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FISHING REPORT

BLACK BAYOU – Fishing is slow. No report this week. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information.

Vicarious experiences make deer season a success

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Deer season is in the books and for me and it was an outstanding one. I got a thrill when big bucks, some of them with eye-popping stats, appeared in front of the stand.

FISHING REPORT

BLACK BAYOU – Fishing is slow. No report this week. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for the latest information.

The Wong way to become an expert angler

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The first time I ever met Memphis resident Ron Wong, I came away impressed with his ability to turn a bowl of doctored up corn meal into the absolute best tasting, crunchy and tangy hush puppies I have ever eaten, bar none.

Birds of a feather return home together

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Here in north Louisiana, we see a name like “Hebert” and we pronounce it “He-bert.” Down south that same name is pronounced “Ay-Bear.” Same goes for another name I just realized has different pronunciation, Clement. Up here, it’s “Clement.” Down around Thibodaux, that namerolls off tongues as “Clay-Maw.”

Big bucks can hide in little places

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Webster Parish resident Chad Allison has a proven record of being able to waylay trophy bucks. Visit his Shongaloo home and you’ll see proof. He has 21 trophy mounts hanging on his walls.

Wigginton uses crossbow to nail monster buck

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This has been a typical deer season where hunters downing trophy bucks have sometimes traveled across the state to hunting leases or tracts of public land in the thousands of acres. Many have been successful as well bringing down big bucks with rocking-chair headgear.

An outstanding deer season for Horton

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Three years ago, I wrote a story on a rather unusual deer hunter, Johnetta Horton. I have written about hundreds of successful deer hunters, the vast majority of those I have written about have been Caucasian males.

Mother Nature is a good weather prognosticator

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It all started earlier this year. After a normal winter, weather-wise, we got hit with an actual blizzard in February.

Our blessed day to honor Him is finally here

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Christmas is here but it is sometimes difficult to get a clear vision of what it’s really all about when filtered through clouds of war, political upheaval, famine and disease in every corner of th