Columns
Chemical foams — gun cleaning magic
I don’t remember where I picked up the can of Wipe-Out Brushless Bore Cleaner — but it had been sitting on my workbench shelf for quite a while.[…]
September 2014
Fishing
Hot new electronics are coming
Here is a look at a cross section of the new electronics coming our way:[…]
Columns
Hunting camp preparedness
If you own or lease land for hunting, there are a hundred jobs that need doing. Let’s examine those concerns and do some advanced planning.[…]
Columns
Planning and optimizing your camera setup
From my personal experience interacting with other hunters, a surprising number of trail cam users are perfectly happy for their camera setups to do nothing more than just take a buck’s picture as he passes by. […]
Columns
Tangling with sharks
If you kayak fish in coastal Louisiana, sooner or later you will hook into a shark. Here’s how to be prepared.[…]
Deer Hunting
Top 3 steps to prep your bow
Successful bowhunting trips begin for the hunter long before the season with careful equipment inspections and tuning.[…]
Bass Fishing
7 bass-fishing mistakes to avoid
What separates the bass pros from the weekend warriors who feel lucky to bang out a few bites? Here are some thoughts from touring pros.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Mississippi River filling with redfish
The Mississippi River is forecast to be at 2.6 feet in New Orleans on Sept. 1, which translates to green, salty water in Venice — and a ringing dinner bell for redfish moving into the river system.[…]
Field Notes
Keep rods organized, safe
A better system that allows you to store your fishing rods in a little more than 5 feet of space using PVC pipes and mounting brackets.[…]
Deer Hunting
Brain abscesses in deer
There has been quite a bit of research in the Southeast on the issue of brain abscesses, and researchers are finding that more bucks die because of this natural mortality than from hunting in some areas having a good adult buck component in the population.[…]
Hunting
Woodcock, snipe and quail
Some of the best woodcock hunting on public lands can be had, weather conditions permitting, on Sherburne WMA, according to LDWF’s Yony Vidrine.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to scout deer like a biologist
I am always looking for sign when I am hunting — what plants deer are browsing on, where acorns are falling, are the rubs fresh, what direction is the deer coming from when it makes the rubs, are the scraps fresh, are they being worked regularly?[…]
Hunting
These WMAs are for the birds
When hunters choose destinations for deer, squirrels and rabbits in Louisiana, there’s no question many head to wildlife management areas because year-in, year-out rewarding hunts on those public lands are repeated across the state.[…]
Hunting
Dove tails
Don’t have a private field at which to shoulder a shotgun at the dove population? No problem: Bring plenty of shotgun shells to one of the Gulf Coastal Plains North Region WMAs — specifically Elbow Slough WMA.[…]
Other Hunting
Opening-weekend dove-hunting essentials
Traditionally opening weekend of dove season in the Bayou State is still hot and humid. So hunters need to be cognizant of the dangers to heat and exposure to the sun’s UV rays.[…]
Other Hunting
3 tips for dove-hunting success
1. It’s always good to wear camouflage when hunting, but just being still and not moving when dove are flying works just as well.[…]