Deer Hunting
Tricks of the deer-hunting trade
You wouldn’t expect a serious golfer to hit the links with just any set of clubs. He has to have his clubs — the ones he uses to give him confidence in his drives, chips and putts.[…]
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Caney Lake has all you need for a Merry Christmas
No, you won’t find the lunker largemouth you’ve dreamed about under your Christmas tree, but you just may find it at Caney Lake, which is known for its double-digit bass.[…]
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Ghost of Winters Past
It was supposed to be a fishing trip, but it turned out to be more like a funeral. I guess I should be used to it by now, having lived and fished in much of the waters along our Southeast Louisiana coast most of my life.[…]
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Swine Safari
“Come see, Bwana!” Pelayo was squatting next to a slough and beckoning me over with a hand wave. “These tracks look super fresh, Bwana.”[…]
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Mid-Season Scouting
Tommy Milioto Jr. knew the deer was there. He had seen too many pictures of the fine buck. The problem was all the pictures were snapped at night.[…]
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Spread the Wealth
My problem with the point I’m fishing is that the bass just have to be biting better on the one across the lake.[…]
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Cypremort Gold
Gold is where you find it.
For Mike Hulin, gold was to be found 41 feet underground, just off the shoulder of Louisiana State Highway 319 near beautiful downtown Cypremort Point. The stocky, straw-hat wearing man excavated the spot from October 2008 into the summer of 2010, in spite of repeated setbacks.[…]
Currents
Will BP money provide lasting benefit?
About two months ago, I noticed traffic cones had appeared overnight in the median of a stretch of highway I travel every day. I wondered what they were for.[…]
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Calling All Bucks
Over the last few decades, technology has dramatically altered deer hunting. With an endless variety of camouflage clothing, scent-control products, game cameras, range finders, feeders, climbing stands, pop-up blinds, cough suppressors and the like, today’s deer hunters have as many gizmos available to them as bass fishermen.[…]
Columns
For 2011, it’s a new toy heaven
Many of the new products featured at September’s International Fly Tackle Dealers’ Show will be available for Christmas. Trouble is, there’s so many this year, you may find yourself agonizing to the last minute what to ask Santa for.[…]
Columns
All hail the Queen of the Gulf
She’s beautiful; she’s exotic; she’s delicious.
Huh? Delicious?[…]
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Cold-Hearted Hunters
Ever see those pictures on the bags of food-plot seed of fields of ankle-deep greenery, all lush and verdant?[…]
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Cover: December 2010
Sitting back and waiting is not a good deer-killing strategy this month. The bucks are on to us, and successful hunters will do some mid-season scouting to regain the edge.[…]
Hunting
Boat blinds great for increasing duck-hunting successes
In the beginning, Lloyd Landry was just like any other conscientious Louisiana duck hunter. He would study duck flights and feeding patterns in the Venice area, and set up his blind along primary flight corridors.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Ducks Unlimited Canada biologist says more good hunting to come
Louisiana hunters have been delighted this season to see the skies over the Bayou State peppered by clouds of dabbling and diving ducks, but the strong season hasn’t been a surprise to Pat Kehoe.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tree stands bigger threat to hunters than gun accidents, study shows
A new study from The Ohio State University Medical Center proves that tree stands, not guns, are the deer hunter’s most dangerous weapon.[…]