Inshore Fishing
Pro bowfishing tips
With a little coaching, bowfishing techniques are easy to learn, even for the most inexperienced.[…]
October 2016
Deer Hunting
Deer hunting is a family affair
Not many second-graders would be excited to move from one end of the state to the other, but it was OK with Brad Smith.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top bowfishing tools
Early in the evening, Roy Lally IV explained the tools of the trade to me, starting with the most obvious: bows.[…]
Deer Hunting
Smith’s favorite big-buck gear
A climbing stand, a bow and arrow, and a bag of buck treasures is all Brad Smith needs in his quest of one more trophy deer.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best times to go bowfishing
By the very laws of nature, much fishing and hunting is cyclical and seasonal. Not so with marsh bowfishing, Capt. Graylin Schultheis said.[…]
Deer Hunting
Keys to early season bachelor party
Early in the season, bucks still run pretty much together, and it’s not uncommon to see eight to 10 bucks in the same group.[…]
Deer Hunting
Stick bows growing in popularity
The amount of dedication traditional archery requires and the patience it takes to harvest an animal might dissuade some from trying a stick bow. It’s likely the reason the number of traditional hunters is relatively small.[…]
Bass Fishing
Handmade small-profile spinnerbait moves smoothly through grass
A small profile makes a big difference in Southwest Louisiana, where Clint Ward of Lake Charles makes a spinnerbait from scratch to satisfy the needs of both anglers and bass.[…]
Columns
Champion trees and trophy bucks
Records are kept these days of just about everything. As we saw during the 2016 Summer Olympics the old adage “records are made to be broken” is still true.[…]
Columns
Creature of the Marsh Lagoon
With Halloween coming up, I’ve been looking for a costume resembling one of my favorite science fiction characters: the Gill Man.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Backup, backup, backup
There is hardly a week that goes by that I don’t get asked what can be done to recover lost waypoints, tracks and or routes from a crashed or broken GPS unit or to enter waypoint data into a newer of different brand unit.[…]
Columns
This kind of hind is speckled
Offshore bottom fishermen love groupers, mostly because they are so good to eat.[…]
Hunting
Tree Stand Buddy
Tree Stand Buddy is a solid metal bracket and receiver system. The stand bracket attaches to virtually any single- or double-post lock-on stand and includes a hoisting loop that allows you to lift your stand into hanging position while you’re still on the ground.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tink’s Power Scrape
The Tink’s Power Scrape All Season Kit includes the Power Scrape Starter, a Scrape Bomb and the Power Scrape Finisher.[…]
Features
Wet-leg reds— Where to wade-fish for Vermilion redfish
Redfish move into Vermilion Bay, and you can catch all you want. Or you could bypass the crowds and target these unpressured redfish.[…]
Hunting
Leupold VX-3i riflescopes
Leupold VX-3i riflescopes are ideal for virtually any hunting situation.[…]