Outdoors

It all started half a century ago andmy friend, the late Kinny Haddox,wrote about the birth of high schoolbass tournaments, how it got kicked offand the part he played in gettingthis circuit up and running.Louisiana Sportsman magazineran an article written byHaddox about the first everdocumented high school basstournament. Know where it washeld? At Jake’s Boat Dock onLake D’Arbonne 50 years …

After months of waiting, deer seasonsare on us. Archery season kickedoff October 1 with gun season followingin a few weeks. Hopefully, you’ll see thedeer you want, take the shot andfind the deer on the ground atyour feet. Now what?Too often, a deer hunter, novicehunters in particular, goesafield with tunnel vision. He’sthinking of nothing except bagginga deer and that’s about asfar …

Archery season for deer begins in less thana month. It seems fitting that we shine the spotlightonce again on Sterling Harrell, a man whopioneered bow hunting in our part of the country.Pine Bluff, AR native Ben Pearson, wasa pioneer and innovator when it came topromoting the sport of archery way backwhen. Pearson started the first companyin the U.S. to mass-produce …

I enjoy a good movie now and then. I’ll sometimeseven go to a concert and have been known toenjoy a stage production or two. These events serveas an avenue of entertainment; we need such occasionallyto get us out of our rut and offer a measureof change from the daily grind.For sheer entertainment, though, I’lltake what Mother Nature has to offer …

Our state is oiled and primed to launch huntingseasons for this year. Doves become legal in ourpart of the world on Saturday, September 6.The first of the three-way split seasons opens inthe North Zone (see wildlife and fisheries regulationsas to the location of the line separatingNorth from South zones) September6-28 giving hunters the chance to engagein the year’s first hunting …

I am in regular communication with huntersfrom areas other than Louisiana and the South.These folks are constantly talking about finding“morels”, a mushroom that is apparently a delicacy.Reading their posts on hunting forums aboutfinding morels makes me think that locatinga batch of these mushrooms is nearlyas exciting as bagging a big gobbler.From what I can determine, morels arerare in our part …

(Following is the title chapter, “Fathers, Sonsand Old Guns”, of my most recent book. The bookis currently available at Amazon.com)It began for the boy along about the Christmasof his sixth or seventh year. Dawn was still an houror more away when the youngster creptout of bed. Peering sleepily around thecorner through the living room door, hiseyes scanned the brightly-wrapped packagesspangled …

The dream of one man was the trigger point forthe formation of one of the most successful fundraising events this area has ever seen. That man isGlenn Scriber. “I was sitting on my couch one Sunday after-noon checking my computer for anything having to do with whitetail deer and thesite, Whitetails Unlimited popped up,”said Scriber.“There was a name and phone …

Summertime and the living is easy. In our part of the world, most of the “easy living” takes place behind four walls under air conditioning. It’s just too hot and muggy for outdoors activities and we resolve to wait for the first cool days of fall before taking to the woods and waters again.  This can be tough on the …

Folks who live in other parts of the good ole U Sof A don’t know what they’re missing when it comesto sitting down at the table, especially during summertime.This time of year, we have food available to usthat folks up north don’t appreciate andprobably wouldn’t even if they sampled it.Their taste buds are more attuned to stuffthat’s been sauteed or …