Louisiana Sportsman

Duck hunters report slow start to second split

December 21, 2015 Patrick Bonin

Despite a well-timed cool front and brisk temperatures Saturday morning, many Louisiana duck hunters didn’t have the second-split opening weekend they were hoping for.[…]

The Covey Rise Migration

December 18, 2015 Sportsman Network

Upland game birds in Louisiana is like saying white shrimp exist in Montana, but we hooked up with Covey Rise Lodge in Husser, LA to film this awesome hunt of quail, chukar, and pheasant.[…]

Two potential new WMAs on track for Morehouse and Union parish

December 18, 2015 From News Reports

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has reached a tentative agreement with Molpus Woodlands Group that would give Morehouse and Union parish two brand new wildlife management areas, possibly as early as next spring.[…]

Deck the yak – Products the kayak angler on your Christmas list will love

December 18, 2015 Chris Holmes

As you can imagine, Santa’s sleigh is decked out with plenty of useful accessories to make kayak fishing more fun and productive.[…]

December aerial survey: Duck numbers double since November

December 18, 2015 Patrick Bonin

The second split of duck season opens in all three Louisiana zones on Saturday morning, and if the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ annual December survey is any indication, hunters might see more action based on the sheer number of birds in the state.[…]

How to read the astro tables to see more deer

December 17, 2015 Andy Crawford

Some people live and die by astro charts, swearing all they have to do to be more successful is time their trips to coincide with the listed major and minor feeding periods.[…]

Up big-buck odds with ‘scrape transplant’

December 17, 2015 Dan Kibler

Gary Frisbee hunts in western North Carolina’s high country near his home outside Hot Springs, where the deer herd isn’t particularly large. Still, the 28-year-old has killed plenty of big bucks in his first 15 years in the woods.[…]

Central hunter downs 160-inch monster in Pride

December 17, 2015 Patrick Bonin

Luke Milstead’s Dec. 7 hunt in Pride probably won’t ever be featured in a “how-to” video on tactics to take down a trophy whitetail. […]

Abandon food plots for late-season deer

December 17, 2015 Brian Cope

We’ve spent all season perched in stands overlooking food plots and other well-known grazing areas, waiting for deer to get their feed on.[…]

Mount Olive hunter follows hunch, shoots 150-class Bienville Parish buck

December 17, 2015 Glynn Harris

Mike Brown, a retired electrician from Mount Olive in Bienville Parish, stayed in his stand longer than he normally would have on Tuesday, Dec. 15, hoping for a repeat of what he had seen just a few days earlier.[…]

DeRidder hunter drops ‘Hightower’ buck in Beauregard Parish

December 16, 2015 Patrick Bonin

This past Nov. 7 was pretty much a day most LSU football fans would rather forget.

The vaunted No. 2-ranked Tigers went into Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa with Heisman hopeful Leonard Fournette in tow, and got completely dominated by the one-loss Crimson Tide, 30-16. […]