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Solo Honey Island Wood Duck Hunt Bonus Tree Rat 1 11 21

January 11 at 10:26am

After watching nice Saints victory and Steelers getting handled,decided to scope out Wunderground and saw dat light rain predicted plus N winds in forecast and loaded up Chapman pirogue with half-dozen woodie dekes plus nice bundle of palmetto branches and did solo Honey Island wood duck hunt this…
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Steelsprayer

Mande, you give them woodies he!!. Anybody out there this morning deserves some birds. It’s just plain nasty outside. Good luck.

January 11 at 10:30am

Solo Honey Island Tree Rat 11 5 2020

Mandevillian

November 05, 2020 at 1:24pm

Had decent window of opportunity this am,knew winds gonna be slight,weather about as crisp as one could hope for and had fun chasing Honey Island tree rats this am.Got to first spot well before sunrise,got to decent set of hardwoods and spotted a few tree rats,but not before they either saw me or…
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Honey Island Tree Rats 10 22 2020

Mandevillian

October 22, 2020 at 12:51pm

Had decent window of opportunity this am,used LAWLF free app to sign in for Pearl River WMA(love dat app just does not work that well trying to sign in day prior!)and got to my nice lil tree rat spot fairly early,responded to a few e-mails and waited about hr for sunrise and slowly started…
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Mandevillian

October 23, 2020 at 10:44am

Honey Island Tree Rats 10 15 2020 Early Worm gets de Bird!

Mandevillian

October 15, 2020 at 11:56am

Had just enough of a window of opportunity this am(dummy me forgot to put box of shells in backpack last night)and thank God I left myself plenty of time as I arrived at my nice lil tree rat honeyhole,only to discover dat I left entire box of shells at home-high-tailed it back home,gassed up ole…
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Steelsprayer

Yeah, I might walk the fence row in the morning and knock a few out the pecan trees.

October 15, 2020 at 12:54pm

Opening day success

Average Joe

October 11, 2020 at 11:40am

Doe down opening morning about 0700. First deer with my bow and first deer in opening day. Off season scouting is the reason. Get out there and scout!

Scouting

LA Av8or

August 12, 2020 at 12:11pm

Is now a good time to start scouting for deer? What time of year is a good time to begin scouting for bow hunting. I am planning to dedicate most of my hunting time to bow hunting this year. Does anyone have any tips/advice?

Average Joe

Anytime in the woods scouting is a good time. The woods are really think right now. Stick to habitat transitions and feed trees. Good luck

August 13, 2020 at 9:40am

Sherburne dove field

JPS23

August 06, 2020 at 11:13am

Debating bringing my boys to either a leased field or sherburne for opening day of dove. I’ve hunted the leased fields and it’s really fun but really crowded. Is the sherburne dove field any good and is it crowded or is there even enough people out there to keep the birds flying?…
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Wayne

Been years, but the second split was normally better after they cut the fields

August 06, 2020 at 4:08pm

bow hunting

LA Av8or

July 27, 2020 at 12:29pm

Does anyone have any tips on bow hunting public land? Mainly trying to find a good WMA to hunt.

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Mandevillian

Does anyone have any tips on bow hunting public land? Mainly trying to find a good WMA to hunt.…
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July 27, 2020 at 5:20pm

help with point aux chene

tylerguidry

May 31, 2020 at 12:34pm

does anyone know a bit about island road and point aux chene and can help me out ?

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Steelsprayer

Check out pointe aux Chene on the pack and paddle website. Lots of info on the area.

May 31, 2020 at 1:38pm

Looking for late season hogs

Astro_Alex

January 17, 2020 at 8:26am

Didn't get a deer this year so I'm taking alternative methods to fill the freezer.

Anyone find a trove of hogs?

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wigeonman

Richard K Yancy is full of hogs.

January 19, 2020 at 7:35am

Honey Island Tree Rat Trip 2 8 2020

Mandevillian

February 08, 2020 at 7:28pm

Suspected Pearl River WMA would be open,based upon a check of the USGS data,Pearl River Gauge at Pearl River(roughly 14.5 ft)and I was not expecting Oil Well Road to be closed to vehicular traffic,no big deal,Plan B took over and I texted de Wizard7 dat I had de woods to myself(wrong!!!).Guess my…
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Tree Rat Hunt Big Branch 2 4 2020

Mandevillian

February 04, 2020 at 10:42am

Had tough decision(executive one)this am-try for Lady P reds along possibly muddy shorelines,try T-Funky slabs in almost equally muddy conditions,try stalking Big Branch tree rats and last choice was de winner!!!Did not have to endure super-early wake up as where I intended to hunt not that far a…
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Thewizard7

Got you some fine eating there , I need to get up too NR before new Granddaughter arrives, and get me some of dem ! Lil bro said dem rats are falling out of his trees being so fat ! 🧙‍♂️🎣

February 04, 2020 at 2:40pm

hogs

cow-dog

December 16, 2019 at 8:13am

shot a deer at 5:15 pm, couldn't find any blood so decided to go look at first light the next morning, found the the deer 100 yards into the woods, only problem was the hogs had got to it first, they ate all of one hind quarter and half of the other hind, i have never had this happen before, so…
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Steelsprayer

Wow! I never heard of that before. The pigs are definitely over taking your hunting area.

December 16, 2019 at 4:27pm

Tunica hills WMA

Steelsprayer

December 09, 2019 at 4:10pm

Any reports on the primitive weapon season in tunica? I haven't heard of any kills.

Black Bayou Ruttin Buck

raiderronIII

November 29, 2019 at 1:36pm

Scouted a spot I had seen does close by but had never hunted. Was looking for a place my nine year old Kace and I could use a pop-up blind and maybe get a doe.

Arrived Thanksgiving morning at 5:30am and set everything up, crawled inside and waited for day light. Just as it started…
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Tony Taylor, Louisiana Sportsman

Nice!!!!

November 30, 2019 at 8:15am

Hog? Deer?

LA Av8or

November 04, 2019 at 10:16am

Came across this while squirrel hunting. Wasn't sure exactly if it was a hog track or might have been a deer on the move. The toe of the track looks rounded to me so I assumed it might have been a very large hog. What do yall think?

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Huckleberry

Hog.

November 04, 2019 at 10:27am

“8pt at 10 yards”

Magnolia Outdoorsman

October 30, 2019 at 6:39pm

Magnolia Outdoors hunting a public Louisiana Marsh

Brought Home Some Bacon

LastCast

October 19, 2019 at 11:33pm

Came across a herd of 20 pigs while squirrel hunting this afternoon with my boy on Pearl River WMA. Dropped one at about 40 yards with 12 gauge 3.5 inch T shot. Any doubts I had using this load on pigs are long gone. Was a running broad side shot and rolled in his tracks. There are 64 bbs in…
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Steelsprayer

Awesome! Keep filling the freezer.

October 20, 2019 at 10:34am

Rainy Day Tree Rat Big Branch 10 16 19

Mandevillian

October 16, 2019 at 3:28pm

Wanted to hit favorite Big Branch stretch of fine woods early this am but ole Mother Nature had other plans and after debating,decided stalking tree rats in light mist not such a bad idea!!Hit favorite stretch of piney woods,mixed in with some fine oaks and dropped tree rat,only to not be able to…
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BlueShamu

Gonna go with that being the cottonmouth variety of no-shoulders.

October 21, 2019 at 7:58pm

Big Branch Tree Rats 10 23 19

Mandevillian

October 23, 2019 at 2:27pm

Debated on deer hunting private club near me or stalking tree rats in Big Branch and guess I was aggravated at deer feeder and game cam not having any videos last time I swapped out SD card(had invite to possibly fish Hopedale/Shell Beach)and guess dem tree rats won and managed to bag two of the…
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House for sale- to be moved

Paul J Blanchard

October 21, 2019 at 6:38pm

House for sale to be moved-

24ft wide x 36 ft long
2 bedroom
1 bath
Kitchen and open sitting room, and mud room
fully remodeled
$34,500
call 225-776-5200 for more information
located in Pierre Part, LA

Handguns on WMA

LastCast

October 13, 2019 at 10:16pm

I was stopped and checked by a game warden on Pearl River WMA yesterday 10/12/19. We had finished the morning squirrel hunt and headed out. He approached my vehicle and asked routine questions. No problem, everything went smoothly. Let me add I have no issues being stopped/checked and have…
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BlueShamu

October 14, 2019 at 11:33am

Bayou Macon WMA

LastCast

October 11, 2019 at 1:28am

Anyone ever hunt Bayou Macon WMA in NE Louisiana? Looking to try something different and this place peaked my interest. Will primarily be going after deer. Any info on accessibility, terrain, campground or past experiences would be greatly appreciated. Looking to make a scouting trip soon then go…
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Mandevillian

LastCast,Surely someone out there willing to give ya a tip or two and many,many years ago had a gent respond to my request for info on Sherburne WMA and he met me at Little Alabama Bayou.As it turns out he showed me awesome spot.Good luck!!!

Mandevillian

October 11, 2019 at 2:18pm

Deer hunting Big Branch

Abigail&Sam'sDad

October 15, 2017 at 8:07pm

I am hunting in Big Branch for deer and hogs. I hunted several times last year. I tend to stay in the western section of the NWR. So far I have seen one deer in all my hunts (Opening morning, in the dark walking to my stand) and a bunch of pig sign. I have seen a reasonable number of squirrels for…
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ladeerhunter12

October 15, 2017 at 8:40pm

Tree Rat Hunt Opening Day 10 5 19

Mandevillian

October 05, 2019 at 7:34pm

Hate to miss Opening Day of Tree Rat Season and today was no exception,wish the tree rats woulda cooperated,though I did have two decent opportunities and one was a point blank shot,thankfully I did not take it as pretty sure this tree rat woulda been obliterated!!!The Feds did us a monster favor…
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