Ron Cheramie

You know how you could drive down hwy 27 and always see a good bit of ducks on side of road in the marsh? The last two days I have driven down there I have seen maybe 5 gadwalls and 15 hooded mergansers.

But the boat ramps are still full of gator tails flatbilld and Sitka t shirts

Those equity share clubs can’t be doing as good as they once were. There used to be a long waiting list to get on some of them

Now with the river staying high hurting the deer and turkey populations and now CWD I can’t imagine the shares selling for what they once did

But a fool and his money…

Honestly it could be a hidden paradise or it could be an absolute nightmare due to access and neighbors

There is a reason it is for sale. If you can find the true reason and it doesn’t involve headaches with the neighbors or yearly flooding it may be alright

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If it is private, but you don't have signs or a gate but it is a navigable waterway that cuts through point a to b would green jeans side with the boater or the landowner? Staying in the boat not going ashore.

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The whole “navigable” terminology is where everyone keeps getting hung up.

“Natural” is where the thought process should be

Think of it this way. You own a 1 mile stretch of land between two public lakes

Scenario A - a natural bayou goes through your property and is navigable at normal water levels (not during flood stages). That bayou is public water I can fish, float, whatever there. I can not step onto your property. Also the landowner can not gate this off (I know it happens)

Scenario B - same chunk of land between two public lakes but now there is a straight line canal dug connecting the two lakes there for oil/gas purposes. That is not natural. It however is navigable but the public has no right to be in that canal

You have a back story or a little more specifics?

We had a camp over there for years and have so many memories of those true muzzleloader days. So many missss and wet powder and misfires and when you got back to the camp in the evening you would hear people shoot to clear their barrels

I shot at a deer less than 30 yards and it hesitated to go off by maybe a half second and I shot 5 foot over that deer. When the smoke cleared it was still standing there and here I am trying to reload my musket with it standing there looking at me

Used to be open sight black powder and if you could get a 10” group at 50 yards you were golden Had to really focus on keeping your powder and cap
dry

The. They allowed inlines and no magnification scopes With those pyrotechnic pellets it was a game changer Now it’s basically rifle season

Yeah the LDWF pamphlet will have the WMAs (state) and Kisatchie (federal) hunting dates. NWRs have separate dates on their respective website

Some of the WMAs with highest hunter success rates are on ground near you and have full time “green suiters”

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10-4 lol was looking for more insight to what public land hunters on here like to do to optimize luck but thanks

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I hunt mainly public and to be honest I scout far more than I hunt. I have places that I know for sure I can sit and see/kill deer but I really like looking at new places. You can do a lot of scouting on Google Earth. Look for something that is different t like a habitat change. Whether that’s pines to oaks or different age class or trees or a beaver pond or whatever. If you can find where three types come together that’s money. OnX has some pretty cool info showing timber thinnings and recent burns. Those areas are usually real
Good. Basically just look for something that’s different than the rest

Time in the woods

You need to contact LDWF if you really suspect blue tongue. That would be significant

That’s great man



I guess

They are definitely up north. Have been catching water reds all the way up by White Oak park