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A surge of testosterone: One buck’s story
The rut is on. Mature bucks, if not pursuing does, are tending and breeding estrous females.[…]
Statewide LA
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Cover: August 2012
It’s time to start thinking about the upcoming deer season. Also, Capt. Scott Avanzino knows the beaches are full of trout this month.[…]
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Cover: August 2012
It’s time to start thinking about the upcoming deer season. Also, Capt. Scott Avanzino knows the beaches are full of trout this month.[…]
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Postage Stamp Plots, Part IV
I pulled my game cam card and anxiously rushed back to the house to see what kind of horn porn awaited me.[…]
Deer Hunting
Third postage-stamp plot results in nephew’s first deer
Several years ago, my grandfather and grandmother planted blueberry bushes and a few assorted pear and apple trees in a spot they used to keep as a garden. They only planted half of that opening, though, and the rest has been allowed to lie fallow.[…]
Deer Hunting
Buck-on-bag seed blends appropriate for small plots
One of the things I love about planting food plots is experimenting with different kinds of seeds. Not only do I like trying out different plants, but I also enjoy comparing feed-store seed with buck-on-bag seed.[…]
Hunting
NuFletch Spectrum Light
With the most accurate and consistent fletching available and slimmed down from other Spectrum models, the NuFletch Spectrum Light bodies can accommodate Easton Full Metal Jacket or Epic Series arrows requiring hidden insert technology (HIT).[…]
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Promise Keepers: Tips for opening-morning bow hunts
Bowhunters spend all summer promising themselves that things are going to be different this year.[…]
Fishing
Angler’s Fish-N-Mate Power Kit
Angler’s Fish-N-Mate Power Kit will turn your Fish-N-Mate or Fish-N-Mate Jr. into a tool for everything from surf and pier fishing to lawn and garden work.[…]
Deer Hunting
Place bow stands near paths of least resistance
Although he admits that it’s hard to stay focused on a deer while perched in a tree when he knows the fish are biting out his back door in Lafitte, New Orleans Style Fishing Charters owner Capt. Jason Shilling gets in a little bow hunting during early October before buckling down on the deer later in the year.[…]
General
Camouflage Truck Stencils
Several new products have been released by Camouflage Truck Stencils, including new patterns and sizes of the lightweight, reusable magnetic painting stencils.Several new products have been released by Camouflage Truck Stencils, including new patterns and sizes of the lightweight, reusable magnetic painting stencils.[…]
Deer Hunting
Leave well enough alone for early season bow hunting
I am a chronic double-checker. That might be a good quality to have as a writer, but as a deer hunter it can be somewhat self destructive.[…]
Hunting
Cabela’s Silent Stalk Sneakers
If you’re like me, boots can either be a godsend or a curse. I’ve had boots straight out of the box that never wear a blister, and I’ve also has the misfortune to spend all day in boots that rub your feet raw.
Cabela’s 8-inch Silent Stalk Sneaker, however, falls into the former category. I literally hunted all day in these boots straight out of the box and can honestly say they were as comfortable as my tennis shoes.
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NEW PRODUCTS
Max Bait Trays keep trolling baits cool but not soggy
Danny Sykes was tired of having soggy baits, but he needed to rig his offshore trolling baits the night before to be ready for hot action when he went fishing off the North Carolina coast.[…]
Fishing
Clean your displays inside and out
Who hasn’t mistaken the shadow of a water spot on an LCD screen for a fish, waypoint or radar target? Or was it a smear of sunscreen lotion or insect repellent left by a fingertip? Hopefully it wasn’t a permanent scratch, crack, craze or other scar.[…]
Columns
AR-15 is not an ‘assault’ rifle
I opened my morning newspaper, reading the news and scanning the advertisements when a gun store ad caught my eye.[…]