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Above It All
The 7-point buck presented a perfect 40-yard broadside shot. Ben Fontenot had been waiting for this moment for a long time.[…]
Statewide LA
Columns
NMMA cancels New Orleans Boat Show
On Nov. 24 there was an article in The Times-Picayune, section C page 6, titled, “Boat show canceled.” It really wasn’t an article. It was a single paragraph comprised of a total of 82 words.[…]
Deer Hunting
Quality deer management: Managing inferior young deer
We are in the final week of December 2009, and there will be one more month of deer gun hunting in Areas 1 and 6, but the best is yet to come.[…]
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Tracking the Rut, Part III: After the Madness
The hunters had put in so much time afield that interest had ebbed, so when the morning broke on Jan. 20, no one showed much desire to leave the camp. They slept late, and then lounged around, enjoying the last of the season’s camaraderie.[…]
Currents
Avoiding ethanol is easier than ever
Last summer, I had to buy a new gas trimmer for my lawn. The one it replaced was only three years old, and it was in relatively good shape.[…]
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Saltwater Series: Lake Amedee
To say that Capt. Charlie Thomason was fighting back misty memories might be a little too strong, but I swear I saw him wiping a tear as his Catch 5 sailed toward the broken shoreline in Cochon Bay just off Lake Amedee.[…]
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Biloxi Blues
There’s a lot of ways to bring in the New Year. Pop a few fireworks, celebrate with friends, toast 2010 at midnight on New Year’s Eve or you could do what hardy anglers do all over the Southeast Louisiana marsh — go fishing.[…]
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Waterfowl Really Plentiful
Kaploosh! The big greenhead’s splashdown sounded like a pickle bucket hitting the water. After Pearl, Drew Keeth’s 7½-year-old black lab delivered the handsome bird to hand, Keeth added it to slings already groaning with bluewing teal, greenwing teal, gadwall, pintails, wigeon, another mallard and thrown in for variety, a couple of shovelers.[…]
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Once a Spike, Always a Spike?
I’m not interested in growing giant, trophy bucks because — everybody repeat in unison — you can’t eat horns. However, I am interested in having a healthy population of deer on my meager Washington Parish property.[…]
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Cover: January 2010
Ira Patureau thought outside the box to kill this post-rut buck in Assumption Parish.[…]
Columns
Behold the humble hardhead
Think of what life must be like for a hardhead catfish — despised by all, loved by none. The contempt is universal.[…]
Columns
Action about to peak at Bayou Segnette
I’ll be going to the marsh this month at Bayou Segnette near New Orleans to catch pre-spawn bass there in January. The bass are starting to move out of the lakes toward the dead-end canals, where they intend to spawn.[…]
Columns
Effective duck calling
There is a big difference between “Contest Calling” and “Blind calling.” Here are the dos and don’ts for effective duck calling.[…]
Deer Hunting
Balancing hunting and family
Hunting is not life. There I said it. Not exactly what you thought you would read in this article, huh? But it is absolutely true.[…]
News Breaker
Duck numbers sore, survey shows
The number of ducks in Louisiana jumped 60 percent in the past month, with biologists estimating that roughly 2.16 million birds are now in the state.[…]
Blind's Eye
Second split tactics
With the opening of the second split, every day that goes by becomes more and more challenging to get birds into gunning range. This is the traditional “late season” time.[…]