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Worth the Wait
Late December can be frustrating — even frightening — for a Louisiana deer hunter. I know because I’ve been there.[…]
Statewide LA
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White Christmas
Alligators have absolutely nothing to do with goose hunting. Nonetheless, it was during the commercial alligator season when my co-duck-oholic friend, Shane Wiggins, and I talked about hunting geese during the upcoming season.[…]
Columns
Two shooting stars for sporting clays
The massive 6×6 bull elk strolled regally from the oak grove, walked down the bank and plunged into the water, laying down and caking itself in the cooling mud.
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Marine Electronics
Maps getting incredibly sophisticated
Computer power and memory storage are gaining speed and capacity while losing bulk, and I’m happy to report that these evolutionary steps are impacting the world of marine electronics.[…]
Columns
New products target the budget angler
Dear Santa: I can’t claim to be a good boy this year, since on more than one occasion I tipped my fly with bait shrimp. So instead of asking for a new boat and giant plasma TV, I’ll be happy to settle for a new fly rod or reel.[…]
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Duck Tactics for Bucks
To take an older, mature buck, you need to set up where he least expects you at a time when he least expects to see you. Leave no trail as you go into the woods or exit the woods.[…]
Currents
Benson a train wreck, Blanco can be salvaged
True character is revealed when the fire is turned up. That’s never been more evident than in Louisiana in the weeks, and now months, since Katrina and Rita hit and changed our state forever.[…]
Currents
Restoration options still painful after Katrina, Rita
Jefferson Parish’s emergency preparedness guru, the affable Walter Maestri, says the destruction caused by hurricanes is the rent we pay to live in a place as wonderful as South Louisiana.
He’s right.[…]
General
Cover: November 2005
Every year, trophy bucks come off of public land in Louisiana. Hunters who kill these monstrous animals know how to outthink the other hunters as well as the bucks.
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Young Guns
Sarah Hebert had been in the woods since she was about 5 years old. She had been coached on the ways of hunting by her father, and she had spent time on the range.[…]
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Now or Never
Light has barely begun to leak over the horizon when the hunters hear the first ducks hurtling past their blind.[…]
Marine Electronics
Engine-mount may be only option
“It’s easier to ski behind a fishing boat than fish out of a ski boat.”
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Columns
Pelagics smashing new Flying Fish
Big-game fish see red when they see flying fish, one of their favorite foods to eat.[…]
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Free Bucks for All
I met the grizzled hunter at a taxidermy shop when he came in with two huge bucks. One had eight points with tall, heavy antlers. The other, a magnificent 12-pointer, didn’t have antlers quite as heavy, but it had a very wide rack and extremely long tines — much wider and longer than the 8 point’s.[…]
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Fly Lines
In the August issue of Louisiana Sportsman, Marty Cannon gave several good reasons why the sport of paddlecraft fishing, otherwise known as “puddling,” is the hottest segment of the outdoors industry.[…]
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Emotions in Motion
David Hale has used motion-sensor cameras for years.[…]