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Bears, cougars and hunter pink

Bears Earlier this year, I had something chew up one of my bean bag gun shooting rests that I left sitting in the window of a ground blind. I found the remnants of it halfway between the stand and a food pile. I wasn’t really sure what had chewed it up at first, but when … Continue reading →

Union Parish’s last deer

My son, Adam, and I were heading back to the woods for our third straight day of deer hunting late last week.  Neither of us had even seen a deer in our shooting lanes. But we still subscribe to the premise that a bad day hunting is better than a good day at work. Anyway, … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas from the lake

Twas the night before Christmas and all across the lake Only two ducks were still stirring, a hen and a drake. The yo-yo’s were hung on the boat dock with care, In hopes some big crappie would soon swim up there; The coots were nestled all snug close by the shore, They were there by … Continue reading →

Ist nicht schoen

Special thanks to reader Ted Tisdale for sharing this Christmas Story with us before. And a special “thank you” to military personnel serving worldwide, especially those away from home this Christmas. God Bless You! ************** CHRISTMAS in the Eifel Mountains of western Germany comes with heavy, low-hanging clouds that fill the winter air with droplets … Continue reading →

Deer saved! and…Christmas goodies

News Flash: Facebook post saves deer’s lives! That’s right. Dozens of hunters got up Monday morning to go deer hunting and either looked at the weather app or somebody’s facebook page and turned around and went back to bed. Count me in that number.  Temperature 21? Maybe. “Feels Like” 15 degrees?  I’m back in the … Continue reading →

A child was born

What’s the score?

Fishermen find it pretty easy to weigh a fish. Duck hunters don’t care about the size of the duck, but more about the species. But deer hunters? “It’s a big one” can mean almost anything. And points don’t tell the whole story. That’s why “scoring” antlers is the mans of determining the size of the … Continue reading →

Not so fast, crappie!

I thoroughly enjoyed the fishing in the 28 degree weather last Saturday morning at Caney Lake. They were having the monthly Crappie Fishermen United of Louisiana crappie tournament out of Hooks Marina on Caney. The main reason I enjoyed the fishing is because I wasn’t fishing.  I slept in, drank some hot chocolate and rode … Continue reading →

What about the lake?

The hot topic around Farmerville is no longer politics. It’s the lake. “What about the lake?” As in, what are the plans for closing the gates and trying to let Mother Nature fill up Lake D’Arbonne after the quadrennial (every four year) drawdown. Lake Commission member Steve Cagle confirmed today that the plan is to … Continue reading →

To you, Lord, I call…

Continue to pray for the people of the Gatlinburg region of Tennessee as they recover from the recent disaster, PLEASE. ****** What a reminder for believers and a wake-up call for the skeptical.  This was found under a bench as someone cleaned up after the Gatlinburg fire. Wow. Joel 1:19  To you, LORD, I call, … Continue reading →