Outdoors

Old column triggers memories of yesteryear

Thirty years ago, I was hired to write humor columns for Louisiana Sportsman magazine.

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Tribute to a friend who was much like a son

When I married and started a family, as a lover of all things outdoors I secretly hoped I’d become father to a little boy who I could watch follow in my footsteps learning to hunt and fish.

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Outdoors activities place focus on fishing

OK, you can put away your shotgun, your bow, your deer rifle and squirrel gun for a while.

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Visit to Tensas Wildlife Refuge doesn’t disappoint

Last year when I visited the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge in Madison Parish for the first time, I hoped to see a bear.

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Go deep for post-spawn crappie

“Okay,” said Matt Loetscher, “we’re on top of the brush pile. Drop your shiner straight down and you ought to get a bite.”

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Birds: Coloring the spirit of our souls

Jack Miner has been dead for more than half a century.

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Otha Barham still getting it done at age 84

Meridian, Mississippi, is famous for a fellow sometimes called the “Father of Country Music.” Jimmy Rodgers, the “Singing Brakeman” born in 1897, started it all when he plunked his guitar and began