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The first lesson in prevention to exposure to poisonous plants is to be able to identify them. Above is poison ivy found in John Flores’ yard. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of John K. Flores)
Poisonous plants from Hades have insidious consequences
By John K. Flores “Straight from the pits of hell” is a phrase periodically spoken around the Flores house used to imply something is so insidious, so repugnant, or such an infirmity there is no ot...
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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These great egret chicks are only days old and have fierce sibling rivalries on the nest. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of John Flores)
The Cherubim of Grosse Savanne
By JOHN K. FLORES Sitting in a popup blind, we watched roseate spoonbills. They descended into the cypress trees before us with wings grasping the morning air in voluminous strokes then controlling...
May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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No cure for turkey hunting disease but to hunt
By JOHN K. FLORES Leon Atkins, a good friend in Natchez, Miss., said to me, “Old turkey hunters called it, ‘the disease.’ Once you catch it, you are required to have two things — an understanding w...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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The endangered Louisiana black bear must meet certain criteria to be delisted. With marginal habitat locally, Daily Review outdoor writer John Flores isn’t confident the local population will impact that eventual recovery like the north Louisiana population in the Tensas region. Flores had an encounter with this endangered Louisiana Black Bear on the Palmetto Trail on Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge. Both Flores and the bear amicably parted company.
Is the black bear problem the elephant in the room?
By John K. Flores If you consider the geographic area between Berwick and the Calumet Spillway — river to spillway, if you will — consider its width south of the tracks below U.S. 90 and above the ...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Springtime is bird time around these parts
By JOHN K. FLORES Leaving for work on Feb. 27, I took notice of our martin house and how it remained unoccupied. When you’re a birdwatcher, backyard novice such as myself, or other, dates are impor...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Petroleum League Bowling
2012-2013 PETROLEUM WINTER LEAGUE February 27, 2013 SECOND ROUND STANDINGS: 1). M.C. Paint & Body 18-6; 2). Dirty Birds, Inc. 16-8; 3). Synergy Resources 15-9; 4). Hustlers 15-9; 5). Patterson Sta...
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Anterless deer like this one will be restricted to either-sex days this coming fall. (The Daily Review/John Flores)
LDWF regulations to impact St. Mary Parish
By JOHN K. FLORES At the Feb. 8 Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting, the LWFC adopted notices of intent for the upcoming deer season that will no doubt impact many St. Mary Parish h...
Feb 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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John Flores’ son, Jason Flores, holds a swamp rabbit he harvested in the coastal marsh. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of John Flores)
Doing the February bayou boogie
By JOHN K. FLORES It might as well have been a serrated steak knife dragged across my wrist the way it felt as my son and I made our way through a thick patch of briers in search of swamp rabbits t...
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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While the Coastal Zone duck season ends Sunday, for hunters looking to extend their season, the Coastal Zone light and white-front goose season runs through Feb. 3.
Countdown to waterfowl season's close
By John Flores Watching the Times Square ball drop on television New Year’s Eve wasn’t just a countdown that ended 2012. For me it began the countdown to the end of duck season. As we enter the la...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Can you let'em walk this deer season?
By John K. Flores The shot rang out from somewhere close to me, and I could only assume it was from my partner, Jake Spangler, who dropped me off on one of his stands 45 minutes earlier. If it was ...
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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LARGEMOUTH BASS MUST be 14 inches long to keep when fishing the Atachafalaya Basin. Undersized bass like this one, under the current regulations, have to be released to fight another day.
LDWF bass study could impact regulations
By John K. Flores This past spring while fishing in Bear Bayou with my wife, I couldn’t get over how many 10- to 13-inch largemouth bass I caught cast after cast on a “Poppa-Chop” jig only having ...
Oct 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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A look at wood ducks
By JOHN K. FLORES Quiet can only be explained by measuring the decibels of the things that interrupt silence. And, only the mesmerizing muffled sound of a tugboat’s engines straining to push barges...
Oct 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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