I find it strange the reports that there are no fish. I fish all over Louisiana but so far this year I haven't had to leave my local area. All of these fish where caught east of the Atchafalaya river on artificial bait. There is no live bait available where I live. I do catch live bait myself some times but seldom need it.

Well our opening weekend was not what I had hoped for. The lack of Hurricanes and the high duck number forecast had me very hopeful. My lease is south of Bayou Black off of Bayou Penchant and Turtle Bayou and we are LOADED with feed. Three blinds killed ZERO ducks Saturday and Sunday. We did see a few Summer Mallards but none would come in. I decided to let my kids hammer down on the Gallinue Sunday. They don't care what they are shooting as long as they get to pull the trigger. Honestly, I had a great time and really did enjoy watching them shoot Gallinue. My 9 year old Grayson killed 13 and his brother Hunter 11 killed 9. They made a great Gumbo last night. Hopefully we will get some cold weather and birds soon. Be safe and share the Outdoors with a kid.

Is the beach open again? I have not been down there in a long time and I remember there was a lot of controversy over the beach and acess. I have to go to a swim meet this weekend with the kids in Larose and am thinking about taking the RV down to the beach afterwards and doing some fishing. I tried to get a camping spot at Grand Isle but of course they are filled up. Does anyone know of any other campgrounds that are back open after the storms down that way? We used to go down there often but have not been down in about 5 years. Thanks

Here are a few pics of my bobcat mount. I paid $480.00 to have it mounted. Honestly, I'm not totally satisfied with it but it is not a bad mount. After seeing Swampy's I feel much better about mine and what I paid! LOL I understand it is very difficult to mount a cat right. I've only seen a few that were done right.

Made a hunt at the lease with my son this weekend. After the holiday's I had to get a way to the camp! We had a great hunt and from the sound there were lots of other hunters doing well also. No big ducks but I love to eat teal and won't complain. The season is getting better for us. It started slow. After this weekend I think we've killed a total of about 132 ducks this season.

I know that there are big cats in Louisiana.

Anybody know anything about the big buck killed this week in Bayou Louis?

Hey guy's I'm kind of new to duck hunting. Since I've started I've had to learn everything on my own. It's been kind of tough but fun. The last few years we have just gotten better but still trying to get even better. This year my kids want to start hunting ducks so I have to kick it up a notch. I mostly hunt at the Atchafalya Delta that is where I park my camp. Although we might make a few trips during the week to the Wax this year. Anyhow, here are my question. How do you guy's set coots in your spread? And how do you put your deaks out? I have 3 dozen GHG mallards and 2 dozen mallards flambeau trash. 1 dozen GHG GW teal. 1 dozen GHG pintail. 1 dozen GHG gadwall and 1 dozen coots. With about 6 feeding mallards and a few resting mallards. I know that that is a lot of mallards and I don't put them all out just what I will need for a certain area. I usually put out as many as I can for the area though. I understand that the mallard is a duck that all other ducks associate with and is one of the most vocal ducks. That is why I have so many. What do you usually put out and how or do you incorporate the coots to your spread? I usually try to hunt ponds or "Coves" in the marsh I will put my deaks around the edges leaving the area in front of the blind open. What we did last year with the coots is put them in a group off to the side of the blind by themselves. Kind of like a confidence decoy. Also how do you guys feel about confidence decoys? What do you use and why? I'm thinking of hunting the bay more this year also. Should I get a few goose decoys? How should I put out my spread in the bay? I don't want the ducks landing outside my spread. Should I put out large spreads in the bay? I know that is a lot of questions and any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Son "Bryan" and Nephew "Alex" both got their fist deer at the Delta youth hunt last weekend. I think we've got a few more lifelong hunters in our ranks!

Well guy's we made a trip this morning. My wife and the kids wanted to go too. So we went to Grassy lake and Lake Palore so that they could fish too. We did ok. I got 7 gar with my bow and the kids caught 4 with their fishing poles a few bream my son Hunter caught a 4' alligator on this pole he enjoyed that. I broke the hook off next to the boat.. The water was running about 90 degrees. Talk about hot. The water was pretty green and the gar were all small. I didn't see any big ones. Well have fun next weekend guy's with the Gar Rodeo. Wish I could go.....

This Buck was killed last year with a muzzle loader by my Ex Father in Law, Allen. This is the best buck that he has ever taken. It is really a beautiful buck. He would like to have it scored. He has been hunting his whole life and always dreamed of a buck like this. I'm glad he was finally able to take this one. He has killed more deer in his life than anyone else that I've ever know and he still loves it. I only hope that I can enjoy deer hunting when I'm his age as he still does. I also have another friend who would like to have his deer scored. If there is anyone out there who can do this or point us in the right direction please E-mail me I live in Berwick and Allen lives in Pierre Part. The other deer that we would like to have scored are in Berwick. They are all Archery bucks that were taken on Public land. I'm sure that at least two of them will make the state records. Thanks

I thought that the 2nd picture might have been a little 'much'. I'll Repost the first one. I hope that it is acceptable to the 'Post Police'. Just teasing Mike.

Is this one of those Deer Dog's that everyone is arguing about?

This is what you need to do with the Gar on Verret. Sick em and Stack em.

Caught while fishing a spinner bait around cypress trees. Is this one to small? Should I have thrown it back?

This one was taken with a rifle.

Here is a picture of my mount from last year.

This is what a Bowtech can do! ;-)

Last one I'll post. Thank you guy's for your comments.

Here are a few more pictures of my buck. My friend fireman took them. He really did a good job. I will only take my first buck with a bow once and he did an awesome job of capturing it for me. Thank you Paul for helping to preserve the moment.

Here is a picture of my first Buck with a bow. I was hunting below Patterson in the Marsh. I've always heard that there are no big deer in the marsh. Well, here is one. I was only about 10 miles away from the Atchafalya Delta WMA. I was into bow hunting before I took this deer. Now I'm addicted. I can't wait for next year.