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The Old Traditional Deer Rub
The rut is close. By procreative instinct, a mature hefty 8-pointer traverses the land.[…]
Statewide LA
General
First pings, now chirps?
Keeping up with developments in sonar, radar and GPS over the last few decades hasn’t been easy, and the evolution of marine electronics seems to be speeding up.[…]
Ducks
Delta Young Guns
The e-mail came from a senior X-ray technologist at the local hospital in Morgan City that I hadn’t seen in years.[…]
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Union Work
Union Parish is over 561,000 acres in size and is 85 percent forested. For the past three years, it has ranked first in total whitetail harvest, according to the statewide reporting system.[…]
Deer Hunting
Effective stand placement helps hunter bag a bruiser
When Allen Morgan of Brookhaven, Miss., happened upon a larger-than-usual scrape on his hunting property in Lawrence County, he instinctively knew that the buck that made the scrape was anything but ordinary.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Hot Wings Decoy Tree
Great Day’s Hot Wings Decoy Tree positions five spinning wing decoys into a group that gives the appearance of multiple ducks landing.[…]
Hunting
ProStaff 7 Binoculars
Nikon’s popular ATB binocular series adds the ProStaff 7 to its lineup. The 8×42 and 10×42 models feature fully multicoated, bright, high-resolution optics that are built into an ultra-rugged, waterproof and fogproof body.[…]
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Cover: November 2011
Bass await paddlers in Bogue Chitto, Tangipahoa and other rivers around the state.[…]
Bass Fishing
River fishing red hot in cool, dry autumn
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Four to Know: Tips for effective fall speck fishing
It was so early in the morning, I couldn’t even see the fluorescent-orange cork that my fishing partner, Eric Dumas, had threaded onto my braided line.[…]
Deer Hunting
Lots of ways to win in 2012 Louisiana Sportsmen’s Show Big Buck Contest
If you’re a deer hunter, odds are you’ll be targeting a buck most of the times you step into the woods this fall and winter.[…]
Field Notes
Train up your dog for the coming duck season
As we find ourselves a month away from kicking off the 2011-12 waterfowl seasons, it’s a great time to gather up your gear to get ready for the November openers.[…]
Events & Announcements
Sportsman endorses Nungesser for lieutenant governor
For most, Billy Nungesser burst into your consciousness shortly after the oil spill. Besides our governor, Mr. Nungesser was the main character who carried our state’s fears and concerns to the national audience.[…]
General
World’s Toughest Tape Meets America’s #1 Camouflage
CINCINNATI – (October 1, 2011)– When the number one adhesive tape is crossed with the number one camouflage pattern in America, the results are unprecedented.[…]
Bass Fishing
Homebodies…Studies show bass don’t move much
Like any other non-migratory critter, each largemouth bass has a home range, loosely defined as the area that the animal uses regularly in its quest for survival and reproduction each year.[…]
Fishing
Jindal touts safety of seafood to fishing association
Gov. Bobby Jindal told the American Sportfishing Association yesterday (Oct. 13) that Louisiana’s fishing is as good as ever and that the state’s seafood has shown no ill effects from 2010’s BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[…]