish Empire
Plaquemines Parish fishing has received an incredible amount of exposure the past few years, but there’s an often over-looked jumping-off spot that many anglers whiz by — often as fast as possible while holding their breath or breathing through their mouth on the way to Buras and Venice.[…]
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Sight for the Blind
The two young hunters couldn’t believe their good fortune as they unloaded the last of the gear from the pirogue in the inky blackness.[…]
Fishing
Anglers need sensitivity training too
The sensitivity control on a fish-finder is a lot like the volume adjustment on a radio. Both control the amount of amplification applied to received signals, and neither have any control over the amount of power that is transmitted to them.[…]
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New concealed-carry gun is Para perfect
President Theodore Roosevelt declared the Philippine Insurrection to be put down and ended on July 4, 1902.[…]
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Effective Rattlin’ Chub Rigs easy to use
A Tennessee angler is one of many who have become addicted to using Rattlin’ Chub Rigs made by ReAction Lures in Many.[…]
Currents
Vote yes three times for state’s coast
Senators and representatives, who have to go to the voters every certain number of years and ask for their jobs back, are necessarily influenced by public opinion.[…]
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A lock, a Horseshoe and a Value Pack
Capt. Paul:
I would like the coordinates for the locks at Freshwater City in Vermilion Parish.[…]
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Cokie’s golden day at the Meadow
“Hey dawtee, guess why Mars is red?”
My daughter was observing the planet through her binoculars. I anticipated some enlightenment from her 8th grade science class.[…]
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On the Clock
The day had aged by only about 15 minutes when the buck appeared about 40 yards from the stand.[…]