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Celebrating the waters

“Celebrating the Waters of Union Parish” is the theme for the first exhibit in the new Union Parish museum. It opened Thursday and is full of historical documents and pictures centering on the waters of the parish. In the early days of Union, commerce on Bayou D’Arbonne was big, with products loaded up at Fork’s … Continue reading →

Guilty…I guess

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had the unique pleasure of having a big bunch of my buds in the duck blind all at once. There was George and Little George. My son Adam and George’s son-in-law, who asked not to be named in these potentially libelous writeups. And there was Bear, my old hunting Buddy … Continue reading →

Reminder: Spring bringing Crappie Masters

It’s still four months away, but it might be a good time to ask Santa for an entry fee to this event and maybe he’ll bring it to you for Christmas! Some lucky (well, probably good & lucky) crappie fishermen will be able to find a little financial relief four days after TAX DAY, 2015. … Continue reading →

D’Arbonne Pointe nears completion

You don’t have to talk to Kendal Terral long to find out how deep his passion for Lake D’Arbonne runs. It runs deep. “Lake D’Arbonne is a jewel in the rough and it is something that we have that nobody else has,” Kendal says. That passion has led him to develop one of the newest … Continue reading →

Mark these words

Holiday Deer Report

There aren’t many places in today’s economy where you can turn $10 into $1,000, but if you are a deer hunter in Union Parish, you have that chance. Several hunters who got lucky in the woods and killed deer weren’t so lucky, though. They didn’t invest that $10 in a ticket to compete in the … Continue reading →

Holiday Duck Report

Have you noticed a trend this week? It’s apparently REPORT week. We started with fish, then eating and today, it’s the ducks. The cold weather that blew in the week before duck season in our area brought with it more big ducks (mallards, pintails, gadwalls) that most hunters have seen in a long, long time. … Continue reading →

Holiday eating report

While limits of fish usually consume area outdoorsmen (and women), it was consuming limits of FOOD that filled up most of our time the past weekend as we celebrated Thanksgiving. I have to share a few photos from our family’s Thanksgiving feast, which included all the usuals: fried turkey, chicken and dressing, pecan crusted sweet … Continue reading →

Holiday fishing report

This time last year, there were so many boats on Lake D’Arbonne trying to catch a white perch you could hardly shake a stick at them! This year, there weren’t that many, for a couple of reasons. First of all the fish just haven’t bunched up and started biting yet. There are some good catches … Continue reading →

Thankful, part 4

It’s Thanksgiving Week and I’ve got tons of things to be thankful for. My family and I  are very Blessed. I give thanks for that every day. I’ve also got quite a list of things I’m thankful for – present and past – when it comes to the outdoors. I’m sure you do to. This … Continue reading →