Pin oak (Quercus palustris) is a medium-sized tree that has a distinctive pyramidal form. The leaves are simple, alternate, 3 to 6 inches long. Pin oak has 5 to 9 bristle-tipped lobes with very deep sinuses that extend almost to the midrib. Pin oak fruit is a small acorn 1/2 inch long, round but flat … Read more
These are some of Bobby & Brandie Henry’s recent hog-hunting pictures. Pictured here is Brandie and her husband Bobby tieing down a sow getting ready to transport her home. We use NALC Catahoulas to bay with and 1 pitbull as a catch dog. All the hogs are bayed and caught with dogs they DO NOT … Read more
Here is an awesome buck taken by Darryl Krumholt. This buck was taken by bow on the Tunica Hills WMA in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Darryl has been hunting the Tunica Hills WMA for years, ever since it opened. This is just one of the bucks he has taken over the years. Tunica Hills WMA … Read more
Black Cherry – Prunus serotina: A small to medium sized tree. Leaf: Alternate, 2 to 5 inches long, oval to oblong, lance-shaped. Margins are finely serrated, dark green and lustrous above, paler below; usually with a dense yellowish-brown, pubescence along mid-rib. Flower: White racemes appear when leaves are half to newly formed. Flowers May to July. … Read more
They average amount of blood in a deer or any other animal is 1 ounce of blood per # of body weight. Example 160# = 5 quarts of blood. (Live weight). The amount of blood loss to affect a deer, not including any body injury, is approximately 32 ounces. Death occurs after about 45 ounces … Read more
Tony Cantrell took this beauty on Nov. 9th 2002 of the Kansas deer season. “I had hunted the spot 3 different times and only glimpsed a 6 point buck. I knew a good buck was in the area and with the rut approaching I figured our paths would cross sooner or later if I was … Read more
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is also known as bream, brim, or sunfish. Bluegill Range from the Rio Grand to Minnesota to Florida and everywhere in between. Bluegill can be identified by the bluegill flap. Bluegill grows to a maximum size of nearly 5 pounds. Bluegills prefer pools in streams, lakes, and ponds. Bluegill is one of … Read more
Skunks are mammals with black-and-white fur. Worldwide there are 11 species of skunk. Two skunk species inhabit Indonesia and the Philippines, and the other 9 live in North and South America. Skunks vary in size from just over 1 pound up to 10 lbs. Although the most common fur color is black and white, some … Read more
This catfish was found in the St. Lucie River in Florida. It is 9 inches long. A large catfish was seen floating dead in the river and the tail of this catfish was seen sticking out of its mouth. The smaller catfish had impaled the large catfish in the head while being swallowed. This resulted … Read more
Pictured above is a flowering dogwood (left) and a roughleaf dogwood (right). There are a number of species of dogwoods all but one have opposite leaf arrangements. The Alternate-Leaf Dogwood is the one exception. Dogwoods are usually shrubs to small trees and can easily be recognized by the veins in their leaves. If you see … Read more