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Bucks Look Up
I could see halfway down ivory antlers that looked wide and heavy moving above the gallberry bushes. I stood quietly, clicked my mechanical release onto the string of my bow and prepared to draw.[…]
Statewide LA
Ask Captain Paul
Spicy offshore action at Oregano
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have the GPS coordinates for the deep-water rigs called Oregano and Serrano? I know they are located in Garden Banks within a 20-mile radius south of the Auger.
Thanks for your help![…]
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.17 HMR — New bang on the block
The snake was a moccasin, swimming downstream in what was called the “old” river — a channel off the Amite, running behind an elongated island. We were in Port Vincent on Butch Croom’s land. The lazy waters of the old river channel flowed behind the land with absolutely no discernible water movement.[…]
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The Cousin’s Tale
He missed the really exciting times in the swamp.
By the time he got out of the Army, back from Vietnam, and back in college, working on his graduate degree, it was several years after all the night hunting and control shooting had occurred.[…]
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The Thrill’s in the Kill
Something flickers, and my head jerks left. I tense up. My eyes focus. These are predator eyes, quick to spot movement. And they face forward, like the lion, leopard, falcon and wolf, the better to stalk and ambush prey.[…]
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Keep Your Powder Dry
I admit I was pumped. The prospect of taking a deer with my muzzleloader on video set pretty well with me.
I was hunting with good friend Luke Lewis on a hunting lease that is adjacent to Jackson-Bienville Wildlife Management Area south of Ruston. Lewis, a wildlife biologist, planned to video me taking a deer on video, and was all set to preserve my special moment for my grandchildren to one day enjoy.
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KISS not just a rock band anymore
I’ll never forget the time one of my 7th-grade classmates totally outwitted our science teacher, who had more degrees than a thermometer.[…]
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Bushytail Baksheesh
The smell of fat, homemade biscuits and Community coffee greeted us as we rolled out of bed.[…]
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Cover: October 2005
Want to kill a big buck with your muzzleloader? In this issue, we tell you about two public areas that’ll give you better odds than most.[…]
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Cover: September 2005
COVER: Louisiana Sportsman kicks off the hunting seasons with its forecasts for WMAs, ducks, and the deer rut.[…]
Events & Announcements
Cross talk can hurt fish-finder images
“When I turn on both my console and bow fish finders, at least one of them goes crazy!” This is the most common fish-finder complaint I hear, and it stems from a lack of understanding of how sonar works.[…]
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Original Bagley Balsa B’s are back
You won’t have to pay $100 for one of the most efficient artificial lures in bass fishing history.[…]
Currents
President does 180 on Louisiana’s vanishing coast
President Bush has had some sort of epiphany.
It’s obvious. Perhaps he was visited by the ghost of Christmas Future one sleepy August night on Pennsylvania Avenue. Maybe Christmas Future held the hand of the leader of the free world and took his spirit on a midnight stroll through the heart of America’s Wetland.[…]
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Buck Bow-nanza
Some of the year’s hottest weather in Louisiana occurs during the oppressive days of August and September.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Looking for wellheads, offshore rigs
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am looking for the Ocean Master rig numbers out of Southwest Pass.[…]
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2005 Duck Forecast
Monday, Nov. 7 — The jet stream, that great river of air that drives the continent’s weather, stretches in a mildly undulating line from Oregon to Maine, pushing storms and weather fronts from west to east across North America.[…]