Contents
High-tech hog whacking
What’s that green glow?
It’s a beacon for bacon.[…]
Statewide LA
Columns
Where have all the pompano gone?
It was January 1965 and the Louisiana Conservationist, the official voice of the Louisiana Wild Life (yes that’s the way it was spelled then — Wild Life, not Wildlife) and Fisheries Commission, led off with an article on Louisiana’s wonderful winter offshore fishery. […]
Contents
Cover: September 2017
Increase your odds of downing a big public lands buck by consulting the Sportsman’s WMA Forecast starting on page 42.[…]
Events & Announcements
Elmer’s Island, Rockefeller Refuge to reopen on Friday
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will reopen most of Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Friday, Sept. 1, at sunrise, while all of Elmer’s Island will reopen to the public at 12 noon.[…]
Dove
LDWF cancels dove field hunts in DeRidder and Ragley
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cancelled its leased dove field hunts slated for this weekend in both DeRidder and Ragley due to excessive rainfall from Hurricane Harvey.[…]
News Breaker
Red snapper fishing to continue through Labor Day weekend
Earlier this summer, it looked pretty bleak. Then it looked possible. Then it didn’t. Finally, the numbers started looking pretty good. […]
Events & Announcements
2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday set for this weekend, Sept. 1-3
Louisiana’s Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is set for this weekend, but for the second consecutive year, the state’s ongoing budget crisis has reduced the savings hunters and outdoorsmen will experience on firearms, ammo and other eligible hunting supplies.[…]
Dove
Despite Harvey’s distractions, dove season opens Saturday
For what seems like weeks — but has really only been days — all anyone has been talking about in South Louisiana is Hurricane, now Tropical Storm, Harvey. […]
Columns
Papa bear’s turn to cook
Johnny Falterman’s motivation for cooking is to watch people enjoying his food. Here are his recipes for Tiger Salad and Crawfish and Crabmeat a la Johnny.[…]
Fishing
Mounting transducers with a need for speed
You open the throttle, plane the boat, tickle the trim until you can’t go any faster, and then your sonar loses the bottom. Chances are, the problem lies with your transducer installation.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Louisiana’s red snapper season likely to continue through Labor Day
As Hurricane Harvey heads toward Texas — with the possibility of impacting Louisiana next week — probably not very many people are planning offshore trips this weekend to target red snapper.[…]
Columns
Handguns for personal protection
In the June column we talked about getting your rifle ready for hunting season. While I admit to spending more time with rifles nowadays, handguns have always been a part of my day-to-day routine. During my career it was as much a part of the uniform as pants and shirt, and while off-duty I was still either carrying one or had quick access to it. […]
Columns
Supplemental feeding in better focus
In last month’s installment we discussed minerals and supplemental feeding of deer in Mississippi. This is still a controversial subject depending on who you talk to. Proponents call it supplemental feeding, opponents call it deer baiting.[…]
Columns
PFD protection
I’d much rather write articles about kayak fishing techniques, success and the latest equipment. Preaching is not my strong suit and this is not intended to come off as such.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Tippets
August is the last full month of “SweatFest 2017,” the festival no one likes to celebrate! While action for reds and specks on fly can be slow, it’s the best month of the year for pelagic species. […]
Redfish
What to look for when sight fishing reds
Capt. Ryan Lambert has no problem with stalking a clean marsh edge to find cooperative fish, but it’s also nice when the targets do all the work for you.[…]