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Get a ticket; Get a buck
The Union Parish Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring the Big Buck Contest again this year. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for young hunters (17 and under) in the new Youth Division. First, second and third place winners will be recognized for Adult & Youth Divisions with winners will receive trophies and … Continue reading
Hey, crappie kids:
Saturday, Oct. 12 on Lake D’Arbonne, there is a unique opportunity for young student crappie anglers in this area. If you have a young fisherman, check it out. This is a legit deal, folks. Outdoor Kids LLC will hold a crappie fishing tournament for teens to win scholarships for college or trades schools in Farmerville … Continue reading
Sports(hero)man of the Year
“You know, you’ve really never done anything until you can do something for someone that can never repay you.” Think about that for a minute. Allen Lenard has. He said it. Lenard, who lives in Ouachita Parish, serves in the Cajun Navy. He was recently named Sportsman of the Year at the Louisiana Chapter of … Continue reading
An important message!
Thousands of hunters and their families are heading to the woods in the next few weeks and months in pursuit of everything from squirrels to ducks to deer and more. Union Parish Sheriff Dusty Gates reminds hunters to take a few extra minutes to always plan safety into each of your hunting trips. “We have … Continue reading
NHF Day is Saturday!
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge 480 Richmond Place Drive Monroe, LA 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (CALL 318-343-4044 for more information or to set up a booth or activity)
Welcome, K&M
Kenny and Marcy Kavanaugh are working really hard to give sportsmen on the shores of Lake D’Arbonne something they’ve needed for a long time. That is a good, well-stocked and dependable sporting goods store with live bait, artificials, line and other tackle — basically, whatever you need to catch fish — just a block from … Continue reading
Don’t miss NHF Day – Sept. 28
I’ll go out on a limb here and say something to get your attention. National Hunting and Fishing Day may be the biggest event in our area that people miss every year because they don’t really know what it is. If they did realize what a fantastic day it is, there would be 5,000 people, … Continue reading
Global warming: God’s view
Standing out on the concrete parking lot at the American Crappie Trail weigh-in at 4 p.m. and then climbing into my truck that showed 110 degrees on the inside, I might have been inclined to give serious, although short, thought to the Fable of Global Warming. But I know better. I’m reminded by a traveling … Continue reading
All the winners don’t get a trophy
All the winners in the recent American Crappie Trail tournament on the Ouachita River in Monroe didn’t receive a check and a trophy. There was one local team that, although they were crushed at the moment, won even more than that. Jason Thomas and Scotty Johnson landed a daily tournament limit of seven fish weighing … Continue reading
An American crappie dream
It would have been difficult for anybody to boat up and down the Ouachita River this past weekend between Felsenthal to the north and Columbia to the south without seeing contestants fishing away in the American Crappie Trail tournament. The pro anglers are pretty easy to spot in their $70,000+ decked out fishing machines with … Continue reading
Shop Local. Bank Local. Marion State Bank
SIMMONS’ SPORTING GOODS
Bastrop – Morehouse Chamber
Benoit Ford North
Dusty Gates, Union Parish Sheriff
BnM Fishing
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